Myrtle Beach News

Police HORRY COUNTY Fire damages home on Village Drive

Posted on November 8th, 2010 by
Filed under: Myrtle Beach News | Comments Off

T he first time I heard Brenda Williams suggest she had given up on the possibility that she would walk again was in court Tuesday as she told Circuit Court Judge Paul M. Burch why the woman, Katherine Johnson, who put her in a wheelchair, should be given the maximum sentence for her crimes. “I don’t have a forgiving heart at this time,” Williams said about the purse-snatcher who ran her over with a car and dragged her on the pavement of the Myrtle Beach Kmart’s parking lot as she escaped Williams’ attempts to try to stop her.

Posted on November 7th, 2010 by
Filed under: Myrtle Beach News | Comments Off

Before answering questions about his future, Myrtle Beach High star quarterback Everett Golson answered the big question about the present. After missing the past eight weeks because of, Golson threw six touchdown passes and ran for another to lead the Seahawks to a 70-0 victory over Brookland-Cayce in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs on Friday at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, proving he is more than ready to lead his team into the postseason. “It’s indescribable,” Golson said of getting back on the field after completing 10 of his 13 passes for 281 yards before calling it a night at halftime. “You can never look over how much your team really matters to you.

Posted on November 6th, 2010 by
Filed under: Myrtle Beach News | Comments Off

A small housing development along S.C. 90 has a big say in whether curbside recycling will become a reality in Horry County. And so far, it’s going pretty well, said Esther Murphy, recycling supervisor for Horry County Solid Waste Authority. In the month since the six-month pilot curbside pickup program started at Heritage Preserve, trucks have picked up 2,500 pounds of recyclables from the 52 homes that are participating.

Posted on November 5th, 2010 by
Filed under: Myrtle Beach News | Comments Off

C hristmas cheer has begun snowing on the stages of area theaters. In Myrtle Beach, as soon as November rolls in, the carols come out.

Posted on November 4th, 2010 by
Filed under: Myrtle Beach News | Comments Off

The lawyer for the former executive director of the Waccamaw Economic Opportunity Council said Wednesday that EOC board member David Eagleton did not give a complete account of her client’s hearing before the agency’s grievance committee at the last board meeting. Eagleton, the board’s first vice chairman and chairman of the grievance committee, told board members that neither an ex-employee nor her representative showed up at a scheduled meeting and that the committee recommended her firing be upheld. Eagleton did not name the employee, but Henrietta Golding, attorney for former agency executive director Beth Fryar, said it could be her.

Posted on November 4th, 2010 by
Filed under: Myrtle Beach News | Comments Off

When Cliff Cox first started coming to the Jack Monroe Beach Ride in 2004, it was all about one thing: being able to ride his horse on the beach. But then Cox began to “get what it was all about,” he said. Namely, raising money for the American Heart Association.

Posted on November 4th, 2010 by
Filed under: Myrtle Beach News | Comments Off