Housing set to host International J1 students on the Grand Strand has been approved. On Tuesday, the Myrtle Beach City Council voted on the second and final reading to approve a request to rezone nearly eight acres of land on the corner of Robert Grissom Parkway and Mr. Joe White Avenue. A developer plans to build an International residence hall…
On Monday, two residents of Florida were arrested in Florence County. Deputies conducted a traffic stop for a speeding vehicle and found reasonable suspicion of criminal activity which prompted them to gain a warrant and search the car. During the search, deputies recovered 15 cloned credit cards, 12 of which had unknown cardholder information. They also discovered over $5 thousand…
The Georgia Bulldogs football team respectfully declined an invitation to visit the White House. The Bulldogs beat the TCU Horned Frogs 65-7 in January to take home their second consecutive College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy and ended with a 15-0 perfect season. The university received the invitation to visit next month with intent to celebrate their achievement. The rejection…
An estimated 4.4 million people will soon receive a check from TurboTax. The compensation stems from a 50-state settlement with parent company ‘Intuit’ for allegedly steering millions of low-income Americans away from free tax-filing services. Customers affected by the settlement will receive an email regarding the settlement and checks will automatically be mailed throughout this month. Most will be granted…
U.S. borer authorities encountered over 10 thousand migrants along the U.S. Southern border on Tuesday. The amount of encounters have already surpassed government estimates ahead of the official termination of Title 42 that occurs on Thursday. Among the new policy measures the Biden administration is setting, a new asylum rule will largely bar migrants who passed through another country from…
On Wednesday, Palestinian activists fired a slew of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The attack is in response to Israeli airstrikes that were conducted on Tuesday which killed 19 Palestinians, including three senior militants as well as at least 10 civilians. On Wednesday, the combative response prompted air raid sirens throughout Southern Israel. The Army said at least…
A Manhattan federal jury delivered their verdict in a case that alleged Donald Trump of sexual assault and defamation. Jean Carroll accused the former president of sexually abusing her in a department store in 1996. She also claimed Trump defamed her when he denied her claim and said she was not even his type as he suggested she fabricated the…
A new executive order has been signed ahead of Memorial Day weekend by Myrtle Beach City Manager, Jonathan Simons. The order seeks to assist public safety and traffic management for the holiday weekend events. Starting at 12:01a.m. on the 26th, golf carts and mopeds will be prohibited on Ocean Boulevard from 29th Avenue North to the South end of the…
After several days of trial, Letecia Stauch has been found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. 11-year-old, Gannon Stauch was reported missing in Colorado on January 27th of 2020. Weeks later, he was found dead in a suitcase under a bridge in Florida. Gannon suffered stab wounds, blunt force trauma to his head, and two gun shot wounds. Investigators…
A well known U.S. military base has officially been renamed. Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, named after a confederate general, has been re-designated. It is now dubbed Fort Cavazos, after a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars who was born in Texas to Mexican-American parents. In 1982, he became the first Hispanic to wear four stars on his uniform….
