HCPD explains overnight police presence in Carolina Forest
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - An overnight search for a suspect brought extra patrol cars to a Carolina Forest neighborhood. The Horry County Police Department responded Sunday in the early morning hours to Claypond Road near Burcale Road for a domestic/assault case. HCPD spokesperson Ashley Boles said officers were lookin
Midway Fire Rescue responds to residential fire near Atlantic Avenue
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (WBTW) — Midway Fire Rescue crews are responding to a residential structure fire near Atlantic Avenue Sunday afternoon. The department announced the response shortly after 4 p.m., saying crews are conducting fire suppression and safety operations at the scene. Officials are asking the public to avo
Woman arrested in deadly Horry County crash that killed 19-year-old
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - State troopers arrested a woman in connection with a deadly Wednesday crash in the Conway area. Jail records show Kalea Douglas, 42, faces three charges: failure to yield the right-of-way, failure to give information and render aid, and duties of a driver involved in an accident resulting in d
Isolated Damaging Wind Gusts Up to 60 MPH Likely to Develop This Afternoon Along...
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA — The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Mesoscale Discussion warning that widely scattered thunderstorms could pose an isolated risk for damaging wind gusts and marginally severe hail across the Carolina coastline into far eastern Georgia this afternoon. Wind and Hail Potential. Accordin
South Carolina’s Homeowners Insurance Market Is Being Squeezed From Both Sides — and Myrtle...
A new Newsweek analysis of national homeowners insurance data published today maps where insurers are dropping homeowners at record rates — and the Southeast is the second-hardest hit region in the country, with premiums rising 27 percent above inflation since 2018. South Carolina sits squarely in that region, with...
South Carolina Mother Says Husband Destroyed Her Beauty Room and Started a Fire While...
A woman in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, came home to find her beauty room destroyed. She accused her husband of trashing the room while intoxicated and later starting a fire outside their home, prompting a fire department response. @glamgallerymockup. Post Description I came home today to something I never expected...
1 person injured in Horry County fire at shopping plaza
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - One person was injured in a fire at a Carolina Forest shopping plaza Saturday night. Horry County Fire Rescue responded to the fire around 7:01 p.m. at a commercial building at The Shoppes at Forest Square in the 2000 block of Oakheart Road near Postal Way.
CCU student dies from injuries after Highway 544 hit-and-run crash, coroner’s office says
CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - A Coastal Carolina University student has died from injuries she suffered in a hit-and-run near campus, the coroner’s office says. Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard identified the student as 21-year-old Kalina Trent of Montgomery, New Jersey. Willard said Trent died Saturday night fro
‘They’ll remember his kindness’: Horry County police honors officer who died one year ago
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - The Horry County Police Department is remembering one of its own one year after his death and celebrating his legacy. The Horry County Police Department lost Sgt. King Hemingway, 48, one year ago, on Aug. 22, 2025. Hemingway served Patrol, Special Victims and Homicide Units,...
North Carolina man pleads guilty, sentenced for 2024 home invasion, shooting in Myrtle Beach
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — A North Carolina man pleaded guilty a week before his trial was set to begin for a 2024 home invasion and shooting in the Grand Dunes neighborhood of Myrtle Beach, the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office said. Traymon Blitt, 28, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to first-degree burglary and attempted murder

















