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Police charge four in connection with several Carolina Forest and Myrtle Beach area burglaries

Four people have been charged in connection with multiple burglaries, including some in Carolina Forest, according to Horry County Police.

County considering new rules for pet owners

Horry County leaders want to give their animal management law some teeth. After receiving complaints from animal control officers about lax or vague regulations, county officials have proposed six changes to the county’s animal ordinance.

Goodwill of Carolina Forest to open Feb. 16, company says

Goodwill Industries will be opening its next big box thrift store in Carolina Forest on Feb. 16, the company said in a news release.

Sports

Panthers edge Tigers

Close but no cigar. That was the cold, bitter reality for the Conway boys’ basketball team, which saw its upset hopes fall just short in a 54-50 loss at the hands of Carolina Forest Friday night.

Conway wrestlers drop two matches

The Conway wrestling team dropped matches to Georgetown and St. James during a three-team meet Thursday night at CHS.

Conway looking for Alumni Game players

The lineup card for Conway High School’s second annual Green-Gold Alumni Baseball Game is filling up fast.

Features

Coastal Carolina University marching band heads to Charleston for taping of Colbert Report

Colbert Nation meet the Spirit of the Chanticleer. Stephen Colbert, television personality and self-proclaimed most famous South Carolinian, is filming his show the "Colbert Report" in Charleston.

Duggar family shows support for Rick Santorum in Myrtle Beach

One of TV's largest families came to Myrtle Beach Friday touting their support for one of the Republican Presidential candidates.

Carolina Forest academy transitioning to STEM school

Caroline Daly is one of 110 ninth graders in their first year of the STEM Program at the Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology (AAST). Already on solid footing, the future pediatrician is one of a handful of students from the school chosen to attend the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Columbia last week.