Myrtle Beach SC

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - A long-awaited transformation is taking shape in Garden City. It’s all part of a multi-million dollar revitalization project aimed at improving the South Strand community. Along Atlantic Avenue, 30 new and free parking spaces have already been added, making visits to the beach a...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Witnesses were in a panic as they drove up Route 9 describing to dispatchers an exchange of gunfire that shook their nerves and left them in near disbelief. “If I wouldn’t have called, this could very well have been me .. I was just trying to get away from the […]

A temporary teen curfew in Myrtle Beach could soon become permanent. The curfew was set between 10pm-6am and was implemented over the Fourth of July weekend in response to a recent fatal shooting along Ocean Boulevard involving minors. During the temporary curfew, police encountered a handful of juveniles violating...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - For some folks that don’t know, heat is the number 1 weather-related deaths every year. According to the National Weather Service, 240 people die every year from the heat. It’s important to know the signs of heat-related illnesses. HEAT EXHAUSTION. There are two...

While you are soaking up the summer sun, doctors say you can still get sick, including from two new COVID strains that are going around.

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Horry Electric Cooperative customers are concerned with the increase in energy cost during the company’s 3:00-6:00 p.m. summer “peak hours” policy. These high summer temperatures have many locals sweating over the higher utility bills. One Socastee man said that the rates are...

Police in South Carolina have arrested a pastor and former middle school employee on sexual abuse allegations involving a 13-year-old boy, jail records and court documents obtained by local outlets show. Devin Carroll was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Conway on Saturday, July 5, on one count of...

Atlantic Beach is working to remove Beach Vitex, an invasive plant that is damaging local dunes and pushing out native plants. The City of Atlantic Beach is asking residents to help by reporting any sightings of the plant. Beach Vitex is an aggressive plant species spreading quickly along Atlantic Beach,...

SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — The Surfside Beach Town Council has taken a significant step toward regulating vape and cannabis shops within town limits. After a roughly eight-month moratorium that halted the approval of new business licenses for these shops, the council has initially approved new regulations after a...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — A 17-year-old man was pronounced dead in Conway after a shooting suspected to have occurred in Longs, Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said. Officers were dispatched to a location on Stallion Court for a recent shooting, according to a report from the Horry County Police Department...