Sliced cheese is up 12 percent, potato chips up 20 percent and the fruit salad costs 26 percent more.

Frugal shopping can save you even more, with some balanced and nutritious meals costing less than $2 per person if they're cooked at home.

Count on News 2 for the best ways to celebrate your 4th of July. From a reading of the Declaration of Independence to the fireworks shows in the Lowcountry.

A banner plane has crashed in the ocean just off North Myrtle Beach. Reports indicate that nobody was seriously injured.

Six Flags Over Georgia has reopened the popular roller coaster ride that hit and killed a South Carolina teenager, but state officials have told the amusement park to make changes.

The nation's top transportation official is urging the nation's drivers to not drink and drive this holiday weekend.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford won't be chilling the speculation about his vice presidential prospects by heading to a John McCain event next month in Colorado.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is ordering the recall of over 9,300 youth beds because of the toy chests attached to them.

Police say the Lowcountry man who raped two college-aged women and attempted to rape a third committed those crimes while out on bond for a similar charge.

Charleston County deputies made a disturbing discovery Thursday. Human skeletal remains in the trunk of a submerged car.

Head to one of many locations to catch some of the Lowcountry's finest firework displays.

Narcotics cops in North Charleston said Thursday that they shut down a high-tech marijuana growing operation.

A 13-year-old South Carolina boy has been arrested after officers say he did some patrolling of his own in a stolen police car.

Authorities say a 14-year-old boy has been charged in the death and sexual assault of an 8-year-old Greenville County girl whose body was found in an abandoned mobile home.

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey told more than 200 federal prosecutors and FBI agents gathered in Columbia on Wednesday they must resist being drawn in to politics as they investigate voter fraud allegations.

The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph and this general motion with some increase in forward speed is expected for the next couple of days.

Police arrest man they say targeted college-age women. Police say Michael Washington broke into the women's homes in the middle of the night, then raped two women and tried to rape a third.

Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed a bill Wednesday afternoon that would have expanded the state's DNA database by collecting DNA samples from everyone arrested for a felony with a penalty of five years or more in prison, eavesdropping, stalking or peeping.

Big changes this fall for some Charleston county students. High schoolers will get to sleep in a little longer, while elementary students will head to the bus stops earlier.

The American Civil Liberties Union, often lauded by political liberals and derided by conservatives, opened a new office today in Charleston.

Police are searching for a group of men who they say broke into a home in broad daylight; one of them raping the woman inside.

A Lowcountry neighborhood is recognized by a national magazine as one of the top 10 communities in the country.

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is the top choice for presumptive GOP nominee John McCain.

South Carolina is setting aside 2 million dollars to more than double the number of low-income women who receive breast and cervical cancer screening.

Complaints from South Carolina motorists about gas pump accuracy have increased in the past year as prices have gone up.

An autopsy shows an 8-year-old Greenville County girl whose body was found in a closet died of asphyxia after being sexually assaulted.

A popular roller coaster that hit and killed a South Carolina teenager over the weekend will reopen on Wednesday.

Police arrested a man they say is connected to at least three of the five recent sexual assaults and burglaries in Charleston and North Charleston.

Governor Mark Sanford has until midnight Wednesday to sign or veto a bill requiring DNA samples from people charged with certain crimes.

There's been a steady increase in the number of pay day lenders in the state, and some say that increase, leads to an increase of debt for a growing number of people.

Starbucks Corporation announced Tuesday that it's closing 600 underperforming stores in the United States.

Your car has a catalytic converter and it's easier to steal than you might think. It's happening here in the Lowcountry. We'll show you what mechanics are facing and the type of cars crooks consider prime targets.

With July 4th days away, and so too the fireworks that come along with it, we spent the day at a camp for children who know all too well the dangers of fire.

WIS-TV in Columbia is reporting that a lawsuit is possible after a roller coaster killed a teenager at Six Flags Over Georgia.

State and local officials are looking for a Lexington couple missing on Lake Murray since Saturday afternoon.

State officials have upgraded the drought status of five South Carolina counties, saying their water shortages are the most severe possible.

Police in Georgia are ruling out reports from witnesses who say a South Carolina teenager who was killed by a roller coaster over the weekend had been trying to retrieve a hat.

A teenage mountain bike racer is fighting for her life after being attacked by a bear on an Alaska Hillside trail early Sunday morning.

Organizers for the Democratic National Convention want it to be the "greenest" convention ever, so they've contacted the Molson Coors Brewing Company for help.

Tampa Bay police and scientists from the University of South Florida are working to identify a human skull found by a snorkeler over the weekend.

Both the Midwest flooding and the upstate drought are taking their toll on farmers' crops, but how will it affect your wallet? News Two's Tara Lynn went to a local farm to find out.

Authorities say a symbol similar to one used in the 1960s by the Zodiac killer was found on the mirror in the motel room where the body of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier was found.

The government is now looking beyond tomatoes, as it tries to pinpoint the cause of the nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people.

A 16-year-old football player at Spartanburg High School has drowned during a team outing at Lake Bowen.

The gas gauge continues to make us cringe, especially to one group in the Lowcountry.

Federal investigators from Washington and Phoenix are going to the scene of a deadly helicopter crash in Arizona.

A state panel will discuss if a hot and dry May and June have made the drought any worse in South Carolina.

Myrtle Beach City Council voted earlier this month to raise property taxes and use some of the money to get rid of the two rallies that occur each May.

The low-level nuclear waste disposal site in Barnwell County is to close to most out-of-state shipments tomorrow.

Police say the Lowcountry man who raped two college-aged women and attempted to rape a third committed those crimes while out on bond for a similar charge.

Charleston County deputies made a disturbing discovery Thursday. Human skeletal remains in the trunk of a submerged car.

Police arrest man they say targeted college-age women. Police say Michael Washington broke into the women's homes in the middle of the night, then raped two women and tried to rape a third.

Police are searching for a group of men who they say broke into a home in broad daylight; one of them raping the woman inside.

Your car has a catalytic converter and it's easier to steal than you might think. It's happening here in the Lowcountry. We'll show you what mechanics are facing and the type of cars crooks consider prime targets.

A man who claimed he worked for the golf course pushed his way into a grandmother's home. He knocked her to the ground, tied her hands and covered her with a blanket as he robbed her home.

Police are searching for a rapist who may have started his crime spree as a robber. They are analyzing five cases for clues and have a sketch of a man involved in an attempted rape and robbery.

Sex offenders may be required to provide their e-mail addresses to the state under a plan being discussed in the General Assembly.

A bill to raise the minimum age to ride in the open bed of a pickup truck will get some work after a charged floor debate.

North Carolina restaurant inspections will soon focus more on protecting the heath of patrons.

Gov. Mike Easley's administration is warning legislative leaders there's less tax money than previously believed to spend for next year.

Toyota has donated $1 million and three Prius hybrid vehicles to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The body of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier found dead in a Fayetteville motel has been examined by the state medical examiner's office, but it's unclear when an autopsy report will be released.

A prosecutor says he will dismiss any case where two Charlotte police officers facing drug charges played a crucial role.

Authorities say a suspect wanted on an armed robbery charge has drowned after jumping into a lake while running from officers.

State officials say South Carolina's unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent in May, the highest jobless rate in more than two years.

A Georgetown woman whose family says was mostly confined to her home has died in a fire.

Frugal shopping can save you even more, with some balanced and nutritious meals costing less than $2 per person if they're cooked at home.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is ordering the recall of over 9,300 youth beds because of the toy chests attached to them.

A teenage mountain bike racer is fighting for her life after being attacked by a bear on an Alaska Hillside trail early Sunday morning.

Organizers for the Democratic National Convention want it to be the "greenest" convention ever, so they've contacted the Molson Coors Brewing Company for help.

Tampa Bay police and scientists from the University of South Florida are working to identify a human skull found by a snorkeler over the weekend.

Ever the meticulous planner of his own fate, Bill Gates announced his retirement two years before it was to happen.

President Bush is declaring an emergency in California because of its hundreds of wildfires.

Congress spent much of the last month debating ways to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are making a show of unity in a hamlet named for it.

A Colorado bicyclist took a tumble Tuesday after colliding with a black bear.

A man loaded an automated teller machine onto a dolly and wheeled it out of a Placentia, California convenience store Wednesday as a clerk, who was ordered by the thief to stay behind the counter, looked on, police said.

The U.S. military's ground based missile defense system destroyed a target during a drill.

Prosecutors have released new details in Florida's infamous teen beating case.

Miami Beach police have arrested six people in connection with the operation of what investigators called a "brothel on wheels."