More than a dozen people have been charged in relation to a major drug trafficking ring. Operation New Optix is a series of joint federal and local investigations targeting drugs and violent crime. It’s believed this most recent operation originated out of areas in the Grand Strand and Pee Dee, including Myrtle Beach, Conway and Florence. 18 people have now…
The DOJ is also making headlines today after saying there’s been no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Attorney General William Barr made the announcement during an interview yesterday saying “to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.” He added that the Department of Homeland…
The Justice Department is investigating a possible “secret lobbying scheme.” According to court records unsealed yesterday, the DOJ is looking into the possibility that presidential pardons were granted in exchange for bribes. Agents reportedly raided offices and digital devices of unidentified individuals near the end of the summer which led to the discovery of allegedly incriminating activity. The documents were…
President Trump has suggested he’ll veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless one section is terminated. In a tweet late last night, the president said he’d scrap the defense bill unless Congress agreed to repeal section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Critics of this section believe it unfairly protects social media platforms from liability over items posted on…
The California boat captain responsible for the deaths of several dozen people has been indicted. On September 2nd of 2019, 39 people including passengers, crew, and 67-year-old Captain Jerry Boylan were in the final day of a Labor Day weekend scuba diving excursion near Santa Cruz island when it erupted in flames. 34 people died from smoke inhalation, with victims…
The United Kingdom has become the first western nation to approve a coronavirus vaccine. In their official statement, the country’s health department said the emergency use authorization of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine “follows months of rigorous clinical trials and a thorough analysis of the data by experts…who have concluded that the vaccine has met its strict standards of safety,…
ESPN’s College GameDay is headed to Coastal Carolina University for the first time in history! The announcement was made from their official Twitter account yesterday. The game will air live in Conway on Saturday as the undefeated Chanticleers take on Liberty University. Exact details on where College GameDay will broadcast has not been announced yet. ESPN is surveying the campus…
DHEC will begin distributing 220,000 rapid Covid-19 test kits to school districts this week. Governor McMaster signed the executive order just before Thanksgiving, granting the agency the authority to do so. However, the school districts still have some details to iron out. This includes training school nurses and figuring out “the best utilization of this resource.” Some schools also have…
UPDATE: 14-year-old Samuel Frederick has since been found safe. A tweet from the Horry County Police Department late this morning confirmed the news. There was no additional information on where Frederick was found. Horry County Police are searching for an endangered teenager who went missing last night. 14-year-old Samuel Frederick was last seen at his home on Flat Rock Court…
The Marion County coroner has identified two bodies discovered inside an apartment complex over the weekend. The deceased male and female were revealed to be Sarita Brown and David Maxwell of Marion. Both were found in a complex off of Bluff Road Saturday afternoon without obvious signs of trauma. Their autopsies were conducted yesterday and the official causes of death…
