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Friday, May 17, 2013  The commission working to preserve the culture of slave descendants on the Southeast coast is holding its quarterly meeting. The Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor Commission meets in Conway.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Two men have been sentenced to prison for their guilty pleas in the stabbing death of the uncle of one of the men in Murrells Inlet.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Two men have been killed in a wreck near Conway.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  The parents of a 2-year-old Conway boy who grabbed a loaded gun and killed himself on Christmas Day are facing new charges.

Friday, March 22, 2013  An inmate who walked out of a South Carolina jail more than a year ago has been captured in California.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Horry County Council will not get involved in a continuing legal fight over helicopter rides on the Grand Strand.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The state-owned utility Santee Cooper plans to enclose coal ash ponds at a closed power plant in Horry County with a cement vault to prevent contamination.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A man who worked as a substitute teacher at Aynor High School has been accused of having sex with a female student.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Conway police have charged a public defender for Horry and Georgetown counties with drunken driving.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A Conway teen has been charged with murder and attempted murder in a shooting that killed a 36-year-old man and injured another person.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A student at Coastal Carolina University has died after a shooting near the campus in Conway.

Friday, February 22, 2013  An environmental group has filed a complaint with a federal agency about pollution at a Santee Cooper plant in Conway.

Friday, February 08, 2013  Bond has been set former state Rep. Thad Viers on charges he broke into his ex-girlfriend's home.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Highway 601 is open this afternoon, but one person is dead following a two car accident near the Richland - Calhoun County line.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Voters in northern Greenville County have selected Mike Burns of Travelers Rest as the Republican candidate a vacant House seat.