COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Army soldiers are gleeful they can ditch the ill-fitting black wool berets they've worn for years and go back to their old, brimmed patrol caps.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A Florence man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting and killing his younger brother last summer.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators will decide whether to take up a bill Gov. Nikki Haley wants that would put much of the state's bureaucracy under her control.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has named a new state inspector general to replace an appointee who quietly quit in frustration in April.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston County school officials say they will eliminate 70 jobs for the coming school year in order to deal with budget cuts.

GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for the 2008 shooting of a Spartanburg man.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — An electric bus manufacturer in Greenville says a $30 million investment will allow it to resume hiring.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — About 70 animals from a Williamsburg County animal shelter have been taken to Charleston while a court case over the shelter's operations proceeds.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A former North Myrtle Beach police officer has filed a lawsuit saying he was forced to resign after his bosses accused him of leaking confidential information about the 2009 Horry County wildfire.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley and chief attorney for the National Labor Relations Board will testify this week at a congressional hearing in South Carolina on an NLRB complaint against Boeing.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine people are dead following accidents on South Carolina roadways this weekend.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Large daycare centers in South Carolina won't get a one-year reprieve from state inspections aimed at giving them a break from licensing hassles.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The College of Charleston is opting not to change tuition for in-state students this year.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The state of South Carolina is asking the S.C. Supreme Court to rule in a case that would decide whether the state can build a rail terminal at the old Charleston Naval Base.

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — An auto parts maker is hoping to fill dozens of job openings at one of its three South Carolina facilities.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Military veterans at Columbia's Dorn Veteran Administration Medical Center are celebrating Flag Day with a flag-raising ceremony.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State health officials want South Carolinians to get up and keep moving to help fight obesity.