Bauer to formally enter governor's race

South Carolina's lieutenant governor will be making his bid for governor official.

Republican Andre Bauer has been in the race to succeed Gov. Mark Sanford. But Bauer has not formally announced his candidacy.

Campaign manager Hank Page said Bauer will do so as he launches a 24-hour tour across the state Monday. The fly-around will start about 7 a.m. at a restaurant in Spartanburg and conclude Tuesday in time for Bauer to preside over the Senate for the week's legislative session.

The planned 16-stop tour will include greeting voters in downtowns, fire stations and colleges.

Bauer will face Attorney General Henry McMaster, U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett and state Rep. Nikki Haley in the June 8 primary.

- The Associated Press

South Carolina has new U.S. marshal

The Senate has confirmed Kelvin Washington as the new U.S. marshal in South Carolina.

The Williamsburg County sheriff started his new job on Friday. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on the recommendations of U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn and fellow Democratic Rep. John Spratt.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says Washington was an outstanding choice. The Republican says he was proud to support the nomination.

Washington takes over as marshal from Johnny Mack Brown, a former Greenville County sheriff nominated by President George W. Bush in 2002.

- The Associated Press

Fatal crashes more likely along borders

CHARLESTON- A motor club analysis of traffic accidents in South Carolina found deaths were more likely to occur in rural counties bordering Georgia and North Carolina than in other counties.

Carolinas AAA analyzed crashes in 2008 and said this week that Allendale, Barnwell, Chesterfield, Edgefield and Darlington counties were the most dangerous for fatalities. The five counties represented 7 percent of traffic deaths but only 3 percent of vehicle miles traveled statewide.

Rural roads are generally narrow and have fewer police patrols, while there are more out-of-state drivers in counties bordering state lines.

Charleston County ranked first in likelihood of collisions and collisions with injuries. Calhoun County was safest for all crashes, fatal crashes and injury crashes.

- The Associated Press

Police say man fatally stabbed himself

MYRTLE BEACH - Officials say a man who gained access to a restricted area of a coastal airport has died after stabbing himself several times.

Horry County police Sgt. Robert Kegler told reporters that a maintenance man called police at Myrtle Beach International Airport Friday morning after spotting the man on airport grounds.

Kegler says the man pulled a knife and stabbed himself in the abdomen several times, creating superficial wounds, and then stabbed himself in the upper chest.

Deputy coroner Chris Burroughs said the man was 49 years old and from the Myrtle Beach area. His name is being withheld until his next of kin can be notified.

Airport spokeswoman Lauren Morris says officials are reviewing security tapes to determine how the man got onto airport property.

- The Associated Press

Ex-paramedic going to prison for molesting

SPARTANBURG - A former paramedic has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to molesting three children.

Media outlets reported that 38-year-old Shawn T. Daily was sentenced Thursday in Spartanburg.

Daily pleaded guilty to committing a lewd act on a minor Thursday. He had pleaded guilty last month to committing lewd acts on two other children.

Daily also was ordered to serve 10 years of probation after the sentence is completed.

Prosecutors say the victims' families agreed to the pleas to avoid stressful trials.

Daily worked for Spartanburg County Emergency Medical Services from 1993 to early 2009, when he resigned after charges were filed. None of the offenses occurred while he was on duty.

- The Associated Press