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

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Mark Lazarus is leading Al Allen in the Republican primary runoff election for Horry County Council Chairman. According to Lazarus's campaign Allen has conceded.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Polls are now open in the runoff election for the Horry County council chairman seat left vacant when Congressman Tom Rice won the 7th congressional district race.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  11 precincts in lower Florence County opened Tuesday for the special election to fill a seat on Florence County Council.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Polls open Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock for the 2013 Republican primary election for Horry County Council chairman.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  Voting has been steady Tuesday, with few problems reported in the first few hours after the polls opened in Horry County, according to county officials.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  South Carolina voters are turning out in heavy numbers to select their president, Congress and Legislature, and to decide whether future governors can choose a running mate.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  Polls are now open across South Carolina and North Carolina. Voters began casting their vote in Horry County and the Pee Dee at 7:00 Tuesday morning.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has upheld South Carolina's voter ID law. But the court says the law can't be implemented until 2013.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  It's been almost 20 years since a woman has represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representative. Congresswoman Elizabeth J. Patterson served from 1987-1993.  Gloria Bromell Tinubu is trying to go for the history books by not only being the most recent woman to represent us, but also the first African-American woman.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  With just over a month to go until the November 6 general election, we're talking to the Republican and the Democrat who want to be the first member of Congress to represent South Carolina's new 7th Congressional District.

Monday, June 25, 2012  Voter turnout was low for the primary election on June 12th, and it's expected to be even lower for Tuesday's runoff election. "It's the old adage of every vote really does count," Associate Dean and Associate Professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University Holley Tankersley said.

Monday, June 25, 2012  The 7th Congressional district runoff elections between Republican candidates Andre Bauer and Tom Rice and Democratic candidates Gloria Bromell Tinubu and Preston Brittain is Tuesday.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Polls for the South Carolina Primary are now closed and numbers are starting to come in.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Voting was reported as going smoothly for the June primary at Horry County polling sites Tuesday. But that could be because there weren't many voters who showed up.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Darlington County Voter Registration director Hoyt Campbell says he expects only 8,000 of the county's 40,000 registered voters to show up at the polls Tuesday.