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NEWS UPDATESNEWS UPDATESSports: Crescent sweeps WHS in softball seriesCrescent's first inning barrage undid Waccamaw's hopes of extending the best-of-three Class AA state championship softball series on Wednesday. The visiting Tigers put four runs on the board in their fist at bat and eventually would build their lead to five, all the momentum they'd need to score an 8-1 victory and claim the title. Read more...
THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
Road warrior: Biking 1,300 miles, coach raises $15,000 for cancer researchAfter pedaling for close to 1,300 miles to get to Georgetown, the last thing James Brown expected to see were the police. Read more...
Schools: Teacher raises wait until fall as district awaits fundingUncertain of state revenue, the Georgetown County School Board adopted a $69.5 million operating budget that includes no raise for teachers and other district staff. Read more...
Highway 17: Engineers count traffic looking for site of new signalThe intersection of Highway 17 and Parkersville Road is a likely location for future installation of a traffic light, according to Mark Hoeweler, assistant executive director for the agency in charge of the area’s transportation planning. Read more...
Redistricting: GOP wants county in new congressional districtFollowing two days of debate, the state Senate voted this week to move the Waccamaw Neck into the state’s new congressional district. Then they moved it back where it started: in the 1st District. Read more...
Pawleys Island: Orange lights over ocean were flares, Air Force saysOrange lights over the ocean that prompted several reports to the UFO Reporting Center from the Waccamaw Neck earlier this month were aerial flares, according to an Air Force spokesman. Read more...
THE WEEK'S FEATURED STORIES
Pavilion memories: Building on a tradition while building homesBilly Don and Ann Wilson sat in beach chairs beside the dance floor at the annual Pawleys Pavilion Reunion on Saturday as the old familiar music carried them back in time to the night they met — at the pavilion. Read more...
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