Horry County News Archives

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.

A jury on the South Carolina coast gets to hear the circumstances surrounding the most destructive wild fire in state history.

Horry County firefighters have responded to a house fire in Loris. Firefighters report heavy fire showing at 1241 Justice Loop.

Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 1:01 p.m. Horry County Fire Rescue investigators are on the scene of a reported explosion and fire on Highway 90 near Star Bluff Road.

Monday, October 26, 2009 at 1:01 p.m. Horry County Fire Rescue investigators are on the scene of a reported explosion and fire on Highway 90 near Star Bluff Road.

A man fined in the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history is facing a court date to answer to charges.

The Horry County School Board directed Superintendent Cindy Elsberry on Monday to start a review of all safety procedures at all schools in the wake of an incident at Carolina Forest High School Friday where one student died and an officer was stabbed.

Local elections will be held in two weeks for many cities in our area and the candidates are making the rounds.

Gov. Mark Sanford appointed Neil James of Loris to fill the unexpired term of Chris Shannon on the Horry County School Board, according to a news release issued today.

Friday, October 23, 2009 at 11:38 a.m. Horry County Police say they've arrested two people connected with 6 armed robberies at different hotels and stores in the area.

Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:46 p.m. Corporal Paul Brothers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol says one man was killed after he was thrown from his moped, while on traveling on Highway 22 near Highway 17, less than one mile from the Tanger Outlet Mall.

Horry County Government and the Horry County Department of Airports will conduct a seminar for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, women and minorities interested in working construction for the expansion of Myrtle Beach International Airport.

Horry County Police arrested two people Tuesday in connection with a 6 month narcotics investigation.

Officers are continuing to search for a man they believe is responsible for six armed robberies in Horry County recently in various hotels and stores, said Sgt.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. Horry County police are looking for man who they say may have been involved in as many as six robberies in the area.

Dennis Gibbons lost his job at a local car dealer back in December, and has struggled to find work since.

A police report says a teen fatally shot by an officer at his South Carolina high school had two knives when he attacked the officer.

The South Carolina Forestry Commission and the USDA Forest Service have confirmed that a devastating disease of redbay and other plants has been identified in a Socastee neighborhood.

Friday, October 16, 2009 at 1:31 p.m. Horry County has identified the inmate who died Thursday morning in his cell at J. Reuben Long Detention Center as Roman Vyachenko Kirichenko, 30, a Russian National.

HORRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA A teenager died in a crash early Saturday morning in Conway.

A coroner says the 16-year-old student killed at his South Carolina high school by a police officer was shot five times.

An inmate at J. Reuben Long Detention Center was pronounced dead early Thursday after being found unresponsive in his cell, according to authorities.

An 11th-grade male student shot and stabbed this morning after an altercation with a resource officer at Carolina Forest High School has died, according to school officials.

Horry County Government and the Horry County Department of Airports will hold an Environmental Assessment Public Hearing on the expansion of Myrtle Beach International Airport.

Myrtle Beach and Horry County leaders gathered in Myrtle Beach Thursday morning to discuss constructing the Harrelson Boulevard extension project.

A 30-year-old man died Thursday while in police custody on trespassing and shoplifting charges.

Half of the companies on the Horry County Police Department's wrecker rotation list don't have current towing business licenses, according to Horry County records.

A medical helicopter is back in the air as it has replaced the one that crashed in Georgetown County Sept.25, killing all three crew members on board.

Four people were killed on South Carolina roadways over the weekend, according to a new fatality report from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Horry County Police have charged a Loris man with second degree arson after a home burned early Saturday morning.

A man was arrested after robbing a convenience store with a butcher knife. Joel Michael Brinkley, 29, of Conway was charged with armed Robbery on Friday, according to the Horry County Police Department.

A replacement is on the way for a new helicopter to replace the medical helicopter that crashed in Georgetown two weeks ago, killing all three on board.

Friday, October 09, 2009 at 11:44 a.m. Friday morning the group, Concerned Citizens of Atlantic Beach held a protest outside the office of 15th Circuit Solicitor Greg Hembree.

Freestyle Music Park's Board of Directors held an international teleconference that lasted several hours Wednesday.

An Horry County jury needed about 90 minutes to find a co-owner of Myrtle Beach Speedway not guilty of leaving the scene of a 2006 crash where a Longs man was killed.

Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. Marion County Sheriff's Office hosted the first Operation Blue Tornado on October 6th and 7th.

A trial has been scheduled for a man cited for a debris fire that rekindled days later into the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history.

Horry County police officers are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store on Tuesday morning in the Myrtle Beach section of Horry County, according to Sgt.

A South Carolina county recovering from a huge wildfire earlier this year has approved a partial burning ban for outdoor debris.

A 28-year-old man charged in the death of a pawn shop owner has been sentenced to life in prison for killing another man in South Carolina.

Horry County officers are investigating an armed robbery on Monday at a business in the Socastee community, according to Sgt.

Horry County Police arrested six people last week as part of their continuing crackdown on prostitution.

A warm and sunny fall weekend day wasn't enough to lift the gloom of vendors and business owners at a fall motorcycle rally in Myrtle Beach, and they say new regulations targeting bikers is to blame.

Police have arrested a Myrtle Beach man in connection with a homicide last month.

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Friday, October 02, 2009 at 5:49 p.m. The identity of the infamous Elmer Fudd, who's being sued by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, remains a mystery.

An anthropologist told police Wednesday that ones found in a wooded area of Conway the day before are human, according to Sgt.

Horry County Council Chairwoman Liz Gilland was given a warning ticket for speeding Tuesday night after leaving a meeting where she apologized for the recent controversies surrounding her driving and fines levied by the State Ethics Commission, police said.

The Myrtle Beach Community Appearance Board approved the basic footprint for an expansion at Myrtle Beach International airport as well as the layout for an extension of Harrelson Boulevard.

Horry County Police are investigating human remains found in Conway Tuesday. Horry County Sgt.