A crash in Horry County resulted in the death of one person and left another injured. The accident unfolded around 3:15am Sunday along secondary Highway 57 near Highway 90 outside North Myrtle Beach. A Hyundai SUV was heading south on Highway 57 while a GMC pickup was traveling north. The truck struck the SUV near the intersection. The driver of…
House Republicans revealed a new spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. The 99-page legislation would allow for nearly $892.5 billion in defense spending and around $708 billion in nondefense spending. The defense spending is slightly higher than the previous year’s budget level, but the nondefense spending is about $13 billion less than last year. The measure will not include…
Most employees of the Health and Human Services Department have the offer to leave their job for a buyout payment of as much as $25,000. The federal workforce is made up of 80,000 staffers employed by the CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the FDA. The offer comes amid plans for shrinking the HHS workforce. It is the government’s…
Canada has a new prime minister after the Liberal party elected Mark Carney as its leader Sunday. The former central banker replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January. Carney won 85.9% of the vote. The change comes as the country deals with President Trump’s trade war and an annexation threat. “Donald Trump, as we know, has…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced new leadership at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Todd Lyons is the former assistant director of field operations for the agency’s enforcement arm and has been tapped to take on the role of acting ICE director. The leadership change comes after the previous acting director was reassigned a few weeks ago. Two other…
An armed man was shot by the Secret Service just outside the White House. Police in Washington, D.C. were informed about a suicidal individual who may be traveling to the state from Indiana. Members of the Secret Service later encountered the individual’s parked vehicle. They also witnessed an individual on foot matching the description nearby. As officers approached, the individual…
Jeff and Jack Taylor interview Hendrick Motorsports Driver #48, Alex Bowman.
Broadway at the Beach is hosting an event to celebrate daylight saving time. The Spring Forward Dance Party will feature music, dancing, face painting, balloon artists, a scavenger hunt, a chance to win prizes and more. Attendees will also have the chance to get up close with animals with Out of the Ark. Special guests will make appearances including Alice…
A ground-breaking ceremony was held Thursday for a $4 million complex coming to the downtown Florence area. The development was approved after developers received a $500,000 grant from the city to develop on site. Once completed, the project will have a 26,000-square-foot complex with 18 townhomes on the top two floors and six spaces for commercial development. Developers say the…
One man has been arrested in connection to a robbery at a Florence hotel. Just after midnight Thursday, 33-year-old Seyquan Johnson forced himself into the victim’s room at the Colonial Inn on S. Irby Street. He assaulted and knocked the victim unconscious before stealing their driver’s license, debit cards, a watch and a coat. Johnson then went to the parking…
