GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say several people in a crowd of about 500 shot fireworks at Cherokee County sheriff's deputies as they tried to break up a disturbance.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's rate of infant deaths has dropped for the fourth year in a row.

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — An autopsy shows a 63-year-old Dorchester County woman died from heat stroke.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Coast Guard has rescued five people from a boat in St. Helena Sound.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Law enforcement in Greenville County is getting a few more tools to fight crime.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Plans to reopen and expand a gold mine in Lancaster County have been delayed while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts more study.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of people have been convicted in a Greenville County cockfighting raid.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina health officials are warning residents in about a dozen counties about possible health effects from wildfires in the region.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Family members of paramedics, firefighters, police officers and military members have broken ground on the First Responders Remembrance Memorial in Columbia.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Fire crews say they've been able to fight fire with fire to protect neighborhoods in Horry County.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's attorney general is reviewing Lt. Gov. Ken Ard's campaign spending case, which brought the state's second largest ethics fines.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Forestry Commission has issued an outdoor burning ban for unincorporated areas of 14 counties in the Pee Dee region.

WINNSBORO, S.C. (AP) — It's show-and-tell time for a Winnsboro biofuel recycling company.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say more people were killed this year than last on South Carolina highways during the July 4th holiday weekend.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A third person has been charged with murder in the death of a man in his home near Lake Murray last month.