‘Porch lights on for Baby Grace’ honors 5-month-old found in creek
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – A small South Carolina town is getting support during the grieving process after the body of a 5-month-old baby girl was discovered in a creek Thursday afternoon. Hundreds of...
View ArticleHorry County First Responders install more than 70 smoke alarms Saturday
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW)- Grand Strand Health and the American Red Cross partnered with Horry County Fire/Rescue to conduct a Fire Safety Smoke Alarm Blitz in the Atlantic Beach Community on Saturday....
View ArticleGroundbreaking for Horry County’s first Catholic High School
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – A groundbreaking ceremony was held Saturday, for the first private Catholic high school in Horry County. The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic High School will be on Carolina...
View ArticleBlitz playoff schedules released
The schedule for the upcoming high school football playoffs is below. November 13 Class 3A LOWER STATE No. 3 Darlington at No. 2 Georgetown No. 3 St. James at No. 2 Marlboro County No 4. Dreher at No....
View ArticleRiders hit the beach on horseback to raise money for heart research
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – The American Heart Association hosted its 34th annual beach ride Saturday, more than 2,000 horses walked 20-miles along the Grand Strand coast. The ride began at the...
View ArticleVolunteers tackle trash on 2nd annual Community Cleanup Day
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) – Volunteers in orange safety vests lined the streets of neighborhoods all across Horry County Saturday for the 2nd annual Community Cleanup Day. Volunteers lent their time to...
View Article“Lets Go Nuts” 12th Annual South Carolina Pecan Festival attract crowds to...
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – The 12th annual South Carolina Pecan Festival was in full swing Saturday. The event celebrates not only the local nut industry, but the birth of Downtown Florence. Each year, the...
View ArticleHave You Heard – November 8, 2015
Have You Heard, it was 55 years ago today (11/8) that John F. Kennedy beat then-Vice President Richard Nixon to become the nation’s 35th president. Nixon won the most states but Kennedy won the ones...
View ArticleNo. 3 Clemson, Watson rally past No. 17 Seminoles 23-13
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) – Deshaun Watson threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Deon Cain and Wayne Gallman came through with a game-sealing scoring as No. 3 Clemson held off No. 17 Florida State and Dalvin...
View ArticleSouth Carolina rally against Tennessee falls short
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – South Carolina rallied from 14 points down at halftime and twice tied Tennessee, but a forced fumble with 32 seconds remaining ended a potential scoring drive for the Gamecocks in...
View ArticleBroadway Louie’s opens new location at BATB
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) A new location in a familiar place is the story for one local restaurant. Celebrations Nitelife General Manager Joe Monteleone confirms to News13 that Broadway Louie’s...
View ArticlePolice find man wanted in Georgetown Co. robbery dead in Philadelphia
TREVOSE, PA (CBS NEWS AND AP) – Police seeking someone on a parole violation stumbled upon another man and a woman who were wanted in a double homicide in North Carolina — and that man is dead after a...
View ArticleHorry County Police respond to two Friday shootings
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WBTW) Horry County Police officers responded to two separate shooting incidents on Friday. At about 8:00 p.m. on Friday HCPD Officers responded to a residence on Olive Drive in Green...
View ArticleFederal aid to repair roads won’t improve highway system
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – An influx of federal money to repair hundreds of roads and bridges damaged by last month’s historic flooding will do little to improve South Carolina’s dilapidated highway system....
View ArticleColumbia police officer dies in crash
COLUMBIA, SC (WBTW) Police in Columbia are mourning the loss of an officer who died in the line of duty Saturday night. Officials say 37 year old Stacy Case died from injuries sustained in a crash...
View ArticlePanthers honor service members on helmets
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTW) The Carolina Panthers will participate in the NFL’s “Salute to Service” campaign by wearing the initials of a fallen service member on their helmets today in their game against the...
View ArticleHorry County Fire Rescue respond to fire at local shelter, 4 residents displaced
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW)- Horry County Fire rescue crews responded to a two alarm fire at a local shelter home on Sunday morning. When crews arrived to the North Strand Housing Shelter on 2335 Highway...
View ArticleFederal aid to repair roads won’t improve South Carolina highway system
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – An influx of federal money to repair hundreds of roads and bridges damaged by last month’s historic flooding will do little to improve South Carolina’s dilapidated highway system....
View ArticleMemorial for Baby Grace grows as community honors her memory
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – The mother of Baby Grace could soon be served warrants on upgraded charges, the Horry County coroner’s office says the cause of death remains under investigation, but the...
View ArticleLocal farms see growth in agri-tourism despite fall flooding
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) – Autumn corn mazes and hay rides are a growing trend in Horry County, one that county council members want to see continue to grow in our area. Wet weather put a damper on fall fun...
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