It's all about the odds.

The second week of testimony in the trial of a Columbia man charged with killing his wife and his colleague in a sports gambling ring ended with a medical examiner saying the gun in one of the victim's hands was likely planted after he died.

A jury is getting ready to decide the fate of a Hartsville store owner accused of faking an assault and setting fire to her own store to get insurance money.

A lawyer says a state Court of Appeals ruling clears the way for gamblers to sue for money they lose by playing illegal gambling machines.

A 72-year-old man from Gilbert has died after he was crushed by is tractor after he plowed a field in Lancaster County.

Authorities are reporting few problems with the Spring Harley-Davidson motorcycle Rally along the Grand Strand.

A former Horry County police officer has been ordered to pay a $500 fine for harassing his estranged wife.

These South Carolina lotteries were drawn Saturday:

The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the South Carolina Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:

The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the South Carolina Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:

From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city.

These Georgia lotteries were drawn Saturday:

The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Georgia Lottery's "Cash 4 Midday" game were:

The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Georgia Lottery's "Cash 3 Midday" game were:

The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Georgia Lottery's "Georgia FIVE Midday" game were:

South Carolina's unemployment dropped to its lowest rate in five years in April, state officials said Friday, a drop they attributed in part to increased hiring in preparation for the state's multi-billion-dollar summer tourist season.

Richland County has agreed to pay $150,000 to the estates of a couple killed in a 2008 train collision.

A Laurens County jury has found a Gray Court man guilty of murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife.

Two men have been sentenced to prison for their guilty pleas in the stabbing death of the uncle of one of the men in Murrells Inlet.

Former White House chief of staff and University of North Carolina system president Erskine Bowles is giving the commencement address at Converse College.