A grant of $500,000 has been awarded to Myrtle Beach by state lawmakers in order to help fight the prevalent opioid epidemic. Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune made the announcement during yesterday’s city council workshop. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2017 alone there were 749 opioid involved deaths reported for a rate of 15.5 deaths per…
Power outages and destruction have been reported throughout the state after the deadly winter storm hit last night. Power to more than 8,000 Santee Cooper customers and over 9,900 Horry Electric customers has been restored after they discovered they were without early this morning. Both companies had crews working tirelessly throughout the night and into today in order to rectify…
Multiple people are dead and several others injured as a powerful winter weather storm passes through the Southeast. Mobile homes in Mississippi, Alabama, and Kentucky were completely destroyed or floated away. Entire communities and roads have been flooded and shut down. There have been multiple mud slides in Tennessee and Kentucky. From Louisiana to Virginia, power outages have been reported…
Voters are even more confused after both Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders claim victory in the Iowa caucus. With the final results accounted for after five days of chaos and confusion, polls show Buttigieg ahead of Sanders by a slim margin of only 1/10 of a percentage point in the delegate count. But it appears Sanders won the popular vote…
The El Paso Walmart mass shooting suspect has been indicted on 90 counts. In August of 2019, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius drove ten hours to a Walmart in El Paso, Texas where he opened fire on hundreds of unsuspecting shoppers and employees. He killed 22 people and injured 24 others. When apprehended by police, he willingly admitted he was the shooter…
A teenager was shot and killed while rapping on Facebook Live. The incident occurred on Elton Street and New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn. 19-year-old Jeremiah Dickey was rapping along to “30” by Brooklyn rapper, Blizzy Banks, on Facebook Livestream while inside a car for about 35 seconds. He then pauses as the sound of gun shots could be heard. Dickey’s…
There have been a ton of mixed reactions regarding the acquittal of President Trump. The president gave several public speeches yesterday where he was greeted with much applause and cheer. He boasted about his recent acquittal while holding up newspapers featuring the headline. He condemned the trial as an “evil”, “disgraceful”, and a corrupt witch hunt right from the start….
Hannah D. of Myrtle Beach has said “yes” to a proposal, but this isn’t The Bachelor. A promposal was posted on a Chick-Fil-A sign along Mr. Joe White Avenue for all driving past to see. It read, “Hannah D. will you be my chick at prom?” Employees at the Chick-Fil-A have confirmed that Hannah said “sure” in response to the…
A suspect has been identified and charged in the shooting incident of a 14-year-old boy. Anthony Lemay, a Forestbrook middle schooler, was shot and killed along the 500 block of 65th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach over the weekend. 20-year-old Tylor rogers was found at the scene of the crime and arrested that night after admitting to police he stole…
A woman was hit and killed by a train in Florence county yesterday. A local coroner says 51-year-old Teresa Lee of the Coward Community was identified as the victim who was struck by an Amtrak train around noon in the area of Friendfield Road and Railroad Avenue. Police have declined to make more information available to the public as of…
