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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  The Department of Health and Environmental Control says some contamination from a Surfside Beach dog park is reaching the ocean, but is not causing any harm.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Florence City Councilman Ed Robinson held a news conference outside the Florence City County Complex Tuesday morning to express his concern about an officer involved shooting last week in Florence.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  A Myrtle Beach apartment owner reported to police Wednesday that someone apparently left behind the ashes of a cremated person in an apartment, according to a police report.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Windsor Green fire victims were allowed to search Thursday for any memories in the rubble of what's left of their condominiums after Saturday's fire.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  JP Morgan Chase and Company laid off 550 employees at its Florence Division Thursday morning.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  Troopers say many of the deaths happened when people were not wearing seat belts.

Friday, December 28, 2012  Conway police are investigating a fatal crash at Durant Street and Hemingway Street.

Sunday, December 09, 2012  Police are looking for the driver who crashed his pick up truck through the UPS Store on South Irby Street in Florence, just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning. Officers say the driver left the truck inside the store and then ran away.

Saturday, December 08, 2012  Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, a 1996 Ford Explorer ran off the road in Marion County and ended up in a swamp, killing the driver, according to senior trooper Bridget Wyant.

Monday, November 05, 2012  A South Carolina police officer is rushed to a hospital with injuries after crashing her Charleston squad car. The Highway Patrol says the officer was driving under the influence when she wrecked the squad car on Johns Island early Sunday.

Monday, July 23, 2012  Three people died in separate crashes in the Pee Dee and on the Grand Strand in just a 24 hour period. Though Horry County has seen a rash of deadly crashes recently, Highway Patrol says the number of crash victims in the state is about the same as past years, for now.

Sunday, July 15, 2012  A small plane crashed after the pilot failed to hook an advertisement banner at Grand Strand Regional Airport near Atlantic Beach.

Monday, April 30, 2012  There's a new way to memorialize a loved one who may have felt a special connection with the sea. It's a concrete fish haven deployed in a reef nearly 40 feet under the waves.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  Florence firefighters responded to a fire at a multi-family dwelling around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Sunday, January 29, 2012  The Florida Highway Patrol says 10 people have died in a series of early-morning crashes on a dark highway that was shrouded in haze and smoke.