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Saturday, May 11, 2013  Country music star Darius Rucker says this year's graduating class from the University of South Carolina should follow their dreams and make room for service to others.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Saturday morning Coastal Carolina University is holding its spring commencement ceremony. It begins at 8:30 a.m. at Brooks Stadium.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Florence School District One Board of Trustees approved recommendations to impose stricter consequences on the dress code as it relates to the showing of cleavage.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  A first grade teacher in Pickens has been named South Carolina Teacher of the Year.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  When Christina Mattaliano looked over her son's homework, she got a surprise when she came across a couple of questions on two handwritten assignments.

Monday, April 15, 2013  The most dangerous part of playing beer pong might not be drinking too much beer.

Saturday, March 30, 2013  Students still struggling to read by the end of third grade would be held back for extra help under a bill that aims to boost children's chances of success through early intervention.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Bojangles on Kings Road in Myrtle Beach presented books to Georgetown District Teacher of the Year Jeff Mezzatesta from Carvers Bay High School and Horry County District Teacher of the Year Anna Locke from Socastee Elementary School

Friday, March 01, 2013  The Myrtle Beach Convention Center has gone high tech.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  A Coastal Carolina University student who was shot and killed this week was remembered Thursday night on campus. The school held a candlelight vigil for Anthony Liddell, 19.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The City of Myrtle Beach declared February 22, 2013 as Mary Catherine Canty day. They gave her the honor because of her work within the community.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A new report looks at how South Carolina is measuring up in several key education indicators.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Several parents of students at Spauling Elementary School in Lamar, in Dillon County, say Assistant Superintendent Linda Graham ridiculed their children and called them failures in front of their classmates.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Forty students from the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind are competing in the Braille Challenge in the state capital.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  North Carolina's state school board is considering a stand against using physical pain to enforce discipline even as the number of children paddled in public schools falls fast.