CONWAY: Horry County Schools approves purchase of 20 new buses | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

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West Florence bats quiet in loss to Carolina Forest - Sports - SCNow

FLORENCE, S.C. — The Carolina Forest baseball team used the strength of its pitching staff to get back in the Region 6-4A race.

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3 important topics Horry County Board of Education will discuss at regular meeting | Education | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

The Horry County Board of Education will meet Thursday to discuss several area school improvements and the purchase of 20 new school buses for the 2015-2016 school year.

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Conway High School starting over in its search for an athletic director to replace Chuck Jordan | High School Sports | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

The search for a new athletics director has not gone as smoothly as Conway High School hoped.



All three finalists for the position are no longer immediate candidates, Principal Steven Fitch said Wednesday. He also said the school’s search committee will convene again and possibly need to re-post the position.

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Members sought for Team Alex in Great Strides walk for cystic fibrosis - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

For the Loris family of Delane, Janet and daughter Alex Faircloth, being part of a team is nothing new. It’s a family thing that has extended from their battle together against cystic fibrosis.

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Lady Lions varsity softball off to 2-2 start - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

With Alex Faircloth and Britton Black, the only two seniors, and a fourth coach in five years, still the young Lady Lions varsity softball team has shown it can compete as the team split its early season opening games, going 2-2 in the first four games

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Prep notebook: Socastee coach Hudson’s foundation raising funds to provide baseball equipment for youth players | High School Sports | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Hudson and his G.L.O.V.E.S. (Giving Love Opportunity Value Eternal Salvation) Foundation will donate the first batch of gloves Saturday at a clinic in Florence prior to the Braves’ game at South Florence. It is the first time the equipment has been doled out after the foundation was formed earlier this year.

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Looking Back: Keith Edwards - The Southern historian - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Few people in our community have dedicated their lives to preserving Southern history as much as Keith Edwards. His tireless devotion to seeking out the people and places that changed the course of our history has become legendary within the realm of local history buffs

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10th Annual SC NASP State Tournament held in Sumter - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Horry County schools in attendance include: Burgess Elementary, Forestbrook Middle, Socastee Elementary, and Socastee High.

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St. James High School keep spirits high after Palmetto’s Finest loss | Education | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

“I really thought we were going to win,” Cribb, 10th-grader said Tuesday. “But we were finalists, so that’s definitely an honor.”

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Conway High School beauty continues a family tradition - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Grace Andreucci is no stranger to the stage, which was evident when she won the Miss Teen Loris pageant in February.

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CONWAY: Behind ace, Socastee shuts out Conway | High School Sports | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

The Braves hit into a couple of early double plays, had a runner caught stealing and then needed two Conway errors to finally get on the board in the sixth inning.

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Interact with technology experts at Grand Strand TechEXPO - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

The 6th Annual Grand Strand TechEXPO will be held Tuesday, March 24.

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CONWAY: Horry County Board of Education member upset over architectural committee’s private discussions | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

An Horry County Schools committee charged with selecting architects to build new schools voted on qualification criteria after an hour-long meeting behind closed doors Wednesday to the objection of one Board of Education member.

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Airman surprises daughter at school after being overseas for seven months | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

When the 11-year-old Aynor girl asked to FaceTime with her father Tuesday morning, Lisa Gammill said no. There’s just not enough time before school, she told her. But unbeknownst to Maddy, her dad wasn’t at an Air Force base in South Korea where he had been stationed for the last seven months. He was heading to Homewood Elementary School.

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Horry County, state preparing for new ACT tests | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

South Carolina students are preparing to take two new standardized tests based on the national ACT readiness assessment, and state and local officials hope the tests improve student learning.

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Conway native graduates from Air Force training | Communities | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Air Force Airman Hunter P. Hyman graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Hyman is the son of Amy F. Spencer of Loris and Gary B. Hyman of Galivants Ferry, and he is a 2014 graduate of Conway High School, Conway.

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First Horry high school rodeo a labor of love and a family affair | Conway | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

When Erin Smith told her mom she wanted to compete in high school rodeos, her mom told her rodeos “ain’t nothing but tail-chasing cowboys.”

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Horry County hosts Regional National History Day for first time - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Middle and High School students throughout Horry County competed at Horry County's Regional National History Day event.

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Deputies looking for woman accused of trying to take boy off bus - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

orry County Sheriff's Office deputies are searching for two more suspects on this week's "Horry County Suspect Search," starting with 49-year-old Karen Gordon, who is wanted for interfering with the operation of a school bus.

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Keeling hopes Conway sleep-out will raise money and awareness for Horry County Teen and Infants Shelter - MyHorryNews.com: News

Spending one night in a church parking lot might not be the same as being a homeless teenage girl living in the woods, but Loretta Keeling hopes the Horry County Teens and Infants Shelter Home’s upcoming sleep-out will bring awareness to the problem and raise some much-needed money for her girls.

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Conway basketball presents annual awards - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The Conway High School varsity and junior varsity basketball teams presented several awards during a postseason banquet this past week at the school.

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DHEC treating 1 with tuberculosis at Conway High, screening students for disease | Healthy SC | The State

About 110 Conway High School students and staff will be tested for tuberculosis Friday after one student tested positive for the disease, according to Horry County Schools officials.

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Chuck Jordan named top AD in the state - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Chuck Jordan will end his 32-year stint as athletic director at Conway High School with a big award.

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Strand Notebook | Conway academy students hold bone marrow drive | Communities | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Two high school seniors studying health sciences at the Academy for Technology and Academics helped raise awareness about blood cancers and the desperate need for bone marrow donations by planning and conducting a bone marrow drive at the school.

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Horry County board of education considers spending $2.5 million - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

Horry County is considering spending around $2.5 million on 30 new school buses to replace two decade old buses that make up a majority of the fleet for the 2015-2016 school year.

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Horry County Schools to get 20 buses - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Horry County school board members voted to add new buses to its fleet.

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LHS Lions baseball team building for success this season - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

Following in the footsteps of last year’s AA state runner up squad might intimidate some players and maybe a new head coach but not the crew that veteran baseball coach Tim Graham and his staff have put together for the upcoming 2015 Loris High School Lions varsity baseball season.

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Martin takes helm of GSF varsity baseball program - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

The 2015 varsity baseball season for Green Sea-Floyds Trojan teams begins, as do many of the local teams, with a new skipper at the helm.

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GSF’s Lee James named Conway Middle School’s principal for 2015-16 - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

One need look no further than Green Sea Floyds High School assistant principal Lee James when looking for a model of success in the field of education.

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Area students’ artwork awarded | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Six local students’ art and science skills are on display in the 2015 S.C. Radon Awareness Calendar, which raises awareness of the dangers of hazardous gas.

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St. James drama students win awards at theater festival - South Strand News

Several drama and musical theater students at St. James High School near Murrells Inlet won numerous awards at a recent theater festival.

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MYRTLE BEACH: Conway Middle student wins The Sun News Regional Spelling Bee | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

After weeks of practice, it was finally Gracie Benton’s time to shine. Benton was the only speller left standing after 10 rounds and three hours at the 27th annual The Sun News Regional Spelling Bee on Tuesday night

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65 years of Conway High's prettiest - MyHorryNews.com: News

Thousands of young women have sought the coveted title of Miss Conway High School through the years, but only a select few were blessed with the rare combination of beauty, talent, poise and personality that is required to wear the crown.

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Finalists named for CHS's AD position - MyHorryNews.com: Paid Content

A trio of finalists has been selected for the athletic director’s position at Conway High School.

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CAROLINA FOREST: Satterwhite eager to change culture of athletics at Carolina Forest High | High School Sports | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Tripp Satterwhite joined Gaye Driggers in the front entrance to Carolina Forest High School on Monday afternoon, his first meeting with area media having wrapped up moments before.

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MYRTLE BEACH: FIRST Robotics Competition | Local News | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Though there were more than a thousand people cheering on high school students Friday, the hand-built robots stole the show.

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Three new Horry County principals approved for 2015-2016 - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

The Horry County Board of Education approved new principals for three schools for the 2015-2016 academic year.

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St. James High School student is living for the Lord - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

High school is a time when many young people take up sports or other extra-curricular activities, but one local young lady has chosen to take up the Gospel.

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Carolina Forest High School 'Robokatz' advance to national robot - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

The Carolina Forest High School robotics team won the regional robotics competition Saturday.

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Parody video motivates elementary students for test - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

tudents at Carolina Forest Elementary school plan to do well on their Map test, “don't believe me just watch.” Those are lyrics from their re-created version of Mark Ronson's “Uptown Funk.”

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Regional robotics competition shaping the future of students - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

Robots are taking over Myrtle Beach for the third year in a row. The Palmetto Regional First Robotics Competition is underway, and teams from as far away as Canada are here to compete.

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Horry County schools plow ahead with building plans - SCNow: State

After two years of planning and a handful of delays, Horry County Schools is making movement toward building five new schools. The district released the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) a second time Thursday after tossing out original conceptual design plans in November. Horry County Board of Education cited a need to request and review energy-positive designs for new schools, but kept its earlier plans for remodels and additions to two other schools.

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Aynor's Lawson, Fox claim individual state wrestling titles | Region | The State

Three Aynor seniors set quite an example Saturday. Landon Lawson (126 pounds) and T.J. Fox (220) won individual state titles in their respective weight classes and Daquan Smith (170) posted a runner-up finish in Anderson, capping a solid day for the Blue Jacket wrestling program.

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FIRST Robotics Competition | Region | The State

Though there were more than a thousand people cheering on high school students Friday, the hand-built robots stole the show.

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Carolina Forest High School team declared winners of Palmetto Re - WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC

Carolina Forest High School's FIRST Robotics Team, Robo-Katz, won the Palmetto Regional FIRST Robotics Tournament on Saturday taking them to the national championship in St. Louis in April.

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