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

42 minutes ago  Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

1 hour, 57 minutes ago  Charles Eddie Smith, 66, is being held in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.

Today at 8:33 AM  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

Today at 7:56 AM  Unsettled weather remains through Thursday ahead of a cold front that brings great weather for the weekend.

Yesterday at 11:35 PM  Casualty numbers are starting to come in from the Oklahoma City area, where a monstrous tornado has left a scene of devastation.

Yesterday at 9:05 PM  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Yesterday at 7:25 PM  Twenty-two pounds of cocaine. That's what Horry County police found inside a hidden compartment of a car they pulled over for speeding Friday night on Highway 501 in the Galivants Ferry area.

Yesterday at 4:45 PM  GE Healthcare is investing $17 million in a Florence plant that will turn helium gas into supercool liquid needed for medical imaging.

Friday, May 17, 2013  East Clarendon won the first state softball title in school history on Friday.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Crews with the West Florence Fire Department are on the scene of wreck, involving two cars, on Hoffmeyer Road at Vintage Drive.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Four Bulldogs, one Falcon put pen to paper to play college baseball, football and cross country