On Tuesday, young athletes were granted the opportunity to show off their skills at the annual Myrtle Beach Bowl Youth Football Clinic. The event was hosted at the Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach. Former NFL Linebacker Ricky Sapp acted as the head coach of the nearly one hundred players who showed up to participate in the drills. Sapp…
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will join Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn and others in S.C.. The leaders will gather to announce that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded over $2.2 billion from the ‘RAISE’ discretionary grant program to 162 different infrastructure projects across the country. Wednesday’s funding includes a nearly $23 million grant to build a pedestrian…
The unofficial results for the Conway City Council special election runoff are in. Autry Benton is the winner of the council seat that has been vacant since March. Benton has 760 votes while competitor Kendall Brown has 726 votes. \ The seat was vacated by Alex Hyman who resigned to become a circuit court judge in S.C.. The city of…
Security footage captured a double theft in the Carolina Forest area. Business owner Bryan Baeza shared a video via Facebook that captured someone in a silver Dodge Ram driving off with his work trailer that was parked at the Vinings Apartment complex where he lives. Michael and Kaitlyn Elonis commented on the post sharing that the truck belonged to them…
A hit and run on Monday night resulted in the death of one person. The crash occurred on Wire Grass Road near North Carolina 41 in Robeson County. Kendrick Page failed to reduce speed, crossed over the center line, and struck a golf cart as it was attempting to make a left turn. 74-year-old Annie Thomas was one of the…
The boat that is expected to be the world’s biggest cruise ship has completed construction at a shipyard in Finland and has made its first trip in open waters for trial. Royal Caribbean International’s ‘Icon of the Seas’ is nearly 1,200 feet long and weighs nearly 300,000 tons. It is scheduled to set sail in Caribbean waters in January of…
First Netflix, now another company is cracking down on membership sharing. Costco requires shoppers to pay for membership, and has seen an abundance of non-members using memberships that do not belong to them. A spokesperson for the wholesale store shared that Costco is able to keep their prices as low as possible because of their membership fees that assist in…
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected a controversial theory. Justices ruled that the ‘independent state legislative theory’ is inconsistent with the Constitution. It aimed to impose new limits on state courts reviewing certain election-related issues and was presented by Republicans in North Carolina fighting for a congressional district map that would strongly favor their candidates. With the disapproval, the court…
Horry Georgetown Technical College is implementing what they call their LOW to NO Cost Tuition program for this fall and spring 2024 semesters. HGTC is using the South Carolina Workforce Industry Needs (SC WINS) scholarship to offer the funds to those who meet eligibility and program criteria. Students enrolled in an academic program must be a resident of S.C., maintain…
On Monday, state, county, and federal officials gathered with landlords to break ground on a new post office building in Longs. The old building burnt down in a fire 2 years ago. Residents were switched over to sending and receiving their mail from a mobile vendor along Highway 9. The new post office has been a long time coming for…
