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The Blitz – Week 0 scores & highlights
MYRTLE BEACH (WBTW) – High School Football is back! Below are the scores & highlights from week 0 across the Pee Dee and Grand Strand. The home team is listed on the bottom. THURSDAY NIGHT: Marion 0Lake View 42 (Final) FRIDAY NIGHT: Wando 21Socastee 16 (Final) Lake City 6Myrtle Beach 21 (Final) West Brunswick (NC) […]
Cook Out Southern 500 returns for 75th anniversary
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — The final race for the NASCAR regular season and a Labor Day tradition for NASCAR fans is back again for the 75th year of the Cook Out Southern 500. Drivers are competing for their playoff position, as well as to win the Johnny Mantz...
Sumter man found safe, deputies say
SUMTER, S.C. (WACH) — A 20-year-old Sumter man has been found safe after being reported missing on Thursday. Officials with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) say Bradley Thompson was found after her was last seen on Wednesday, August 21 in the area of Highway 441 and Broad Street.
South Carolina pillow manufacturer’s licensed line nabs Women’s Choice Award
Lancaster, S.C. – Bed pillow manufacturer JLJ Home Furnishings, the licensee for Restonic top-of-bed products in the United States, announced that its Restonic branded products have been recognized as a winner of the Women’s Choice Award. “Women drive a critical mass of purchasing decisions overall and even more...
Why private university students are now eligible for $90K in nursing faculty tuition aid in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawmakers put $10 million in this year's state budget to fight the nursing shortage through higher education programs, including one that officials say will help expand nursing education programs by offering tuition assistance to students who want to become nursing faculty members. Students at five private...
ANOTHER VIEW: Scores show how S.C. still fails her students
EDITOR’S NOTE: This commentary first appeared in the Charleston City Paper. South Carolinians are famously bound together by traditions, some seemingly as old as the earliest English footprints on the banks of the Ashley River at Albemarle Point in Charleston. But as last week’s damning statewide public school test results pointed up, some Palmetto State traditions belong on the ash heap of history – starting with our longstanding and obdurate refusal to educate all of our children.
SCDNR keeping close eye on bird species, habitats following Debby aftermath
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Wildlife biologists are keeping a close eye on special bird species and their habitats following recent storm surge. Janet Thibault, an expert with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, says rough weather can often bring rough waters to the Crab Bank shoreline. Those effects can often be both positive and negative on the animals who nest there, especially following storm Debby.
Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $535 million ahead of Friday’s drawing. How late can you buy a ticket in South Carolina?
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- Lottery players have a chance to take home more than half a billion dollars on Friday night. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $535 million ahead of the Aug. 23 drawing, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery. The cash payout is $265.6 million. It marks the third time […]
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