SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Shaw Air Force Base, the Third Army and the city of Sumter are celebrating Independence Day with music, military displays and a fireworks display.

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — The Sumter County coroner says he can't release an autopsy report to a newspaper because he is a health care provider and it would violate medical privacy laws.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man killed four people in South Carolina, then took his own life after officers chased him in a car belonging to one of the victims.

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a passing boater has found the body of a man floating in a marsh near Murrells Inlet beside his empty boat.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Police say two men in a stolen car rammed through the gate at the Coast Guard base in downtown Charleston after officers tried to pull them over.

FERNDALE, Mich. (AP) — The owner of an Ethiopian restaurant in suburban Detroit says he's donating all the money that it takes in every Monday this month to a group that helps wounded military veterans and their families.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Charleston plantation founded 100 years before the United States was born plans to celebrate Independence Day highlighting how the plantation has grown along with the nation.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — North Carolina inspectors responsible for checking rides at Carowinds kept records on every problem they discovered during their annual inspections at the amusement park that straddles both Carolinas near Charlotte, N.C.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Fire officials say a weekend barbecue led to a fire that destroyed a Beaufort home.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint says in a new book that he's ready to get to work electing more conservatives to the U.S. Senate, even if his tactics anger other Republicans.