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Wednesday, June 12, 2013  The South Carolina Department of Transportation is putting up a new traffic signal and pedestrian crosswalk on Highway 544 near Costal Carolina University's campus.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Saturday morning Coastal Carolina University is holding its spring commencement ceremony. It begins at 8:30 a.m. at Brooks Stadium.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Marquis McDonald, one of two suspects in the shooting death of Anthony Liddell, will stay in jail for now after Judge Larry Hyman denied his request for bond.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Coastal Carolina University students who live between Highway 501 and Highway 544 off of Cox Ferry Road have a difficult time getting to class because of a large ditch between their apartments and campus.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The story of three women who had been missing for about a decade and were found alive Monday in a home in downtown Cleveland has given new hope to families of missing persons everywhere, including on the Grand Strand and in the Pee Dee.

Monday, May 06, 2013  An online petition started by a group of students at Coastal Carolina University to have Senator Tim Scott removed as graduation speaker has gained momentum in the past few days with close to 500 signatures.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A professor of art at Coastal Carolina University won the top prize at Lake City's Artfields competition.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Stephon Mclain and Marquis McDonald, the suspects in the shooting death of Anthony Liddell, will have a bond hearing May 8 at 1:30 p.m., according to the Horry County Solicitor's Office.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  In collaboration with the Waccamaw Market Cooperative, Coastal Carolina University hosted their third Farmer's Market at their Conway campus Wednesday.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A Coastal Carolina University football player was arrested on drug charges.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Today,  Dr. Jonathan Smith teaches national security at CCU, but he used to work in that field as a Navy intelligence officer for 23 years. He says Americans should be patient with the Boston incident.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  On February 26, Anthony Liddell was shot to death at University Place apartments which are off campus sanctioned housing for Coastal Carolina University.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Hundreds of people stayed up all night on the campus of Coastal Carolina University in Conway. The school is hosting a Relay for Life  event from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The event is aimed at raising money for cancer research.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  An Horry County Grand Jury indicted Marquis Spencer McDonald, 20, and Stephon Mclain, Jr., 22, both of Conway for a deadly shooting at Coastal Carolina University on February 26.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A Coastal Carolina University grad student has just returned from the experience of a lifetime. The marine science student did groundbreaking research on global warming while surrounded by penguins and icebergs.