http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/ Sampit, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/content/f21f41fbd36ca4c3194e3bc6571c5310.html A meteor shower prompted numerous calls to Georgetown County officials for a possible downed airplane late Thursday officials said Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Park said Friday morning the Georgetown Coast Guard Station launched a boat to search the Sampit River for the possibly downed airplane but nothing was found Thursday night He said the lights residents saw in the sky and reported as a downed plane were from the meteor showerThe calls were reported from SC 51 to Pennyroyal Road officials said http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/content/403f582f784b92a8c96c26f64476bcaa.html MYRTLE BEACH A meteor shower prompted numerous calls to Georgetown County officials for a possible downed airplane late Thursday officials said Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Park said this morning the Georgetown Coast Guard Station launched a boat to search the Sampit River for the possibly downed airplane but nothing was found Thursday night He said the lights residents saw in the sky and reported as a downed plane were from the meteor showerThe calls were reported from SC 51 to Pennyroyal Road officials saidThe first puzzling calls reported a falling star a fireball or a possible airplane crash around 6 pm Thursday over the skies of Georgetown County http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/content/18bec5f32386d3cb8299c3fdfd36dccd.html Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Park said the Georgetown Coast Guard Station has launched a boat to search the Sampit River for a possibly downed airplaneNothing had been found as of 8:38 pmGeorgetown County Assistant Fire Chief Tony Hucks said there have been numerous reports of a fire ball''going down over Georgetown County http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/content/f9b0203dbcd4ba35ae4e1e6309dff9fa.html The city of Georgetown has applied again for grant money to remove abandoned boats from the Sampit River since boats continue to be left in that areaAccording to Georgetown City Councilman Paige Sawyer the city has already removed some boats with funds from a previous grant and it plans to remove more when new funds arriveMeanwhile other vessels have been ditched in an area that is visible from the Georgetown Harborwalk http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/content/294765e84fd66c1b3b33f2baf9937f83.html GEORGETOWN Police on Monday searched for a gun used in a shooting during a weekend festival while city leaders consider meeting to discuss whether the incident should alter the annual event Festival organizer Peggy Wayne said leaders plan to gather next week to discuss possible changes to the city's Harborwalk Festival She said no decision has been made on whether to change the time of the Harborwalk street dance or charge admission to festival http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/content/399d2f97cd20aa2b0f1100a309a27956.html Five new Georgetown County school board members who represent half of the recently retooled board will be sworn in before their first meeting TuesdayThey will have little time to adjust before tackling one of the district's biggest issues: school fundingThe school board will need to cut about 16 million from its budget due to two recent budget cuts from the state said Superintendent Randy Dozier with the Georgetown County School District http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/content/5a710dd05b0b6b1400401c894733fc26.html For the first time since 2004 there will be racial diversity on the Georgetown County School Board according to unofficial election results TuesdayThree blacks Arthur Lance Jr Eric Allen and Sandra Johnson will take their newly created singlemember district seats in JanuaryThe change is due to a US Department of Justice consent agreement that retooled the elections to single district seats for the first time this year following allegations the countywide system favored whites http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/sampit-santee/content/1445a749660a300ac1809656e94bf298.html MOUNT PLEASANT On Friday Hobcaw Creek was littered with abandoned sailboats and a sunken cabin cruiser But that wasn't the worst of it The shallows near Crab Bank a protected bird rookery in Charleston Harbor looked like a recreational vessel junkyard