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Police respond to possible child drowning at Myrtle Beach hotel
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Officers responded to a Myrtle Beach hotel Wednesday for a possible drowning after receiving an emergency call that a child had been pulled from the hotel pool. Lt. Joey...
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Pelicans baseball opens season this week
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – The Pelicans baseball President and General Manager joined News13 NOW at 9 a.m. on Wednesday to talk about the team’s upcoming opening night. The first regular-season games...
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Country music legend Merle Haggard dead at 79, manager says
NASHVILLE, TN (AP) – Manager for Merle Haggard says the country legend has died in California at age 79. Haggard, born in 1937 just outside of Bakersfield, California, died April 6, 2016, which was...
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Dale Jr.’s love for banana & mayonnaise sandwiches goes viral
Dale Earnhardt Jr., also known as number 88 in the NASCAR world, is now all the talk in the world of social media and its because of his taste in sandwiches. On Tuesday, Jr. tweeted a picture of his...
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New app aims to bring neighborhoods together
PROVIDENCE RI (WPRI) — A new social media app is helping neighbors connect with each others both online and outside. In more than 95,000 neighborhoods, Nextdoor is being used to allow residents to get...
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Galey and Lord textile plant in Society Hill to close in May
SOCIETY HILL, SC (WBTW) – The Galey and Lord textile plant in Society Hill will close next month, according to Society Hill Mayor Tommy Bradshaw. The Darlington County company, headquartered at 670 N...
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District leaders visit Horry County school reportedly making some physically...
CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – Horry County school district leaders visited Whittemore Park Middle School on Wednesday. The visit was an opportunity for district leaders to see what goes on inside the...
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Gov. Haley: SC flood recovery still going on 6 months later
SUMTER, SC (WBTW) – Gov. Nikki Haley toured two flood-damaged homes in Sumter Wednesday to call attention to the fact that, six months after the historic floods that hit the state, recovery is not...
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Bennettsville Police search for shooting suspect
BENNETTSVILLE, SC (WBTW) – Bennettsville Police say investigators have identified a person of interest wanted for questioning in connection to a Wednesday afternoon shooting. Lt. Larry Turner, of the...
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Carolina Country Music Fest expands shuttle service to outside cities
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW)- This year’s Carolina Country Music Fest is expected to bring an even bigger crowd than last year and organizers want make sure the city and businesses are ready. “In the...
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High school baseball scores, April 6th
MYRTLE BEACH (WBTW) – A roundup of high school baseball scores from Wednesday night: BASEBALL Johnsonville 8, Hannah-Pamplico 7 North Myrtle Beach 4, St. James 3
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Chamber launches Business Diversity Council to promote minority business in...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW)- The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce recently introduced a Business Diversity Council. The purpose of the new council is to address the needs of diversity-owned...
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Veterans Honor Guard of Florence in need of volunteers for all branches
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – According to the U.S. Veteran Administration Office 430 veterans die each day. Last year members of the Veterans Honor Guard in Florence noticed the number of volunteers weren’t...
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Sheriff’s office addresses photo of tracking team with Pamplico burglary...
PAMPLICO, SC (WBTW) – The Florence County Sheriff’s Office is addressing a photo that’s been circulating social media and was the subject of a recent post from a South Carolina based blogger. Major...
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Bankers warned after card skimmer placed on Darlington ATM
DARLINGTON, SC (WBTW) – The Darlington Police Department is warning community members who may have used an ATM on Pearl Street in early March that their debit card information may have been stolen....
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Owner of Chez Joey strip club surrenders business license
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – The owner of a Myrtle Beach strip club listed as an alleged location where multiple child sex crime suspects reportedly molested two 4-year-old children has surrendered the...
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SC senator’s bill would bar transgender choice of bathrooms
COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — A South Carolina senator wants to bar local governments from requiring businesses to let transgender people use the bathroom of their choice, saying he’s taking a “stand for...
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4 NC kids test positive for meth, couple arrested
NEBO, N.C. – A North Carolina couple has been charged after four children tested positive for meth, police said Wednesday. According to the McDowell County Sheriff’s office, the investigation started...
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Texas executes man for killing, drinking blood of 12-year-old boy
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A South Texas man was executed Wednesday for the 1998 slaying of a 12-year-old boy whose blood the convicted killer said he drank after beating the seventh-grader with a pipe...
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Florence football coach arrested, accused of stealing fundraiser money
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – Florence Police say a Williams Middle school head football coach was arrested last Friday. Edward Barnard Wilson was charged with petty larceny after he was accused of stealing...
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