Gov. Mark Sanford will be in uniform for two weeks in Texas early next year on Air Force Reserve duty.

Sanford will travel to Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls to complete the training he needs to become a fully qualified health services administration officer.

The governor plans to deliver his annual State of the State message to the General Assembly the week after he returns, so he will probably have “some late-night cram sessions,” spokesman Will Folks said.

Sanford’s training runs Jan. 3-14, Air Force Reserve spokesman Lt. Wayne Cappssaid.

• Ducks Unlimited license plates OK’d

The latest fund-raising license plate offered by South Carolina will honor Ducks Unlimited, with proceeds going to wildlife habitat conservation.

Gov. Mark Sanford signed legislation Friday allowing the Ducks Unlimited plates. Ducks Unlimited is the world’s largest wetlands and waterfowl conservation group.

The first 100 numbers in the series will be sold in a special fund-raiser administered by Ducks Unlimited, with the first 10 going for $500 each and the next 90 for $250 each. Tag numbers 101 or higher are available for $50 at Department of Motor Vehicle offices.

• Tenenbaum to release assessment results

State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum will release 2004 results from the South Carolina High School Assessment Program on Monday morning at Airport High School in West Columbia.

More than 47,000 10th-graders took the first statewide administration of HSAP in spring 2004. Public high school students must pass the English language arts and mathematics sections of the new High School Assessment Program to qualify for a South Carolina diploma. The tests are initially administered in grade 10, and students who do not qualify have additional opportunities to retake the test in later grades.

• COTTAGEVILLECouple arrested in dragging of teen

A Colleton County couple was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after a 16-year-old boy was dragged about 25 feet behind a pickup truck, authorities said.

The boy was treated for minor scrapes and turned over to the Department of Social Services, Colleton County Chief Deputy Steve Bazzle said.

Deputies arrested Lynn Harris, 41, and Edward Browder III, 42, shortly after the incident.

Authorities said the boy’s mother and boyfriend were having trouble controlling the teenager and allegedly tied him up with a towing strap and dragged him back to their mobile home before dawn Wednesday.

The youth was allegedly dragged about 25 feet behind the truck and another 25 feet by Browder.

The victim told deputies his mother refused to let him go to school that day, saying she was taking him to a psychiatrist because of behavioral problems, Sheriff’s Sgt. Lesley Jamison said.

Contributing: Joey Holleman and the Associated Press