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

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  South Carolina senators have defeated an attempt to help parents pay for private school tuition or educate them at home through the state budget.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  It's been four years since the wildfire that destroyed 76 homes in Barefoot Resort, damaged another 97, and scorched nearly 20,000 acres. There was more than $50 million in total damages in the Horry County fire that took almost a month for fire crews to control.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Construction on new U.S. homes in March hit the highest rate in almost five years, according to Department of Commerce data.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Horry County Fire Rescue responded to a brush fire that was threatening homes off of Highway 544 near Cedar Lane, according to Leslie Yancey with Horry County Fire Rescue.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Those of you in the North Myrtle Beach area may be noticing more homes popping up along the coast.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  The Home Show at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center attracted a large crowd Saturday. With the huge turnout and loads of vendors, a local developer says it could be a sign the Myrtle Beach housing market is making a turnaround.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  A car crashed into a utility pole on Kershaw Street in Timmonsville causing power outages, according to Florence County 911 dispatchers.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  South Carolina's current beach policy is not working and needs changes. That's the conclusion of a state panel that spent three years looking at the state's laws for beach management. Since 1988, South Carolina's official policy has been to call for a gradual retreat of development away from the beach, to preserve the state's beaches from erosion.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  There's a mini housing boom underway on the Grand Strand. It's not as strong as the bubble of five or six years ago, but one homebuilder says that's not a bad thing.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  Mortgage rates are near record lows, making it now cheaper to buy a home than to rent.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  A car ran into a mobile home, knocking off the porch and proceeded to hit another trailer and a tree across the street.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  Home prices kept rising in July across the United States, buoyed by greater sales and fewer foreclosures.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Lumberton police say two teenagers were wounded during a shootout at the Lumbee Homes housing complex on Martin Luther King Drive, Thursday afternoon.

Monday, July 16, 2012  Dispatchers with Marlboro County 911 Communications say power has been knocked out to more than 700 homes in the City of Bennettsville.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  A number of wildfires continue to burn in Colorado and now more than 32,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as the fire spreads through Colorado Springs.