CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Mother's Day is right around the corner, and Live 5 News wants to help you celebrate the most important woman in your life!

With Mother's Day set for Sunday, May 12, now is your chance to show the community just how special your mother is!

Send us a picture of your mom, along with her name and why she is such a great mother, and we will put the picture in a slideshow for the whole community to see. 

Pictures can be sent to My5@Live5News.com or posted on our Facebook page. Don't forget to leave your name.

Hope everyone has a happy Mother's Day!

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FOLLY BEACH (WCSC) - Two Folly Beach Public Safety Officers will be honored for their service Thursday evening.

The Folly Beach Exchange Club will honor police officer David Stanton and firefighter Rob Fulmer as Police Officer of the Year and Firefighter of the Year, respectively. The award ceremony will be held Thursday, October 18 at 7 p.m. at the Exchange Club on Folly Beach.

“We couldn’t be more honored to have these two public safety officers recognized,” said Dennis Brown, Director of Public Safety. “Their colleagues, coworkers and the citizens they serve are all very proud.”

Stanton has been a police officer for 21-years, 12 of which he has been at Folly Beach.

Fulmer has spent the last four years as a firefighter on Folly Beach, and has over nine-years of experience total.

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NORTH CHARLESTON (WCSC) - Sir Elton John will grace the North Charleston Coliseum with his presence in March for the first time since 2007, and we are giving away 10 free tickets for the concert.

For a chance to win 2 tickets to the March 7 concert, text “elton” to the number “56376” and you’ll find out if you’re one of our 5 winners this Friday.

Tickets officially go on sale this Saturday, and the first camper has already been spotted at the ticket office.  Oren Chase says the live experience is about more than the music, "Besides the music it's all about the whole experience. making eye contact, nobody in front of you, nobody walking in front of you...it's just a big difference in being way back...and you have to do stuff like this once in a while if you want to get some premium seats."

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m.

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