Horry County News

A South Carolina couple has sued a Georgia-based security company for hiring a guard accused of setting fires.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 11:37 p.m. The South Carolina Department of Transportation held a public hearing Thursday evening in at Saint James High School in Horry County.

This photo illustration shows how a 12-turbine wind farm off the coast of Little River might appear from a public beach in northern Horry County.

Horry County's 911 emergency dispatchers were selected as the 2009 S.C. "Communications Center of the Year" during an conference of emergency officials, Lisa Bourcier, county spokeswoman, said Thursday.

A South Carolina teen has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a college student in a fight over a parking space.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. North Myrtle Beach Mayor Marilyn Hatley has won her bid for re-election. In the city council race, Greg Duckworth is the winner of the Windy Hill Ward, Terry White wins the Ocean Drive Ward and Bob Cavanaugh takes the at-large seat.

Neighbors will have an opportunity to negotiate quality of life issues surrounding a potential expansion of the Horry County Solid Waste Authority landfill off S.C. 90, after they met a Wednesday deadline to hand in a petition.

Officials in a troubled South Carolina beach town are meeting for the first time since their mayor was indicted on a hit-and-run charge and suspended from her job.

Horry County Police arrested a Walterboro man for the robbery of a local pharmacy.

A Myrtle Beach high school student has died after his motorcycle crashed into a school bus.

Sunday, November 01, 2009 at 7:17 p.m. A trial will begin Monday for one of the men accused of murdering Coastal Carolina University Student Corey Brooks during a fight over a parking space, the Horry County Solicitor's office said Sunday.

A South Carolina man has been charged with murder in the 2005 death of a man shot five times and killed during a home invasion.

The Horry County School District will begin offering H1N1 flu vaccines to students at school next month.

The mayor of a troubled South Carolina beach town has been indicted on a hit-and-run charge and suspended from her job.

The Horry County Police Department is investigating a strong armed robbery that took place Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:52 p.m. The Horry County Clerk of Court's Office has confirmed to NewsChannel 15 that a grand jury is meeting Thursday to decide whether to indict Atlantic Beach Mayor Retha Pierce on a hit and run charge.

As residents remember to change their clocks back to standard time on Sunday, November 1, 2009, Horry County Fire Rescue reminds you to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.

A man fined for starting a fire several days before the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history has pleaded guilty and will pay $732. Marc Torchi, of Conway, admitted to not notifying officials of a burn and allowing a fire on his land to spread to the property of a neighbor.

Arson is serious business in the United States. Each year billions of dollars in property are lost and hundreds of lives are lost due to arson fires.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:37 a.m. A spokesman with the Horry County Police Department confirms Atlantic Beach Police Chief Randy Rizzo was arrested in Horry County for being drunk in public.