A talented swimmer and Family Y volunteer will soon have a special-needs pool built and named in her memory. 20-year old Katie York died last May after falling ill with viral encephalitis, when she was 17. She had been a competitive swimmer, but after she got sick, she made it her mission to help others with disabilities swim and benefit from pool time.

Authorities are still searching for a 16-year-old boy who disappeared while swimming at Myrtle Beach. Capt. David Knipes of the Myrtle Beach Police Department said Monday that the whole department remains on the lookout. The teenager from Conway was about 50 yards out in the water Sunday when one of his friends heard him call for help before disappearing. Authorities declined to release the boy’s name because he is a juvenile.

The South Carolina sheriff who investigated Michael Phelps after a photo emerged of the swimmer apparently smoking from a marijuana pipe is taking on critics with a dose of humor and sobering words.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe in South Carolina.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe in South Carolina.

A South Carolina sheriff is not going to charge swimmer Michael Phelps after a photo of the 14-time gold medalist showed him smoking from a marijuana pipe.

Lawyers representing 6 of the 7 college students arrested for marijuana possession in relation to the picture of Michael Phelps apparently smoking pot say the situation is changing and should be “resolved” soon. But attorneys Joe McCulloch and Dick Harpootlian won’t say what that means. WJBF News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps is in hot water for a picture that shows him smoking from a bong…alledgely pot, but now police are arresting some South Carolina students. ABC News’ Diana Alvear reports.

A defense lawyer in South Carolina says police in the county where Michael Phelps was photographed smoking from a marijuana pipe have been arresting people as they seek to make a case against the superstar swimmer.

Indignant marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., including all of its popular munchies, for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.

Indignant marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., including all of its popular munchies, for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.

According to WIS-TV, in Columbia, new details have emerged about a party where Olympic champion Michael Phelps was spotted. They are reporting that there have 8 arrests made in connection with the party where a picture of Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Michael Phelps was taken of him smoking a marijuana bong.

Defense lawyers say a South Carolina sheriff considering a marijuana charge against Michael Phelps may have a better chance of beating the Olympic champion across a swimming pool than of successfully prosecuting him.

Olympic champion Michael Phelps says he is going to have to live with the fallout from a photo of him smoking from a marijuana pipe. Phelps spoke to The Associated Press about the ordeal Wednesday outside the pool where he trains. The public comments were his first since the photo surfaced in a British tabloid over the weekend.

Michael Phelps’ coach says he is sure the swimmer will learn from his latest controversy, and is glad to have him back in training. Coach Bob Bowman issued the statement Sunday after a British tabloid published a photograph showing the Olympic gold medalist inhaling from a marijuana pipe in November at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia. The coach did not respond to phone and e-mail messages and issued the short statement through Phelps’ agent.