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

Friday, May 24, 2013  A woman showed up at Socastee Elementary school around 1:45 p.m., emotionally distraught and speaking only Spanish, according to Horry County Schools spokesperson Teal Britton.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  School administrators placed Rosenwald Elementary/Middle School in a modified lockdown Tuesday afternoon, according to Darlington County School District Public Information Officer Audrey Childers.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A parent who does not have custody of their child went to Lake City Elementary School Wednesday morning to pick up the child, according to Lake City Schools public information officer Brian Huckabee.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  St. John's Elementary and Brunson-Dargan Elementary schools were locked down for a brief time Tuesday, after a report of a man carrying what appeared to be a gun near St. John's Elementary.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Coastal Carolina University residence halls on lockdown after a shooting near the Conway campus that left a 19-year-old dead. Classes to resume as scheduled Wednesday.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  South Conway Elementary School was placed on lockdown for about 10 minutes on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m., after a police matter initiated behind the school, according to Horry County spokesperson Teal Britton.

Monday, December 17, 2012  North Myrtle Beach High School was evacuated around 12:30 p.m. Monday afternoon following a bomb threat, according to Sgt. Robert Kegler with Horry County police.

Sunday, December 02, 2012  Three people with gunshot wounds were brought to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, and friends and family of the three who were shot got into a fight in the emergency room lobby, according to a hospital spokesperson.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  A prison guard held hostage at a South Carolina prison has been rescued and officers have regained control of the facility.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Tuesday night, the Lee Correctional Institution is on lockdown. Inmates in the Sumter unit dormitory are holding a guard against his will, according to the State Department of Corrections spokesperson Clark Newsome.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  Darlington Middle School and the Darlington County Institute of Technology were locked down Wednesday as deputies searched for the people who burglarized either a home or a business near the school off Highway 151.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  Dillon High School is on lock down after an incident involving a weapon.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  Society Hill Police Chief Kaynnera Capers says a woman called 911 Thursday morning saying her boyfriend beat her up and stole her car.

Sunday, February 12, 2012  Officials with Benedict College say a lockdown there has been lifted.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Authorities are not yet sure what prompted a disturbance among inmates at Lieber Correctional Institution near Ridgeville during which at least two corrections officers were injured.