COLUMBIA -- A former South Carolina prison guard has been charged after SLED agents say a former guard had sex with an inmate. via WLTX-TV Columbia

COLUMBIA -- Three of former Sen. John Edwards' delegates to the Democratic convention say they're endorsing Barack Obama. via WLTX-TV Columbia

COLUMBIA -- South Carolina House members welcomed back Capt. James Smith with a standing ovation. via WLTX-TV Columbia

A Midlands man is headed to jail after prosecutors say he admitted to making counterfeit money. via WIS-TV Columbia

"I think that a female, someone from a small town, as well as racial diversity and age are important and so I'm willing to step up to the plate and perhaps encourage some of my friends from the Pee Dee and small towns to get involved with us"

Two Pee Dee lawyers were installed as South Carolina Bar Association officers during the bar's House of Delegates meeting at Francis Marion University on Thursday in Florence. via WBTW

About 70 South Carolina National Guard soldiers who were embedded with Afghan military units have returned to the Palmetto State after a year of duty overseas. via WACH-TV Columbia

University of South Carolina president Andrew Sorensen will address graduates for a final time before retiring later this year. via WACH-TV Columbia

Pence will address GOP activists South Carolina Republicans will hear from Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana, when they meet for their big annual fundraiser in Columbia later this month. via Post and Courier

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis says two men wanted in connection with the shooting death of one of the men's wife have been arrested. via Spartanburg Herald-Journal

"I was born here in the middle of the previous century, and spent the last 30 years writing about imaginary versions of the current century"

The man who coined the word "cyberspace" has returned to his home page. Author William Gibson was given an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Coastal Carolina University in Conway, where he was born 60 ... via Myrtle Beach Online