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Police ask for information related to Conway shooting
CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – Conway Police are asking for the community’s help in gathering information related to a shooting that happened Sunday night. According to Lt. Selena Small, officers responded to a...
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Conway officer flagged down near Monarch Apartments by kidnapping victim
CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – A Blythewood man is behind bars after a woman flagged down a Conway police officer around 2 a.m. Saturday morning outside of an apartment complex. According to Lt. Selena Small, an...
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Man to serve 30 years for Myrtle Beach 2015 murder
CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – A Georgetown man will serve 30 years in jail for murdering a man in Myrtle Beach in February 2015. Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson announced Monday that Edward Leon...
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2 TN teens hospitalized after eating THC infused candy
FRIENDSVILLE, TN (WATE) – Blount County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee is investigating after two teens ended up in the hospital with seizures, hallucinations and vomiting after eating candy with high...
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Police: Man points gun, demands money in gas station parking lot
LAKE CITY, SC (WBTW) – Lake City Police arrested a man who they claim pointed a gun at several people in a gas station parking lot and demanded money. Officers with the Lake City Police Department were...
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SC might change school grading scale
By Robert Kittle (COLUMBIA, SC) South Carolina education superintendent Molly Spearman plans to propose changing the state’s grading scale, going from the current 7-point scale to the 10-point scale...
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Sumter Police: Florence man charged for taking swan eggs
By WBTW News Staff (SUMTER, SC) The Sumter Police Department charged a Florence man with grand larceny, after reports he took swan eggs from a park. William Christopher McLaughlin, 30, is charged with...
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Warning: scam call claims to verify credit card activity
By Diane Lee (WSPA) (GREER, SC) A warning about a scam call that is targeting anyone with a credit card. Don’t be fooled if a caller says there is suspicious activity on your account. Sure, the real...
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Political flyers get ‘nasty’ in Surfside Beach
SURFSIDE BEACH, SC (WBTW)- Polls open on Tuesday and some candidates say they’re concerned about negative campaign flyers going around town. “There was one put out a month or so ago that called me...
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Marion County deputies investigating deadly shooting
NICHOLS, S.C. (WBTW)- The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is investigating what it is calling a home invasion, deadly shooting, and armed robbery. The shooting happened Monday night around 9 at a home...
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Police, U.S. Marshals raid home near Market Common
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – One man was arrested Monday afternoon when the Horry County Police Department and U.S. Marshals executed a search warrant at a home in Seagate Village. Lt. Raul Denis with...
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Sightseeing helicopter destroyed by fire in Pigeon Forge, according to FAA
PIGEON FORGE (WATE) – The Pigeon Forge Chief of Police Jack H. Baldwin confirms to WATE 6 On Your Side that five people were killed in a sightseeing helicopter that crashed Monday afternoon....
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WWII Marine arrives home to Florence, more than 70 years later
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – After more than 70 years, a United States Marine finally made it back home to Florence. A Japanese sniper killed Sgt. John Charlton Holladay in 1943. However, on Monday his...
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Area locksmiths want stricter regulations following sex offender arrest
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Peter Spirakis, the owner of Phil’s Lock and Key, voluntarily surrendered his business license on Monday. The move comes two days before a scheduled special hearing...
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Dog found duct taped, wandering Darlington street
DARLINGTON, SC (WBTW) – The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office is asking the community for help after a dog was found with its head and mouth duct taped. Sheriff Wayne Byrd says deputies received an...
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Myrtle Beach Police want to question man in child sex crime case
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Myrtle Beach Police are asking for the community’s help in identifying and locating a man police wish to question in regards to a sex crime case involving a child. Myrtle...
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Horry County school making people sick, district needs $210 million dollars...
CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – Horry County school leaders say in addition to five new schools in the district, the district also needs to make more than $210 million dollars in repairs. Whittemore Park Middle...
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Woman and man shot in SUV carrying kids during wild chase
PHOTOS: Durham vehicle shooting Photo by Mario Boone/WNCN Photo by Mario Boone/WNCN Photo by Mario Boone/WNCN Photo by Mario Boone/WNCN DURHAM, N.C. — A man and woman were shot while in an SUV with...
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Children attacked by knife-wielding man during P.E. class
LAS VEGAS, NV (KSNV) — A Las Vegas middle school class came face-to-face with a knife-wielding man as they completed their lesson at a public park next door to their campus this past Friday. Police say...
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Federal hearings to be held for confessed Mother Emanuel shooter, friend
CHARLESTON, SC — A federal hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5 for admitted Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof. At the hearing, the federal government could announce whether they will...
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