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  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:14 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:14:40 GMT
    Authorities say that 7 dead children have already been recovered after two elementary schools in an Oklahoma City suburb took hits from a mile-wide, 200 mph tornado
    A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph Monday.
  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:56 PM EDT2013-05-21 22:56:44 GMT
    A massive tornado ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma, just South of Oklahoma City. The tornado was huge about half a mile wide, destroying everything in its path. And it was about as strong as
    A massive tornado ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma, just South of Oklahoma City. The tornado was huge about half a mile wide, destroying everything in its path. And it was about as strong as
  • As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away. I had photographed about a dozen tornados in my decade in Oklahoma and if I didn't get into my car before the funnel cloud swept...
    I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would...

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    SC mom gets 13 years for death of daughter ejected from SUV in police chase

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    A Spartanburg mother has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in the death of her 7-year-old daughter, who was thrown from a sport utility vehicle following a high-speed chase More>>

    NC school coach charged with sex offense with female student Video included

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    A Wake County high school coach has been suspended after being charged with sexual offense with a student. Police charged 42-year-old Jamie Ayers with three counts of sex offense with a female student. More>>

    One killed, near Greenwood Elementary School

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    Florence County police say an accident happened on Pamplico Highway near Greenwood Elementary School that killed one person. More>>

    Man charged with murder after Horry County woman killed during argument

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    LITTLE RIVER, SC (WBTW) - Horry County police detectives arrested a North Myrtle Beach man after a deadly shooting Tuesday morning. According to a press release, Charles Eddie Smith, 66, was placed into More>>

    Is SC ready for a disaster like the Oklahoma tornado? Video included

    Ardent Sentry exercise Ardent Sentry exercise
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    State officials say as the tornado hit Oklahoma, the SC National Guard was in the middle of one of the largest disaster training drills in the nation. More>>

    No change in bond for Hartsville mother charged with death of her children

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    A Hartsville mother charged in connection with the deaths of her 4 young children in a house fire was in court Tuesday morning. The judge said bond is under advisement and a decision will be made next More>>

    Special Report: Myrtle Beach "repeat offenders" costing the city Video included

    Gayna Ruth Coffee Gayna Ruth Coffee
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    The City of Myrtle Beach estimates an almost $160 million operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, part of that, funds the city jail. The Myrtle Beach Police Department runs is and has almost $20 More>>

    No charges to be filed in dog mauling death of 80-year-old SC man

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    CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) - No charges will be filed in the death of 80 year old Carlton Freeman, the double amputee killed after being mauled by dogs in St. George on May 8th. This decision comes after an More>>

    Joining national IRS protests, 100+ rally in Myrtle Beach and Florence Video included

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    More than 100 folks turned up at a protest of the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday afternoon in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach Tea Party Patriots planned to protest the IRS after a recent national More>>

    Woman who tumbled from car onto I-95 committed suicide, officials say

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    YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating why a passenger tumbled out of a moving car on Interstate 95 and died after landing in front of a tractor-trailer. Troopers say More>>

    USC, Clemson may ban tobacco on campuses Video included

    Tobacco Free USC sign (Robert Kittle/WBTW) Tobacco Free USC sign (Robert Kittle/WBTW)
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    The USC ban would all tobacco products, not just cigarettes. More>>

    Teen attacks elderly woman visiting husband's grave at Mullins cemetery

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    Authorities say a 15-year-old boy attacked an 80-year-old woman after she visited her husband's grave in Mullins. Marion County deputies said the boy was hiding in the woman's back seat on Friday and More>>

    Myrtle Beach man slaps, pulls hair and flips child from chair, police say

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    MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) - A Myrtle Beach man was arrested over the weekend after police said he assaulted three people, including two children. According to an Horry County police report, James Brannon, More>>

    • National

    • U.S. officials say they have identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year. The officials say they have enough evidence to justify seizing them...
      The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists,...
    • Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
      Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives,...
    • When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than...
      Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.
    • Positively Carolina

    • Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:59 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:59:04 GMT
      The former Levister School building in Aynor sits empty and will soon be torn down. From 1953-74, it was the all-black school in Aynor.
      AYNOR (WBTW) - The old Levister School now sits empty, windowless, and dark at the corner of Gum Street and 11th Avenue, and soon it will be a pile of dust. The town of Aynor will tear down the former
      AYNOR (WBTW) - The old Levister School now sits empty, windowless, and dark at the corner of Gum Street and 11th Avenue, and soon it will be a pile of dust. The town of Aynor will tear down the former
    • Monday, May 20 2013 11:57 AM EDT2013-05-20 15:57:18 GMT
      Carolina Forest High School sophomore Hollie Roy practices oboe in the school's auditorium on Monday.
      CONWAY (WBTW) - If you say "oboe," it may not mean much to many people, even casual music lovers. The slender woodwind instrument plays sweet melodies in many symphonies and is not the first instrument
      CONWAY (WBTW) - If you say "oboe," it may not mean much to many people, even casual music lovers. The slender woodwind instrument plays sweet melodies in many symphonies and is not the first instrument
    • Wednesday, May 15 2013 12:56 PM EDT2013-05-15 16:56:45 GMT
      Burgess Elementary School second grade teacher Jennifer Crawford reads to her class on Wednesday.
      CONWAY (WBTW) The sign outside Jennifer Crawford's second grade classroom at Burgess Elementary School lets all visitors know: you're about to enter a class that has character. Every lesson, every conversation,
      CONWAY (WBTW) The sign outside Jennifer Crawford's second grade classroom at Burgess Elementary School lets all visitors know: you're about to enter a class that has character. Every lesson, every conversation,
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