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

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  Some states are pushing back against uniform benchmarks for reading, writing and math that have been fully adopted in most states and are being widely put in place this school year.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  A traveling preacher will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for molesting an 11-year-old Pennsylvania girl he assaulted while visiting her community for a religious revival.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  At least 16 U.S. deaths are being blamed on Superstorm Sandy, which has knocked out power to an estimated 6.6 million people across the East.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Families and friends of victims lost on Sept. 11, 2001, will gather at ground zero, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa., to honor and remember those lost 11 years ago.

Sunday, August 05, 2012  Track officials at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania say a lightning strike in the parking lot behind the grandstand after a NASCAR race killed one person and injured nine others.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is returning to the campaign trail to help presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  Pennsylvania's famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil has emerged from his lair and saw his shadow, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter.

Thursday, October 20, 2011  The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the small plane crash that killed three people near Peru, West Virginia on the night of October 2nd.

Friday, October 07, 2011  A plane that left Myrtle Beach last weekend has been found after it crashed in West Virginia, killing three people.

Friday, August 12, 2011  In preliminary research that's been dubbed "remarkable," "dramatic" and "sensational," doctors made the most common type of leukemia disappear in two patients, and reduced cancer cells by 70 percent in a third.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich may differ in their individual ideas of how to run the nation, but they all felt the Myrtle Beach area was an important stop to make. Increased growth is part of the reason.

Monday, July 11, 2011  A former U.S. Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania who is vying for the GOP nomination in the 2012 Presidential election will be on the Grand Strand this week.

Thursday, May 19, 2011  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's predictions are in for the 2011 Hurricane Season and another above average season is expected.

Saturday, April 09, 2011  Saturday and Sunday Horry County Fire Rescue invited other fire fighters from other fire departments in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Florida, Virginia, and Ontario, Canada to train for upcoming competitions.

Saturday, April 09, 2011  GOP presidential hopefuls stumping at South Carolina county conventions are bragging on congressional Republicans who they say won deeper budget cuts than Democrats wanted and forced a Senate vote on Planned Parenthood funding.