Severe Thunderstorms Developing Across Parts of North Carolina & South Carolina
Tornado Watch in Effect Across the Carolina Coast Until 1pm. Good morning everyone. We have a busy start to the day as that cold front responsible for severe weather yesterday across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, has now made it to the East Coast.
28-member Florida incident-management team assisting Carolina Forest firefighting efforts
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — An incident management team from the Florida Forest Service will be joining South Carolina Forestry Commission personnel in the ongoing effort to suppress the Covington Drive Fire near Myrtle Beach. The 28-member Florida team was requested to provide additional overhead on the 2,000+ acre...
Update: Carolina Forest woman arrested for causing 2K+ acre wildfire in Myrtle Beach area
The South Carolina Forestry Commission arrested the Myrtle Beach area woman on several for the wildfire that has burned in the Carolina Forest area for seven days. She appeared in court.
Potential statewide cell phone ban moves past House of Representatives
Georgia is following in the footsteps of at least eight other states, including South Carolina by trying to ban cell phones in classrooms.
Plane crash at North Myrtle Beach airport results in minor injury, fire dept says
A plane crashed at the Grand Strand Airport on Thursday afternoon.
Man hit, killed on Mr. Joe White Avenue, Horry County Coroner’s Office says
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A 24-year-old man was hit and killed by a vehicle Wednesday evening on Mr. Joe White Avenue in Myrtle Beach, according to the Horry County Coroner’s Office. Antonie Johnson was trying to cross Mr. Joe White Avenue when he was hit, the coroner’s office said. It happened at about 7 […]
Coroner: Man dies after being hit by vehicle in Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - A man died after being struck by a vehicle in Myrtle Beach on Wednesday. Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said 24-year-old Antonie Johnson, of Myrtle Beach, was hit while trying to cross Mr. Joe White Avenue. Willard said Johnson later died as a...
61-year-old man burned in fire behind Conway-area Walmart dies at Georgia burn center, coroner...
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — A 61-year-old man died Monday in a Georgia hospital from injuries he suffered in a January fire in the Conway area, according to the Horry County Coroner’s Office. Gary Thibault died at Doctors Hospital of Augusta, where he was taken after the Jan. 4 fire behind the Walmart in the Conway […]
FEMA can’t help with SC wildfires due to travel restrictions? Fact-checking viral claim
The post, which has been shared more than 11k times, alleges federal workers dispatched to assist with wildfire response couldn’t make it because their travel card limits were reduced to $1.
Radon is odorless, colorless, tasteless gas. South Carolina residents can now test their homes...
South Carolina – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) is providing free radon test kits to South Carolina residents in an attempt to lower the health risks connected with the naturally occurring radioactive gas radon. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that...
