A group of Columbia County teenagers find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Richmond County investigators say they broke up a large crowd dozens of juveniles having a party with alcohol in an open field. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud. He has the story.

Governor Sonny Perdue says new driver’s license cards will combat document fraud and protect your identity. The cards are designed to be more difficult to counterfeit, alter or replicate.

South Carolina Public Safety director Mark Keel says seven officers have been suspended for working while their driver’s licenses were suspended. The State reported the agency investigated after the newspaper filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the driving records for Senior Trooper John McGaha and reported his license had been suspended.

Republicans say voters would have to have a photo IDs to prove who they are before heading to the voting booth. A House subcommittee will discuss requiring that type of identification Wednesday.

Georgians newly registering to vote would need to provide proof of citizenship beginning in 2010, under a bill introduced in the state Senate.

According to Lt. Robert Partain, a Richmond County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) traffic officer, around 9:15 a.m., Monday morning, stopped a Nissan Maxima on I-20 with South Carolina license plates for speeding in the construction zone. The car’s driver, Jorge Alberto Valladares, of Duluth, Georgia was arrested after 4 kilograms of cocaine were found in the vehicle.

Britney Spears’ driver’s license case has been declared a mistrial. A jury foreman announced that the panel failed to agree after four votes about whether the singer was guilty of driving without a valid driver’s license, a misdemeanor. Jurors got the case Friday morning and the stalemate was announced on Tuesday. They deliberated more than eight hours.

Jury selection has begun in Britney Spears’ driver’s license case. The first slate of potential jurors arrived Wednesday morning at the San Fernando Valley courtroom where Spears’ case will be heard.