January 28 is the anniversary of the Challenger explosion. One of the astronauts aboard was Dr. Ronald McNair. McNair was born in Lake City in Florence County. Dr. McNair graduated from North ...

Ronald McNair succeeded despite poverty ... Ron spent six years in astronaut training before his first mission on the Space Shuttle Challenger. In the meantime, he and Cheryl had two children ...

LAKE CITY, S.C. (WMBF) - A late Pee Dee astronaut’s legacy is living ... are a few words to describe Lake City Native Dr. Ronald E. McNair. McNair graduated valedictorian from Lake City ...

First responders’ hard work is paying off with the Carolina Forest wildfire now 60% contained with no new spread. After his retirement, a longtime spokesperson wants to be back working for ...

BROOKSVILLE — Nehemiah Johnson has a hero in astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel to space. A group of ...

It is named in honor of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, a pioneering African-American astronaut who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. Dr. McNair came from a low-income background but went on ...

Initiated by Congress and established by the U.S. Department of Education in 1989, the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Program is one of the federal TRiO programs. It is named in memory of ...

Some Grand Strand businesses said that they’re preparing for potential impacts of tariffs implemented by the Trump administration on Wednesday. This is the first major car show of the year ...