Myrtle Beach Police say drivers still don’t realize what they need to stay safe—and legal—on the roads this holiday season

The following is a list of closings in the Pee Dee because of the New Year holiday.

If you plan on ringing in the New Year’s holiday with a few drinks, two local cab companies want you to know they’re standing by to help you make it home safely.

Sales and more sales. That’s all you could see at the stores at Tanger Factory Outlets on Highway 501, where retailers offered huge markdowns, enticing shoppers to take advantage of it all.

Janet Cox, mother of three, said Christmas was looking dim this year before signing up for the Empty Stocking Fund.

Friday morning, a number of people gathered at the Manna House in Florence for a giveaway. A thousand items were donated from clothing, toys, shoes and books.

Shoppers crowded the aisles in Florence stores the day after Christmas in search of bargains.

Many Eastern Carolinians will be un-trimming their Christmas trees during the coming weeks.  For residents who have purchased a live tree for 2008, there is an option other than allowing the tree to decompose in the landfill.  Instead, discarded Christmas trees can be turned into mulch by the annual Grinding of the Greens, offered in Horry County and Florence.

Many Eastern Carolinians will be un-trimming their Christmas trees during the coming weeks.  For residents who have purchased a live tree for 2008, there is an option other than allowing the tree to decompose in the landfill.

Having fallen on hard times after losing her job, Christina Cox brought two of her three children, 3-year-old twins Harley and Lorie, to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with friend Shawn Conway at Florence’s Manna House.

Red Cross volunteers served a traditional, Christmas Day meal at the Risen Christ Lutheran Church, feeding more than 300 men, women and children from along the Grand Strand.

Some local postal workers delivered more than just presents, they helped grant a Christmas wish for a local 14-year-old, who wrote a letter to Santa earlier this month.

Marketing Director Deb Bramlett said the signs of a struggling economy are hard to find.  She said while the rest of the country is going through a recession and scaling back, Coastal Grand is opening new stores.

Airline passengers looking to begin their holiday travel a little early found nothing but frustration and delays this week at several Southeastern airports, including Florence Regional Airport.

A Florence man was one of two Army majors who came to the aid of a Leavenworth woman whose car wound up in a snowy ditch following a car accident.