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Thursday, May 09, 2013  NASCAR driver Alex Bowman, 20, spoke to students at Darlington Middle School Thursday.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A House panel has postponed making a decision on whether to approve a bill that would make cyberbullying against children a crime in South Carolina.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A House panel plans to discuss a bill that would make cyberbullying against children a crime in South Carolina.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Bullying is a large issue in schools and online right now.

Thursday, October 25, 2012  "Boys spit in his face," described Traci Helms when explaining the extent to her son's bullying. Events like that pushed her son to the edge, she said.

Sunday, October 14, 2012  Hope Larson's son, Jacob, was bullied in middle school. So badly, he tried to take his own life. Now, Hope has taken Jacob's story to help others.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012 

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  Parents and educators learned how to be proactive against bullying by learning more about it through a program hosted by the Georgetown County School District.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  A legislative panel has approved a bill that would ban teens from sexting in South Carolina.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  A legislative panel is discussing a bill that would ban teens from sexting in South Carolina.

Monday, February 13, 2012  Marlboro County School District officials say three eighth grade boys passed threatening notes to two eighth grade girls at Blenheim Elementary Middle School last month. They say the notes contained threats and references to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and are a form of bullying.

Friday, January 06, 2012  Black Water Middle School kicked off its Power of Words program Friday with an assembly for all students.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she was bullied as a child because of her ethnic background.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011  Tuesday, Governor Nikki Haley visited Williams School in Florence and talked to 7th and 8th graders about bullying.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  One year has passed since then 15-year-old Christian Helms brought his father's revolver to school with the hopes of creating another Columbine-style school shooting.