Horry County News

HORRY COUNTY, SC The predictions are out: an above-average Atlantic hurricane season is expected.

HORRY COUNTY, SC The Atlantic Hurricane season starts next Saturday. Officials with the Horry County Emergency Management team say now is the time to make sure families are prepared if a major storm threatens the Grand Strand.

Five students received scholarships at the Horry County Schools Adult Education graduation May 16.

A group of educators and community members has spent the last year and a half creating a plan that would change school culture to improve student achievement in the cluster of eight schools, but the Horry County school board said this week it may not approve the $150,000 needed to launch the program.

That was the message from Scout executive Barry McDonald after the Boy Scouts approved a plan Thursday to accept openly gay boys into the program.

Post-exposure treatments are being administered to an Horry County man after he was bitten by a fox that tested positive for rabies, the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control reported.

Coastal Carolina University's Campus Salvage, an annual yard sale designed to recycle unwanted items students leave behind at year's end, raised $1,836, which will go into the CCU Student Green Fund.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC Myrtle Beach Police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a motorcyclist from Lumberton.

Thousands of dollars in donations were collected from residents across the Grand Strand Following the tragic Windsor Green fire that occurred on March 16, 2013.

In "Spring Wildflowers," walk through maritime, upland forest and wetland habitats to see spring in bloom.

New Directions is operating Life Line, a program to help area domestic violence victims find safe emergency shelter and help them transition from abuse, said Mary Jo Rogers, board chairwoman of New Directions.

Sandra Causey, youth services librarian, engineered a redesign of the teen reading room when she joined the branch a month and a half ago.

Officers of the law in Horry County have attempted to carry out their duties as usual while coming to grips with the loss of one of their own - Deputy Sheriff Tim Causey.

The person was hit by a small black sport utility vehicle traveling west on S.C. 544 near Lake Park Drive about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday night, said Lance Cpl.

Myrtle Beach passed first reading of an ordinance last week that included increases in sewer, stormwater, ambulance and fire safety inspection fees.

A Surfside Beach man was charged with illegally tattooing a 15-year-old after the teen's mother saw it on the girl's wrist, according to a police report.

John Sachs, 37, was wanted on charges of kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct in connection with the incident that occurred between 2 and 4 a.m. Feb.

The Horry County school board on Monday made several amendments to the superintendent's comprehensive budget for the 2013-14 school year before giving its preliminary approval.

The band Parmalee, riding on its latest single, "Carolina," will play May 26 at he Boathouse Waterway Bar & Grill in a free concert.

Joe White Avenue, free for military , otherwise $20. Memorial Day weekend parade, with Rocky Bleier, four-time Super Bowl-winning Pittsburgh Steelers running back, as grand marshal, 10:30 a.m. Saturday on Myrtle Beach's Ocean Boulevard, from 27th Avenue North southward to Ninth Avenue North.