Myrtle Beach-area political meetings
Democrats• The Democratic Women’s Council of Horry County will meet for a member and guest reception at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Martin’s Restaurant, 7200 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, corner of 73rd...
View ArticleState Supreme Court to consider SLED retiree case
Two former employees are asking South Carolina’s high court to decide if the state police force can pay smaller salaries to retirees who return to work and use the savings to cover the agency’s portion...
View ArticleKate Smith teacup to benefit Conway's Bryan House
CONWAY Some of you may not know who Kate Smith was, but others remember a time when not knowing would have branded you as nearly un-American.Smith, a singer who had her own nationally-broadcast radio...
View ArticleHealth briefs for the Grand Strand
GEORGETOWNClasses and events Chronic kidney disease education | Varying schedule, varying locations in Horry and Georgetown counties. Free. (866) 647-9396 or ultracare-dialysis.com/TOPS
View ArticleCandidates aware S.C. GOP race wide open
Mindful of history, Newt Gingrich was emphatic when he spoke Saturday to several dozen curious voters on his way to a nationally televised debate with his fellow candidates for the 2012 Republican...
View ArticleTweaked UDO gets first nod from Conway
CONWAY The Conway City Council Monday night passed the first reading of a unified development ordinance that was changed from what was proposed earlier this year after businesspeople objected to some...
View ArticleFirefighting competition heats up in Myrtle Beach
Curtis Armstrong’s adrenaline was pumping.His brow was sweaty.His breaths were quick and strained. The volunteer firefighter had just finished what’s called the “toughest two minutes in sports”...
View ArticleWilliams, Coyne prepare for Cherry Grove seat runoff in North Myrtle Beach
North Myrtle Beach incumbent Doris Williams and challenger Fred Coyne, and their supporters have kept busy this last week or so making phone calls in preparation of Tuesday’s runoff election for the...
View ArticleNCAA inquiry finds secondary violation in CCU men’s basketball program
An NCAA inquiry dating back about 15 months into the Coastal Carolina University men’s basketball program turned up a secondary violation and the program will receive no further penalties in regard to...
View ArticleFree drug study shocks doctors
Give people free prescription drugs and many of them still won’t bother to take their medicine. Doctors were stunned to see that happen in a major study involving heart attack survivors. The patients...
View ArticleSupreme Court to consider health care law ahead of 2012 election
WRITETHRU (EDITORS: Updates with changes throughout.)Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments on the fate of President Barack Obama's health care law sets...
View ArticleGeorgetown election results stand
A mandatory recount of votes Monday upheld Thursday’s certified election results that re-elected Rudolf Bradley to Georgetown City Council over Carol Jayroe, according Donna Mahn, director of the...
View ArticleMyrtle Beach accommodations tax board to begin considering requests for funds
Another meeting has been added to Myrtle Beach’s roster for this week – the Accommodations Tax Advisory Board, which meets at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the conference room at the City Services Building, 921...
View ArticleHorry County homicide by child abuse trial starts in Conway
A jury of eight men and six women were seated Monday to hear the case of an Horry County couple charged in the death of the woman’s 17-month-old grandson in 2008.The trial of Julia Shawnette Gorman,...
View ArticleMyrtle Beach-area anti-violence effort gains some traction, but funding...
A group seeking support for a program aimed at reducing violence among youths is learning that getting a commitment for funding may prove more difficult than getting people to agree that the issue...
View ArticleBaby’s parents testify in Horry County homicide by child abuse trial
On July 16, 2008, Richard Grimes and his wife, Cesalee Carnaghie, made a decision no parent wants to even consider for their child.After the couple’s son, Richard Aydian Grimes, suffered skull...
View ArticleBurgess Community making a plan for its future
Liston Wells remembers the Burgess community of his youth as an agriculture-based area with lots of small farms and not much else.Today, the 61-year-old Burgess native has witnessed golf courses and...
View ArticleHorry County Council reaches separation agreement with Weaver
John Weaver is out as Horry County Administrator after the County Council reached a separation agreement with him at Tuesday’s meeting.The motion passed on a 10-2 vote. Council members James Frazier...
View ArticleEducation notebook | Horry County school works for third mock trial title
Good things are happening at Forestbrook Middle School, with its mock trial team headed to state competition, and its careers program poised for a TV spot in the next few months.This will be the mock...
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