We’ve told you a lot lately about store closings and layoffs. How about some good economic news? One CEO is turning away from the downsizing trend, and giving his employees a raise, and some extra reasons to work harder, and happier. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

We’re learning more about the gunman who opened fire at an immigration center in New York, killing 13 people. Police carried out several computer hard drives, a rifle case, and several other items from a home belonging to Jiverly Voong. Officials say Voong was recently laid off from his job at IBM. After Voong completed his rampage, he turned the gun on himself. Dozens are recovering from wounds…and all of this is hitting very close to home for one South Carolina woman. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop for more.

Authorities have searched the home of the suspected gunman in the New York state immigrant center shooting. Police carried out three computer hard drives, a brown canvas rifle case, a briefcase, a small suitcase and several paper bags Friday evening.

A gunman opened fire on a room where immigrants were taking a citizenship exam in downtown Binghamton on Friday, killing as many as 13 people before committing suicide, officials said. Gov. David Paterson said at a news conference that 12 or 13 people had been killed. The suspected gunman carried identification with the name of 42-year-old Jiverly Voong of nearby Johnson City, N.Y., a law enforcement official said.

South Carolina has fined a Beaufort County resort for not paying dozens of laid-off employees for their vacation time.

More than 500 workers at Washington Mutual’s mortgage processing office in Florence will soon be out of jobs.