Deputies reveal Florence neighborhoods hit hardest by car break-ins
FLORENCE COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – Over the past month, deputies with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office have been called to respond to numerous reports of vehicle break-ins in various neighborhoods in...
View ArticleDash cam video released of deadly Horry County police chase
LONGS, SC (WBTW) – South Carolina Highway Patrol released dash cam video of a police chase that ended with a deadly wreck in northern Horry County. The crash happened November 15, off Highway 905, by...
View ArticleBill would restrict erectile dysfunction drugs in SC
COLUMBIA, SC (WBTW) – A man in South Carolina who wants an erectile dysfunction drug like Viagra or Cialis would have to jump through some new hoops to get it, under a bill pre-filed in the state House...
View ArticleOne dead after motorcycle, dump truck collide on I-95
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash in Florence County Wednesday morning. According to the SCHP website, the crash happened around 7 a.m. in the...
View ArticleMom shaved daughter’s head in cancer scam, TX cops say
MISSION, Texas — Police say a Texas mother lied about her 7-year-old daughter having terminal cancer in a scam for cash. Juanita Ortiz Garcia allegedly also told her daughter she had just months to...
View ArticleGrand Strand, Pee Dee high schools receive flood damage help from Carolina...
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTW) – The Carolina Panthers released a list of Pee Dee and Grand Starnd area high schools that will receive money to help repair damage done by the historic flooding in South Carolina...
View ArticleHundreds claim popular hair product caused them to go bald
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) —Talk about a bad hair day! Chances are you’ve seen an infomercial or two for Wen Hair Care. Celebrity hair stylist Chaz Dean hawks the so-called revolutionary line of shampoos and...
View ArticleMan breaks window to save suffocating dog in hot truck
LARGO, FL (WFLA) — Jonathan Parris couldn’t believe what he saw in the parking lot of a Largo, Florida Target on Sunday; a chocolate Labrador suffocating in a sweltering truck parked at the Largo...
View ArticleWallet Wednesday: 2016 investment expectations
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Financial planner Scott Pyle joined News13 NOW on Wednesday to look back at the investment landscape in 2015 and also look toward 2016. Pyle said 2015 was volatile for...
View ArticleLamar Odom’s downfall tops Google’s list of 2015 searches
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lamar Odom’s bizarre downfall from a former Los Angeles Lakers star to a lost soul in a Nevada brothel had the world searching Google for answers more than any other topic this...
View ArticleHung jury in 1st officer’s trial in Freddie Gray case
BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge declared a hung jury Wednesday after the panel couldn’t reach a decision in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, whose...
View ArticleLittle River man charged with sex crime against 14-year-old girl
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – A Little River man is behind bars after police say he molested a 14-year-old girl on several different occasions, according to Horry County Police. Billy Earl Hudson, 70 An...
View ArticleLittle River woman jailed after 1-year-old tests positive for marijuana
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – Police arrested a Little River woman after the Department of Social Services investigated accusations of child neglect and a 1-year-old toddler tested positive for marijuana....
View ArticleUSC to study charging different tuition for different majors
COLUMBIA, SC (WBTW) – The University of South Carolina will study the possibility of charging different tuition for different majors. President Harris Pastides told the USC Board of Trustees this week...
View ArticleTraffic relief possible to heavily developed portion of Socastee
SOCASTEE, SC (WBTW) – Horry County Leaders say traffic relief could be coming to areas in Socastee that have seen a lot of development. Traffic comes from six different directions at the intersection...
View ArticleBlack parents to protest charge for SC teen tossed from desk by SRO
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A group of black parents plans to present a petition calling for officials to drop charges against a 16-year-old South Carolina high school student who was videotaped being yanked...
View ArticleThree robbery suspects arrested in Florence County
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – Three suspects were arrested Wednesday night in connection with robberies in various parts of Florence County. Major Mike Nunn confirms agents of the Criminal Enforcement Unit...
View ArticleNC woman shot in neck, pregnant woman assaulted
RALEIGH, N.C. – Raleigh police arrested a 21-year-old man after they said he shot a woman in the neck and assaulted a pregnant woman on Wednesday afternoon. At 12:20 p.m., officers responded to a...
View ArticleMarcus Lattimore joins USC football staff
COLUMBIA, SC- Former Gamecock star Marcus Lattimore is returning to the football team. The State newspaper reports he accepted an offer from Coach Will Muschamp to join the staff after his graduation...
View ArticleSouthside Middle gives students with disabilities opportunity to cheer
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – For children with intellectual and physical disabilities, sometimes the toughest part is fitting in with the other children. However, there’s one program at Southside Middle...
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