Latest local news, weather and high school sports for Myrtle Beach and Florence

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Coastal Carolina University students who live between Highway 501 and Highway 544 off of Cox Ferry Road have a difficult time getting to class because of a large ditch between their apartments and campus.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  An Horry county woman is leading the charge to get cameras in special needs classrooms.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  AT&T is scheduled to visit the University of South Carolina campus to talk about the dangers of texting while driving.

Monday, March 18, 2013  74 students and 21 faculty members with the Horry County School District were displaced by Saturday night's fire at Windsor Green condos, according to school board chairman Joe Defeo.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is scheduled to visit several schools to talk to students about how to be careful online.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Horry County police charged eight Socastee High School students for smoking synthetic marijuana on school property.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Students at Florence's Southside Middle School are meeting with 10 Army soldiers in a class that explores career options.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A Florence School District One special needs bus collided with a car on West Palmetto Street around 12:45 p.m. Monday.

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.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Fire officials say a boy and a girl had fingers torn off during a game of tug-of-war at their high school Monday.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Four Socastee High School students have been arrested for a purse snatching at Coastal Grande Mall in Myrtle Beach.

Friday, January 25, 2013  The US Education Department says students with disabilities must be given a fair chance to participate in sports, on traditional sports teams or in their own leagues. The order went out to schools across the nation Friday.

Friday, January 25, 2013  The Richland District 1 school board voted earlier this week to fire 34-year-old Kinsley Wentzky from her position as an English teacher at Dreher High School.

Friday, January 25, 2013  The U.S. Education Department is telling schools they must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternative options.

Sunday, January 13, 2013  The State Board of Education has disciplined 18 South Carolina teachers in the past two years for sexual offenses against students.