Author: Annelyn Russ

Chants Win Sun Belt Conference Regular-Season Championship

The Chanticleers extended their Sun Belt Conference series winning streak to 16 consecutive series wins.

Coastal Carolina baseball completed the three-game Sun Belt Conference series with a pair of wins in a double header on Saturday to win the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Regular-season Championship. The Regular-season Championshi9p Title is the third for the Chanticleers since joining the Sun Belt in 2017 and 2018 and the overall 19th in its program history. The Chants finished…

Conway Teen Tried As An Adult In Murder Of 14-Year-Old

Due to the severity of this case, Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said his office is taking an aggressive approach.

A family court judge ruled that a Conway teen will be tried as an adult for the murder and attempted murder of two juveniles. 15-year-old Damien Rodriguez was charged on August 13th of last year in Horry County in the death of 14-year-old Christopher Garrett who was shot multiple times in a wooded area near his home in Conway. Due…

Lumberton Police Investigate Deadly Shooting

Reports of a shooting incident led to the discovery of a deceased man.

Lumberton police officers have also opened an investigation into a separate shooting incident that occurred Sunday morning. Officers responded to reports of a shooting on Washington Street. Upon arrival, they discovered a deceased male with gunshot wounds, lying in the roadway. The man has been identified as 43-year-old Benny Smith Jr.. No further details have been released at this time….

Police Search For SUV Vehicle In Shooting Investigation

Anyone with video in the area is asked to review their footage and contact 843-248-1520 if the vehicle appears.

Horry County police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Monday morning. Authorities say the suspect vehicle came from the direction of Brookline Drive around 5:45a.m. and the incident occurred on Zinnia Drive in Forestbrook. The vehicle is a small SUV that appears to be dark or flat grey in color. Police are requesting for residents to share any surveillance…

Brooks Koepka Won His Third PGA Championship

The 33-year-old's win made him the first golfer to win a major while playing on the LIV Golf Series.

On Sunday, Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship for the third time, gaining his fifth major title at Oak Hill Country Club in New York. In the final round, Koepka finished nine-under par, two shots ahead of competitor’s Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland. The 33-year-old’s win made him the first golfer to win a major while playing on the LIV…

SpaceX Launches Rocket With Former NASA Astronaut And Three Paying Customers Aboard

The crew will spend nearly eight days as they work through a line-up of over 20 investigations and science projects, including stem cell and other biomedical research.

A SpaceX rocket took off from Florida on Sunday, carrying a former NASA astronaut and three paying customers. The launch marks the second all-private mission to the orbiting outpost. Mission AX-2 is making history as stem cell researcher Rayyanah Barnawi is the first woman from Saudi Arabia to travel to space. Also aboard is former NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson, John…

Meta Fined Record Breaking $1.3 Billion By European Union Regulators

The fine is in response to Meta transferring the personal data of European Facebook users to servers in the U.S..

Meta has been fined with a record-breaking $1.3 billion dollars by European Union Regulators. The European Data Protection Board announced the fine on Monday, saying it followed an inquiry into Facebook by the Irish Data Protection commission that oversees Meta’s operations in Europe. The fine is the largest ever levied under Europe’s signature data privacy law. Meta has also been…

The U.S. And Papua New Guinea Signed A Self Defense Agreement

Advance details of the agreements were not released by either side, but the new defense cooperation is expected to expand U.S. access to military and other facilities in PNG.

The U.S. and Papua New Guinea have signed a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. The self defense pact is a move that sparked controversy in the pacific island nation and comes as Washington and China are in a tug of war for influence in the region. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PNG Prime Minister James Marape signed the…

NAACP Formally Issued A Travel Advisory For Florida

The travel advisory was initially proposed to the board of directors at the NAACP's Florida State Conference.

The NAACP Board of Directors has issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory is in response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ attempts to erase African American history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools. The notice states “Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals, before…

Tim Scott Officially Launched His Presidential Campaign

If Scott is successful, he would be the first African American to win the Republican presidential nomination and the second elected to the presidency.

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott has officially filed to run for president. The only African American senator made his campaign announcement in his hometown of North Charleston on Monday at Charleston Southern University. On Tuesday, Scott is set to spend the day with donors in Charleston before a two-day campaign swing to Iowa and New Hampshire. Scott enters the 2024…