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Elizabeth Dawn Stephens, 27, of 167 Pasture Road, was charged after being found slumped over a steering wheel at a gas station early Monday morning, a Union County Sheriff's Office incident report states.

Monday was the first day of school for most students in Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union counties.

CHARLESTON — A South Carolina insurance company says it is checking medical records to determine if patients enrolled in the federal Affordable Care Act are lying about smoking.

It was smooth going early Monday at Shoally Creek Elementary School in Boiling Springs as parents dropped off their children for the historic first day of school at Spartanburg County's newest school.

As students head back to classes today there are still teaching vacancies in school districts across South Carolina and it's a problem that seems to occur yearly.

Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday evening and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim during a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man, but there was no repeat of widespread destruction of property.

Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other extremist organizations.

Thousands of students across Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union counties have returned to class.