North-Myrtle-Beach News

The 15th annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition, with more than 40 artists' works, continues two more days through Thursday, and "Fore! Images of Golf in Art" is open through Sept.

For decades now, the end of May on the Grand Strand means a large percentage of tourists who come into town are bikers.

Visit the newly opened North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum, open Wednesdays-Sundays. Details at 427-7668 or www.nmbmuseum.com . 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays at 799 Second Ave.

Amanda Berbiglia-Roberts stands beneath the bridge looking at a growing memorial for her sister Amber Berbiglia on Friday, May 10, 2013.

The North Myrtle Beach High School Mock Trial team won three out of four competition rounds and placed 13th overall in the National Mock Trial Competition May 11 in Indianapolis.

Advance: $3 one day or $5 for both days; $5 daily at gate; and free pass for ages 12 and younger available at www.bluecrabfestival.org Saturday – Wendy Baruch and Stay Tuned, from 2013 "Carolina Has Talent" musical competition , 9 a.m.; Craig Woolard Band 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; and Carolina Soul Band 3-6 p.m. Sunday – Jazmine Hemingway ... (more)

Litchfield Dance Arts Academy students Olivia Shaw, left, and Kelley Grace Kerr, with guest artist Journy Wilkes-Davis, will perform the "Swan Lake" pas de trois May 19 at the school recital.

Town Council started looking at ways to increase revenue in a budget workshop Tuesday afternoon, where Town Administrator Micki Fellner said a tax increase is the most logical option.

An early-20s something man and woman from Northern Virginia were charged with public nudity after being discovered without clothes on North Myrtle Beach at 2:45 a.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the North Myrtle Beach Police Department.

Several weeks ago, two men from the Carolina Forest community stopped by with a plea: Add something on the weather page telling people how to check area fire conditions.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC North Myrtle Beach Mayor Marilyn Hatley proclaimed that all flags on city buildings will be flown at half-staff on May 15 in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

Mayfest on Main will be celebrated for the eighth year in North Myrtle Beach from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday on Main Street, between Hillside Drive and Ocean Boulevard.

Sisters Jackie Open and Michelle Robinson wipe each others tears and hold tight as they grieve for Amber Berbiglia during a vigil under the Robert Edge Parkway bridge in North Myrtle Beach on Friday, May 10, 2013.

Billy Lynn Smith, 33, of North Myrtle Beach is charged with attempted murder. He was being held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center on $30,000 bail.

Survivors include her daughters, Jean Finks of Port Charlotte, and Mary Ann Allen of North Myrtle Beach, S.C.; sons, Edward of Irvine, Calif., and Robert of Tampa, Fla.; many grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ted.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC North Myrtle Beach is gearing up for the annual Mayfest on Main festival May 11 from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. The festival, located on Main Street from Hillside Dr.

John Waite has enjoyed multiple eras in music, as lead singer for The Babys from the mid-1970s to start the '80s, and in Bad English in the late '80s to usher in the '90s, and with solo work after each of those tenures.

The longtime leader of the Little River Band likes the layers that unfold with its music, and he's happy to help keep that fabric ironed.

An employee of Horry County Schools Early College High School was charged May 2 for sending inappropriate pictures to students, according to a police report from Coastal Carolina University.

The Barefoot Princess Riverboat will sail for a dinner cruise on the Intracoastal Waterway.