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, April 04, 2013  Thursday night Alabama performed at The Bowery in Myrtle Beach. Before the group made it big, they performed there for several years as the house band.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  More than 100 top student athletes from across the country spent the day at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach today for the start of the three-day Shamrock Invitational Track Meet.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A judge sentenced a man to five years in prison for his role in a fight that killed a Marion County man outside Williams-Brice Stadium following a South Carolina football game.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Authorities say they will be making a major announcement in the case of a 5-year-old who is being held hostage in an underground bunker in Alabama.

Friday, January 25, 2013  One of Broadway's biggest stars, Tony award winner Ben Vereen, will take the stage at the Alabama Theatre in Myrtle Beach Friday night.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Isaac is drenching Louisiana and Mississippi but is weakening as it trudges roughly north over land and should lose its tropical storm status by tonight.

Sunday, June 10, 2012  Investigators are searching for a gunman who shot and killed three people and wounded three others at a pool party near the Auburn University campus in Alabama. Two of the fatalities were former Auburn football players. Authorities and witnesses say the shootings occurred after a fight erupted over a woman.

Friday, March 02, 2012  The threat of additional storms today has proven to be very real in several states, including Alabama, Indiana and Tennessee.

Friday, March 02, 2012  A powerful spring-like storm system has much of the Tennessee Valley in a high risk for long-lived violent tornadoes through Friday evening.

Sunday, February 26, 2012  A federal trial over the nation's worst offshore oil disaster has been delayed for a week to allow more time for settlement talks, according to two people close to the case.

Monday, October 31, 2011  The federal government is suing South Carolina to put a stop to the state's tough new immigration law.

Sunday, August 14, 2011  At least three major grocery store chains are recalling certain packages of ground beef due to possible E. coli contamination.

Friday, June 24, 2011  Though plans to bring a car ferry to Sandy Island from Alabama have fallen through, island residents and organizers of the Sandy Island Ferry Project say they're not giving up on efforts to continue raising money and looking to acquire another ferry that might serve the island's needs. The island is only accessible by boat.

Sunday, May 22, 2011  An Horry County couple that has roots in Tuscaloosa, Alabama have returned to the Grand Strand after visiting home to drop of items they collected to help tornado victims.