Surfside Beach Police K9 Sif to retire after years of service
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — The Surfside Beach Police Department and the Surfside Beach K9 Association are inviting the community to celebrate the retirement of K9 Sif. A public retirement celebration is scheduled for Aug. 22 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Surfside Beach Pier in Surfside Beach.
‘Uniting the Grand Strand’: 2 semi-professional soccer teams coming to the Grand Strand
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Two semi-professional teams are set to kick things off in the Grand Strand this year. The Kickoff Soccer Academy and Carolina Strand United both announced that they are launching a team in the United Premier Soccer League, a developmental fourth division of U.S. Soccer. For...
This Is Carolina: Grand Strand ministry distributes thousands of care boxes to those in...
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The Agape Love Box Ministry, based out of Grand Strand Community Church, has grown from a small outreach effort into a multi-church operation distributing thousands of care boxes each year to nursing homes, hospice facilities, churches, and strangers in need. Judy Wilmot and Marion Brooks...
FIRST ALERT: A couple of storms through the weekend, heat builds
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - We’re giving you the First Alert to a much drier forecast for your Friday. Temperatures will warm up, especially through the weekend and into next week. TODAY. Drier air aloft today will keep the storm chances more isolated. Expect a day filled with heat...
Free bowling event at Myrtle Beach Bowl raises funds for 5-year-old with leukemia
MYRTLE BEACH S.C. (WPDE) — Families can hit the lanes for free this weekend at Myrtle Beach Bowl while helping raise money for a 5-year-old boy battling leukemia. Myrtle Beach Bowl is hosting a family-friendly National Bowling Day event Saturday with vendors and mascots. The fundraiser benefits a family in the bowling
America’s First Public Sculpture Garden Sits On 9100 South Carolina Acres With Its Own...
Around the next bend, a bronze sculpture emerges beneath a canopy of live oaks while the splash of playful otters echoes through the trees. At Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, art and nature exist side by side in a setting that feels both grand and wonderfully peaceful. Spanning...
Crews investigating apartment fire
Fire on Thursday night damaged an apartment complex in South Charleston, firefighters said.
Popular chicken chain opening near Broadway at the Beach. Here’s what to know
Myrtle Beach will soon be able to “eat mor chikin” near Broadway at the Beach at an upcoming location of a national fast food chain. Chick-fil-A is opening a new Grand Strand location at 3201 Empire Drive, just across the street from Broadway at the Beach. The Atlanta-based chicken chain currently has several locations
Recent rains improve drought conditions, but Carolinas remain far behind
This week's Drought Monitor update has even more improvement across North Carolina and parts of South Carolina. Even with this improvement, extreme (Level 4 out of 5) drought persists across the Grand Strand and severe (Level 3 out of 5) drought persists for the Pee Dee. Even some EXCEPTIONAL (Level...
Conway Planning Commission OKs 270-home development along Highway 378
A proposal to build roughly 270 homes along Highway 378 in Conway near Mill Pond Road won approval from the Planning Commission at Thursday's meeting, moving the project one step closer to construction. The development would span more than 100 acres south of Conway High School along Altman Branch. That...

















