Murrells Inlet News

Linda and Chris Nygaard of Murrells Inlet, left, and Andrew Connor of Murrells Inlet enjoy some oysters at Saturdaya s event.

The body of 28-year-old David J. Lane was found on the floor of a mobile home in Little River Friday night, Horry County Coroner Robert Edge reported.

A group looking to preserve the Seafood Capital of South Carolina is hosting an oyster roast Saturday along the Marsh Walk in Murrells Inlet.

Today is expected to be the final day of the Stephen Stanko death penalty trial in Conway.

The number of school children in Georgetown County who receive free meals jumped 181 percent this year.

Drivers wona t be able to get onto Highway 17 from Waverly Road for a week while the work continues on a drainage project at the intersection.

The granddaughter of Baron and Marion von Trapp, who were made famous by The Sound of Music, is in concert in Murrells Inlet on Sunday, Dec.

The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices: Another Waccamaw Neck robbery Investigators are still searching for a man who robbed Advantage America in Murrells Inlet Wednesday morning.

An Horry County jury has found Stephen Stanko guilty of the shooting death of 74-year-old Henry Lee Turner, rejecting the defense claim he was insane when the crime was committed in April, 2005.

Besides the notable exceptions -- a couple of funeral directors, a football coach, a pair of farmers -- the ranks of the South Carolina Legislature are filled with attorneys, businessmen and retirees, a makeup influenced by the state's 6-month-long session and low legislative pay.

Four masked men accused of a violent home invasion in Pawleys Island are still on the run.

The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices: Attacked at a party An 18-year-old man was at a birthday party at the Choppee Health Complex Saturday night when he got jumped by a group of guys he goes to school with at Carvers Bay High.

A drainage project at the intersection of the North Causeway and Highway 17 has been revised to better protect Pawleys Creek from pollution, according to the countya s capital projects manager.

By the end of this year, Lowcountry Preparatory School will be home to a 1-kilowatt Zephyr Airdolphin wind turbine.

Glen Oa Connella s first term on Georgetown County Council will also be his last.

Tickets are now on sale now for the sixth annual Oyster Roast fundraiser in Murrells Inlet.

A man already waiting on the death penalty is on trial again in Conway. Jury selection began Monday for Stephen Stanko's second murder trial.

Two people have been taken to the hospital following a head-on collision on US-17 Bypass in Murrells Inlet Monday afternoon.

The hit television game show Wheel of Fortune, aired during the week on WBTW, is holding auditions in Myrtle Beach this weekend and thousands of people came out to the Coastal Grand Mall on Saturday to tryout.

A man has died as a result of a house fire this morning in North Myrtle Beach, authorities said.