A teenager was seriously injured after a small boulder was thrown off an overpass in Darlington County. 15-year-old Austin Schwartz was sitting in the front passenger seat of his family’s car when the rock went through the windshield and hit him in the head, knocking him unconscious. He suffered a minor brain bleed, a swollen eye, multiple facial fractures, and…
Top congressional leaders are feeling optimistic about reaching a bipartisan coronavirus relief deal. Lawmakers are facing a Friday deadline for passing a spending bill that will hopefully avoid a government shutdown and provide Covid relief to people and small businesses nationwide. Two bills were proposed earlier this week which included one with liability protections for state and local funding and…
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped former running opponent Pete Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary. The 38-year-old served as mayor in South Bend, Indiana from 2012 to 2020. He gained national attention during the presidential primaries after becoming the first openly gay major-party candidate to win delegates. If the nomination goes through, Buttigieg will also make history as the first openly gay…
At least one person has been arrested after a toddler was abandoned at a store in Mississippi. Southaven Police were alerted Monday morning to the scene of a Goodwill where the 2-year-old boy had been dropped off with nothing but a bag of clothes and a note. While the child was too young to help police, a witness was able…
The Northeast is expected to get hit with one of the biggest snowstorms seen in years. More than 60 million people from Georgia to Maine are under winter storm advisories, watches and warnings as the nor’easter approaches. As much as 2 feet of snow and wind speeds reaching up to 50 mph are expected to hit certain areas. It threatens…
A second promising coronavirus vaccine is on track to receive FDA emergency use authorization. This news comes just days after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was granted approval and rolled out nationwide to the first round of critical healthcare workers. An initial safety analysis determined the Modera vaccine was 94% effective with no serious side effects. Similar to Pfizer’s vaccine, this one…
In lighter news, healthcare workers with Conway Medical Center became the first to receive the newly approved coronavirus vaccine yesterday. The first shipment of 975 doses arrived in Horry County at 9 a.m. Director of Cardiology, Dr. Stephen Brady, was the first to be inoculated. He was followed by several others. All will have to receive their second dose in…
A man who tried to kill his wife in 2017 by pouring gasoline on her and setting her on fire has been sentenced. Instead of attempted murder and first-degree arson, 32-year-old Charles Nethercutt now faces domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature as part of a plea deal. It includes no recommendation or negotiation and carries at least five…
The death of a North Myrtle Beach man in Georgia has been ruled a homicide. 29-year-old Ian Ferris was found deceased Friday afternoon at an intersection in Savannah. What was initially ruled a suspicious death has now been declared a homicide after an autopsy was performed. The Savannah Police Department has not revealed the cause or manner of death as…
A suspect has been charged with murder after beating a man to death with a hammer over the weekend. The violent incident occurred at the Regeneration Center in Effingham late Saturday morning. An argument between two men, 39-year-old Joseph McFadden and 56-year-old Bobby Gainey, quickly escalated and ended with McFadden repeatedly striking Gainey with the hammer. Gainey later died at…
