A bill that would allow older children to apply for taxpayer-funded swimming lessons advanced in the state Senate on Thursday ...

A group of 5- and 6-year-olds used all their strength and skills to splash their beloved swim instructor, Cheryl Waites, as she laughed and teased the kids to splash harder. Waites was one of the ...

A local non profit, Swim Like Me, is fighting to break barriers and uproot stereo types.

A 15-year-old swim instructor from West Augustine helped convince lawmakers the voucher program needs substantial revisions.

Reading, writing, and arithmetic are considered the important academic building blocks in one’s formative years. Swimming lessons are not essential – at least not in most schools. They should be.

The tradition dates back more than a century. Cornell claims credit as the first college to mandate swimming in 1905. MIT began its practice during World War II. Poor recordkeeping makes it hard to ...

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – As summer approaches, leaders across the Lowcountry are working to keep children safe in and around the water. The YMCA of Coastal Carolina has launched a mobile ...

Ryker Gardner (left), 8, waits as Haylee Turner, 7, jumps in near swim instructor Alexis Fraundorfer during "Learn to Swim" lessons at Prospect Pool on Wednesday morning. Mirror photo by Linden ...