UPDATE: the victim has since been identified as 56-year-old Bobby Carl Gainey. It’s believed he and 39-year-old Joseph Lee McFadden engaged in an argument before Gainey was repeatedly assaulted with the hammer. He later died from his injuries at the hospital. McFadden has been apprehended and charged with murder. A man in Florence County was beaten to death with a…
Today the Electoral College is meeting to cast their official votes in the presidential election. Today’s constitutional ritual is one that normally goes unnoticed, but holds large significance this year as President Trump continues relentless legal pursuits to overturn the election results before it’s too late. 538 electors from 50 states and the District of Columbia will cast their ballots…
Major federal government agencies were hacked over the weekend by a foreign entity. Last week, the cybersecurity company FireEye reported a breach in their network. Tools designed to find weaknesses in a customer’s systems were stolen. FireEye’s CEO believes the hackers’ primary goal was to take information from their government clients but it’s not clear how much they were able…
Multiple people were stabbed and at least 33 arrested after a Stop the Steal protest in Washington, D.C. The incident occurred following news that the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s most recent attempts to overturn the election results. A large protest in support of President Trump was organized for Saturday outside the Supreme Court and Freedom Plaza that lasted well…
A suspect is dead after opening fire outside a New York City church yesterday afternoon. The incident broke out moments after a Christmas concert ended on the front steps of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem. Two NYPD officers and a sergeant who were present at the time were able to return fire. The man, who…
Not a moment too soon the CDC has approved emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. Distribution began early this morning in what’s become one of the largest and most ambitious vaccination initiatives in U.S. history. Some 145 hospitals and other sites nationwide will receive doses today with another 425 tomorrow and an additional 66 on…
Another school in the Pee Dee area is moving to full virtual learning as coronavirus rates surge in South Carolina. The Marion County School District announced yesterday that beginning Monday, through at least December 22nd, they will be converting to an all-virtual learning program. The district’s official statement said their main “goal is to protect students and staff from the…
Horry County Fire Rescue saved a life after a car became submerged underwater last night. They were dispatched to the scene along 9400 Shore Drive at 9:45 p.m. One person trapped inside the vehicle was rescued with the use of a ladder truck. They were hospitalized with injuries but their current condition remains unknown. South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating…
South Carolina’s opioid crisis has reportedly worsened during 2020. Data collected by the state Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services concluded there was a 49% increase in over doses this year compared to last. Statistics on overdose deaths are also assumed to have risen. In an effort to address the problem, state lawmakers proposed a series of new…
40 South Carolina prison inmates are now facing federal indictments. In what’s being called “the largest federal racketeering case” in our state’s history, 40 people are facing a combined 147-counts for murder, kidnapping, firearms distribution, drug trafficking and more. An unrelated investigation that began in 2017 uncovered a gang-related plot in which prisoners were using contraband cell phones to order…
