Myrtle Beach SC

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - A Myrtle Beach man was arrested Wednesday after a cyber tip led to an investigation. Horry County Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children arrested Travis Sivertsen, 25, on two charges. Sivertsen was charged with 2nd-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and obscene/unlawful dissemin

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Roanoke City Chief of Police Scott Booth paid a visit to Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Tuesday as part of a public meet-and-greet event. Booth is one of four finalists for the Myrtle Beach Chief of Police job, and spoke to residents about his plans for the position, if hired. “I don’t […]

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - One person was taken to a hospital with critical injuries after a Wednesday night crash involving a pedestrian in Horry County. Horry County Fire Rescue responded at 11:33 p.m. to a crash in the area of Dick Pond Road and Socastee Boulevard for the crash.

North Myrtle Beach flew purple flags earlier this week after lifeguards have seen an influx of jellyfish. Between Monday and Tuesday, there were more than 200 incidents of jellyfish stings in North Myrtle Beach, Beach Patrol Supervisor Monty Reed told The Sun News. That number caused lifeguards to put out purple flags

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Events ranging from rodeos, livestock shows, concerts, and county fairs are set to take place as Horry County moves closer to breaking ground on a new rural civic center. The facility will sit on 500 acres along Hardwick Road in Conway, near the intersection of...

CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — A vehicle and a train collided on East Cox Ferry Road in Conway Thursday morning, according to city officials. The collision happened as thousands of students are moving into on-campus housing this week. Conway Fire and Conway Police were dispatched to the collision around 6:20...

Myrtle Beach police arrested a mentally ill woman who had been reported missing in its roundup last weekend of more than a dozen people accused of loitering downtown, the woman’s family says. Police are accused of targeting the city’s homeless population in the weekend arrests. Laura Midkiff, 63, is bipolar and schizop

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — Questions about recent arrests of homeless people in Myrtle Beach’s City Hall parking lot have put renewed attention on how loitering cases are handled and what prosecutors must prove in court. 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said there is no statewide statute for...

Several restaurants — from local favorites to national chains — are opening new locations across the Myrtle Beach area. The expansions include a wing shop, a New York-style bagel café, a chicken chain and a burger drive-thru. Here’s what you may have missed: Dirty Myrtle Wing Company, known for house-made sauces like F

CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - Health Officials in South Carolina ask residents to be mindful of stroke risks in the state. South Carolina sits in the middle of the “Stroke Belt,” a term health officials use for the southeastern United States where rates of stroke risk factors are the highest in the country.