DARLINGTON — The number of traffic fatalities reported in Florence County during the first four months of the year are nearly three times higher than those reported the same time last year, according to a fatality report release by the S.C. Department of Public Safety.

A Myrtle Beach judge denied bond for a North Carolina man charged with attempted murder. Saturday morning, Judge J. Scott Long denied bond for Charles Teague, 30.

Three Florence men were arrested Friday after deputies say they took more than $200,000 in scrap metal and old cars from someone’s property, Florence County Sheriff’s Lt. Brett Camp said.

A Florence man was arrested Thursday in connection with a Dec. 24 robbery at a Hoffmeyer Road convenience store, Florence County Sheriff’s Lt. Brett Camp said.

Saturday morning, more than 700 students got their diplomas at Brooks Stadium in Conway.

Rising eighth-, ninth- and 10th-grade students from across the state are invited to spend their summer studying math, science and technology at the S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics during its Summer Science Program.

DARLINGTON — Members of the Darlington County School District Board of Education discussed the 2008-09 budget and how Act 388, the property tax relief law and rising fuel costs have impacted the district during a budget work session Friday.

DARLINGTON — Maryland resident Kathryn Cooley said her family always laughed when she entered any kind of sweepstakes.

FLORENCE — Advanced Dental Center opened its doors Friday to patients of all ages regardless of ability to pay as part of a community service program called Dentistry from the Heart.

McLaurin Elementary School celebrated walking 26,000 miles in 180 days.

Tornado watches currently in effect for Sunday evening in portions of the Eastern Carolinas.

Another chance for showers and thunderstorms later Sunday.

A group of Grand Strand women are raising their "hammers" for a good cause. In honor of National Women Build Week, construction is underway on a Habitat house in Myrtle Beach.

Tornado watches currently in effect for Sunday evening in portions of the Eastern Carolinas.

There are certain jobs that really no one wants to do. Cleaning up after the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington is one of them. One group of volunteers got together on Sunday and did the dirty job.

Another chance for showers and thunderstorms later Sunday.