The night of May 6, 2020, Greenville, South Carolina Municipal Judge Mike O’Brien had to leave his family in cool and rainy weather for an hour and a half while he took out $185 in cash and tracked down his van that held two car seats for his young grandchildren. Read more
A fire completely destroyed the Advance Auto Parts store at 806 Highway 17 North in North Myrtle Beach early Friday morning.
Hundreds of dead Atlantic Menhaden that washed up in Cherry Grove last Thursday and Friday likely died from low salinity and low levels of dissolved oxygen, according to information from the Burroughs and Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies at Coastal Carolina University that was di…
North Myrtle Beach is cleaning up hundreds of fish that began washing up along Cherry Grove starting Thursday night, said city spokesperson Pat Dowling.
The Horry County Coroner's Office identified the person killed in a Saturday hit and run incident as Charles Mechling, 54, of the Little River area.
Tidelands Health announced that starting Monday (today), it will allow hospitalized patients to see one adult visitor, with restrictions.
The sun that broke through the clouds and lit up the shimmering seagrass in the Cherry Grove marsh Tuesday morning also shed light on a more unwelcome sight for residents in North Myrtle’s most flood-prone neighborhood.
As usual, North Myrtle Beach’s Cherry Grove on Monday night bore the brunt of the headaches that come with a hurricane, as Isaias temporarily stranded a gas station clerk and caused the city to put one of its high-water vehicles into use to evacuate a family and their pets.
Almost 6,000 Horry County residents are without power tonight as Hurricane Isaias made landfall as a Category 1 storm.
With Tropical Storm Isaias strengthening, the National Hurricane Center is now forecasting Isaias to reach hurricane strength before coming on shore near the Grand Strand Monday night.
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Wilmington issued a hurricane watch for Hurricane Isaias Sunday night as the storm continues to head our way.
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Wilmington, N.C. is predicting that Tropical Storm Isaias will potentially impact the Grand Strand Monday night into early Tuesday morning.
The Little River Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center on Friday announced the cancellation of the combined World Famous Blue Crab Festival and Little River ShrimpFest that was scheduled for October, citing health concerns as COVID-19 remains in the area.
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A 22-year-old woman from the Columbia area on Tuesday was found dead at the Intracoastal Waterway near Little River Drive in Little River, authorities said.
Horry County Police responded Tuesday afternoon to a body being discovered at the Intracoastal Waterway near Little River Drive in Little River, according to the agency’s Facebook page.
A pedestrian died early Saturday morning after being struck by a vehicle in Little River, authorities said.
Tidelands health on Tuesday announced the schedule for the free COVID-19 testing clinics it will host throughout Horry and Georgetown counties.
Tidelands Health announced Tuesday that it had set up a telehealth service so patients could complete reccomended physical, occupational and speech therapy without going into public in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
McLeod Seacoast Hospital announced Thursday evening that it had confirmation of its first confirmed COVID-19 patient.
Folks in parts of North Myrtle Beach and Little River will start seeing workers in their neighborhoods as Santee Cooper begins a tree-trimming project that's scheduled to last through May.
A 58-year-old man died in a hit-and-run Friday night on U.S. 17 in Little River, authorities said.
Sam Bellamy is one of five generations who’ve worked around 200 acres of farmland spanning the North and South Carolina border along South Carolina Highway 57. But now, Indigo Farms is in the crosshairs as officials are in the planning stages of South Carolina Highway 31's extension into Nor…
The speaker this year for the HTC Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series at Coastal Carolina University is Derreck Kayongo, founder of the Global Soap Project, on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Johnson Auditorium.
The Horry County Coroner's Office is working to determine if bones found on Waties Island Saturday morning are human, according to a new release from Horry County police.
The Grand Strand was spared major damage as the Category 2 – and at times Category 3 – Hurricane Dorian moved north, skirting the coast without making landfall in South Carolina.
As Hurricane Dorian spins up the Carolina coast, switching between a category 2 and category 3 storm, people in North Myrtle Beach didn’t seem impressed.
A new 152-unit retirement community called New Haven at Little River is scheduled to open sometime in 2020.
“I think I’m different, mentally different,” Mark Mancini said. “I’m very much a goal-oriented person.”
Emergency personnel put out a fire at a Little River restaurant Friday night.
One person was injured in a jet ski crash near the Little River Jetty, according to South Carolina Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Kaley Lawrimore.
Horry County’s new burning ban doesn’t go far enough for one county leader.
Candidates for Horry County School Board chairman gathered last night at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Conway to field thoughtful questions from the community about their priorities if they were to be elected.
Shoreline Behavioral Health Services is participating in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Take-Back Day Saturday.
The Athenaeum Press, the student-driven publishing lab at Coastal Carolina University, is seeking stories organic to this region from South Carolina’s history to issues this region faces today.
CCU approved a new Interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree in education yesterday during their Board of Trustees meeting.
Jack McGeough focuses on the pattern.
There was a time not so long that students who wanted to play high school lacrosse in Horry County were required to suit up for the Socastee Braves. Just over a decade later, four more Horry County Schools have added lacrosse programs (both boys and girls, varsity and JV) and the number of s…
Prom season is just around the corner!
February 9th is going to be a special night for lots of special people across the United States, in 11 foreign countries and right here in Horry County when The Rock Community Church in Conway becomes the first church in this area to participate in Night to Shine.The night features a prom fo…
Decisions regarding school closings, and any further business/facilities closings on Thursday will be updated as they are announced.
A healthcare company plans to build a $23 million rehabilitation facility in the Little River area and hire more than 130 workers, according to public records.
Robert P. Hucks II of Conway was recently appointed as the chair of the Little River Medical Center’s new Board of Directors for 2018.
As Hurricane Irma moves closer to the United States and seems to be heading towards South Carolina, now is the time to begin preparations if you are going to stay home instead of evacuating.
Two cases described as “suspicious for canine distemper” have been seen at VCA Palmetto Animal Hospital, and area veterinarians are concerned that more might be on the way.
Come celebrate America's independence with fun, food and of course fireworks all along the Grand Strand this weekend.
Officials from Horry County and Georgetown County were vocal with their disapproval of the possibility of offshore drilling on the S.C. coast Thursday.
Reelected and newly-elected members of the Horry County Council were sworn in Tuesday in the County Council chambers. Dennis DiSabato and Danny Hardee took their oaths of office for the first time while Gary Loftus, Cam Crawford and Paul Prince reaffirmed their oaths. The two new members wil…
Horry County's Animal Care Center wants to give pets a "home for the holidays," so they are making pet adoptions more affordable.
About 30 friends and family members of Angie Pipkin hugged and cried with relief today after Circuit Judge Steven John sentenced her killer to 40 years in prison.
Area veterans are invited to be the guests of honor at the 12th annual Salute to American Veterans, which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday in Wheelwright Auditorium on the campus of Coastal Carolina University.
The Horry County Historical Society is 50-years-old and its members are ready to celebrate with a birthday party.
Move over Mr. C.P. Quattlebaum! You’ve been displaced from your long-held position as Conway’s first mayor! Well, sort of anyway!
The seventh annual Conway Fall Festival will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Third Avenue and Laurel Street. Plenty of arts, crafts and food vendors will be on hand. Classic cars will be on display courtesy of the Chicora Car club. The Conway Farmer’s Market will also be open.
Coastal Carolina University- Daytime classes will continue as usual but all classes after 5 p.m. are cancelled.
A candidate for the Horry County treasurer’s position resigned her position as deputy treasurer just a few days before the election, claiming her boss tried to tarnish her name to help her opponent.
Today, Angie Jones officially resigned her position as deputy treasurer with the Horry County Treasurer’s Office and has accepted a position in the Horry County Clerk of Court’s Office.
The City of Conway’s Recreation Department is kicking off summer with a big party, and everybody’s invited!
A preliminary report on the death of a Conway firefighter who was killed on the scene of a fire on Hickory Circle in March says no one bears any blame for the incident.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Samantha DeCerbo, a teacher at the Horry County Early College High School in Conway was among 23 teachers selected to be a Behring Teacher
A captain with the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office has been selected as the new director of detention at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center, according to Sheriff Phillip Thompson.
Judge dismisses former Coast RTA general manager's lawsuit against S.C. Department of Transportation
A circuit judge has issued an order ending an almost two-year quest by former Coast RTA director Myers Rollins to get his job back and to get a $5 million payment for the mishandling of his employment and termination.
The Horry County Police Department was the final defendant vindicated Monday in a libel slander civil lawsuit filed by a Longs man, who claimed police erroneously arrested him at his home in 2014.
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