IRMO, S.C. (AP) — Richland County sheriff's deputies say a man has killed the mother of his child, then turned the gun on himself.

DEWEES ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Authorities continue their investigation into the crash of what's being called an experimental-type aircraft near the Isle of Palms that killed two people.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Police say a 21-year-old Charlotte, N.C., man has been shot and killed at an abandoned home in Rock Hill.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Police say a 21-year-old Charlotte, N.C., man has been shot and killed at an abandoned home in Rock Hill.

DENMARK, S.C. (AP) — Masonite International plans to expand its door-making operations in South Carolina, investing $14 million and adding 159 jobs in rural Bamberg County.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democrats called Thursday for the immediate resignation of Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard as his ethics case heads to a state grand jury, calling on Republicans to stop working on backroom deals to replace him.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Democrats have renewed calls for Republican Lt. Gov. Ken Ard to resign and say GOP senators are cutting backroom deals on how he would be replaced.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Democrats have renewed calls for Republican Lt. Gov. Ken Ard to resign and say GOP senators are cutting backroom deals on how he would be replaced.

BLACKSBURG, S.C. (AP) — Cherokee County sheriff's deputies say an 18-year-old Union man trying to steal copper lost part of his hand after an explosion at a brickyard.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A Spartanburg mother charged with homicide by child abuse after investigators say she killed her child by passing a lethal dose of morphine through her breast milk has been released from jail on bond.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — If you're building a sand castle in North Myrtle Beach, please fill in the moat before you leave.

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — An Aiken man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for robbing a convenience store, assaulting an employee with a tree limb and fleeing on a lawn mower.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man wanted in a 1999 sexual-assault case has been returned to Nebraska after disappearing while out on bond 12 years ago.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Greenwood man didn't tell his wife he won $200,000 in the South Carolina lottery. He just planned to let her know with their paid bills.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Trial is set for next month for a former Socastee High School student charged with bringing with bringing pipe bombs to school and wounding a police officer.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina U.S. Rep. Tim Scott has introduced legislation in Congress to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from closing down plants or ordering companies to transfer employment.