COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The director of South Carolina's Medicaid agency wants to make it easier for low-income children who already qualify for health care coverage to enroll. Director Tony Keck is seeking an additional $35 million from the state in his 2012-13 budget proposal. Nearly $30 million of that would pay to add an estimated 70,000 children to Medicaid rolls by streamlining the application process.
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Anderson County officials say a jail inmate helped an animal shelter employee who was being attacked by a dog.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former CBS and NBC broadcast journalist Marvin Kalb is speaking at the University of South Carolina on the role Vietnam has played in U.S. foreign policy.
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — A fire has destroyed a church in Georgetown.
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — A Cherokee County sheriff's deputy has been fired after he was arrested on domestic violence charges.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina State Fair has wrapped up its 12-day run in Columbia.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Protesters from Charleston are coming to Columbia to join fellow protesters complaining about the nation's political and economic systems.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has denied Firehouse Subs' request for a new trial in its trademark infringement case against an Horry County firefighter.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal jury has awarded a Florida man $1 million in punitive damages against his former Charleston lawyer.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — While South Carolina's health agency is preparing a ban on synthetic stimulants like bath salts, one state lawmaker tried to outlaw them earlier this year.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Troopers say vehicles hit two horses that ran onto a highway in Greenville County, killing one of them.
PORT ROYAL, S.C. (AP) — Port Royal residents are getting a chance to work with county and town leaders on what they want their town to look like in the future.
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A York County man has been sentenced to four years in prison without parole after admitting he killed his friend in December following an alcohol-fueled argument.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Department of Transportation says thieves have stolen more than 100 storm drain grates along Interstate 85 and U.S. 276 in the Upstate.
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — A 50-year-old Lexington County man has been shot to death in his home, and the sheriff's office is seeking the public help.
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A 62-year-old man has drowned in a whirlpool bath outside his Pawleys Island townhouse.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An attorney says officials at a South Carolina school district are committed to the First Amendment's separation of church and state after the district held a Christian-themed rally last month.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says five people were rescued from a 75-foot boat that caught fire about nine miles off the coast of Hilton Head Island.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is joining Fox News as a political commentator through the 2012 presidential elections.
The South Carolina State Fair ends it eleven day run Sunday. It has been a mixed bag of weather for one of the largest events in the state.
