Today, President Biden will be signing the ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ into law. Many Democratic and Republican lawmakers along with Vice President Kamala Harris and others will gather on the South Lawn of The White House for a ceremony to make the act an official federal law. In a statement after the bill passed in the House, President Biden said…
The backup quarterback for Coastal Carolina University has been arrested and accused of assaulting a woman at a party over the weekend. Bryce Carpenter allegedly started making sexual advances toward the victim. She reportedly moved away but he continued to follow her and attempted to grab and kiss her. Others witnessed the situation and pulled him away from her. Later,…
A jury found two men not guilty of a double murder that occurred outside of Allen’s Food Basket in Myrtle Beach. Samuel Frye and Mardave Hunter were on trial for the October 2020 shooting at the business located on the corner of Canal Street and 8th Avenue North. The victims were playing poker at the location when the men and…
A single-vehicle crash in Georgetown County resulted in the death of one person. The crash occurred around 5p.m on South Carolina Highway 41 near Earle Road. A 2016 Honda was traveling South when it ran off the road. The car hit a ditch before hitting several trees. The driver of the vehicle was killed and the victim’s identity has not…
A woman has been arrested after allegedly making a bomb threat last month. 21-year-old, Danielle Heyward of Walterboro, was booked on Friday and released on Saturday on a $30 thousand bond. She is charged with making false claims of a bomb threat to the Florence County Detention Center. Investigators revealed that Heyward had recently been in contact with an inmate…
Two men have been accused of flying drugs into a correctional institution by drone. 51-year-old, Antonine Ferguson and 44-year-old, Steven Washington, were both arrested and charged with distribution of marijuana, criminal conspiracy and furnishing contraband to a state inmate or into a state institution or facility. After reports of a suspicious vehicle in a nearby area of the Evans Correctional…
New members are joining the Florence City Council heading into the new year. J. Lawrence Smith II and Lashonda NeSmith-Jackson are the two newest members after being elected last month. NeSmith won after five unsuccessful races and shared the vision of getting the communities back and allowing them to have a voice. Smith said that he has different projects in…
Over the past week, the average price per gallon of regular gas fell 12 cents in Myrtle Beach. The decrease in price is nearly 48 cents per gallon lower than it was a month ago. The price fall is also 15 cents lower than a year ago. The national average has dropped 14.4 cents in the last week. It is…
A shooting in Conway has left one person in critical condition. The incident occurred Sunday night around 9p.m in the 900 block of Forest Loop Road. Conway Police Department officials arrived and secured the scene. Though further details have not been released at this time, it has been shared that the suspect was not found in the area where the…
The man convicted for his involvement in a Myrtle Beach case, was arrested in Utah after failure to appear in court. 22-year-old, Dlanor Tilton, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service on charges of being a fugitive. In July, Tilton was convicted for two counts of armed robbery at a trial he failed to attend. His sentence was sealed until…
