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Negotiators, police attempt to help man holed up in Myrtle Beach home
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Horry County Police say negotiations did not end as they would have hoped for the Myrtle Beach man holed up in his home on Ed Smith Avenue Thursday afternoon. Horry County...
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Lake View High School wins state academic title
LAURENS, SC (WBTW) – For the second straight year, Lake View High School has won the South Carolina Academic Challenge championship. Lake View beat Indian Land High of Lancaster County Thursday for the...
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VIDEO: Magic trick leaves baboon totally awestruck
(WRIC) — This video of a baboon’s priceless reaction to a magic trick is going viral after recently appearing on “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” A man flicks his wrist to make a white card disappear...
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Merrick Garland, Supreme Court nominee, kicks off Senate courtship
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – And, so it begins. Supreme Court nominee Merrick B. Garland paid his first official visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday after President Obama tapped him to replace the late...
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Darlington Dragway reopens with new look, more renovations on the horizon
HARTSVILLE, SC (WBTW) Late last year News13 told you about ownership of the historic Darlington Dragway changing hands. Back in December, we caught up with the new owner, Russell Miller, who vowed to...
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Myrtle Beach Police search for missing woman
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Myrtle Beach Police are searching for a missing woman and need the community’s help in locating her. According to officers, Sunday Mae Oren was last seen at 407 5th Avenue...
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Students and teachers say current grading scale is unfair, push for a...
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – State Superintendent Molly Spearman says grading changes may be made in South Carolina schools soon. There’s a push to change South Carolina’s grading scale to a 10-point...
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FMU women ready to continue surprising run
FLORENCE – It took a long journey for the Francis Marion women to reach the Elite 8 in the Division II women’s basketball tournament. Now they’re making an even longer journey hoping to stay alive. The...
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Pedestrian killed in Horry County crash
LONGS, S.C. (WBTW)- One person is dead after a crash in Longs. The crash happened just before midnight Thursday. According to Cpl. Sonny Collins with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the driver of a...
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Horry County says the key to litter control is enforcement
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – Starting this week, police will ticket litter bugs on the spot. Horry County Council recently passed a resolution to eliminate warnings. The state-wide organization Palmetto...
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Grand larceny suspects charged with mobile meth lab in Darlington
DARLINGTON, SC (WBTW) – Two people arrested Wednesday for grand larceny in Darlington now face charges for drug manufacturing after a meth lab was discovered on Cashua Ferry Road. Sheriff Wayne Byrd...
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SC lawmakers to consider ending ‘Tampon Tax’
COLUMBIA, SC (WBTW) – South Carolina lawmakers will consider ending a tax some of them say is unfair to women. The state charges the full sales tax, plus any local-option sales tax, on feminine hygiene...
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‘Human Remains’ box found in Myrtle Beach full of rotten vegetables
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – A bloody box labeled “human remains” found near a ditch off of Palmetto Pointe Boulevard Thursday morning was full of rotten vegetables. According to Horry County Police Lt....
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SC man accused of beating wife with baseball bat
LOCKHART, SC (WSPA) – A woman says she was choked, hit with a metal baseball bat, and kidnapped by her husband after she refused to unlock her phone for him, according to the Union County Sheriff’s...
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Myrtle Beach ‘extensive narcotics investigation’ of 24/7 Boyz jails 6
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Myrtle Beach Police officers arrested six people Thursday after a nearly six month investigation into drug trafficking by the 24/7 Boyz. Lt. Joey Crosby says officers started...
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1 dead, 3 injured after car crashes into NC hospital emergency room
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Greenville police said late Thursday afternoon that 69-year-old Horace Batchelor, of Roanoke Rapids, has died. Batchelor was one of three people injured while sitting in the waiting...
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VIRAL: How many girls are in the picture?
The internet is abuzz trying to guess how many girls are in the picture. The picture posted to Instagram has been garnering a lot of attention after asking the simple question, “How many girls are...
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Parents accused of starving 23-month-old to death
UNIONTOWN, PA — A pair of parents have turned themselves in after their 23-month-old girl’s death was ruled a homicide, reports CBS Pittsburgh. According to the station, Andrea Dusha and Michael Wright...
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Circus Hollywood presents Cirkus Snu at Florence Civic Center
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – The Circus of Dreams is in Florence and this year organizers brought in a new group of performers from across the country. The circus is a fifth-generation family of performers...
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Police search for gunman in Little River smoke shop robbery
LITTLE RIVER, SC (WBTW) – A photo has been released of the gunman in a robbery of the Purple Haze Smokeshop in Little River in early March. Lt. Raul Denis with Horry County Police says an armed man...
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