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1 week ago | qcnews.com | Adam Benson |Adrianna Lawrence

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A North Myrtle Beach police officer’s hands were not on his weapon before it discharged and sent a round into his leg on Sunday night — prompting a large law enforcement presence to the area as authorities responded. The department offered more details in a Monday Facebook post about exactly what happened as the incident occurred in the midst of a mass shooting in Little River.

Mar 3, 2025 | wowktv.com | Jordan White |Adam Benson |Caleb McCusker |Dennis Bright

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Feb 14, 2025 | counton2.com | Adam Benson |Adrianna Lawrence |Dennis Bright

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WBTW) - Before Angel Vause was sent to a federal prison for 18 years for lying to the FBI during their investigation into the 2009 kidnapping and murder of Brittanee Drexel, she had to face the wrath of her family. "You messed with the wrong mom. A mother who will never stop in the fight to get justice for Brittanee," Drexel's mother Dawn Conley said at a Thursday sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court's Charleston district.

Jan 15, 2025 | counton2.com | Adam Benson

CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) - Two weeks after using a hot tub in his Conway home, 72-year-old Wayn Van Der Plaats was fighting for his life, his body racked by a deadly bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease. Van Der Plaats died Oct. 22, 2023 of multifocal pneumonia after two days at the Conway Medical Center. A lawsuit filed Tuesday by his wife Kelly in Horry County Common Pleas Court blames North Carolina-based Hot Tub Taxi, its owner Darius Clark and Oceanside Pools LLC.

Jan 7, 2025 | counton2.com | Gabby Jonas |Adam Benson

CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) - Parker's disability means his caretakers are ever vigilant - lovingly helping him go to the bathroom and ensuring he gets plenty of exercise and nutrition. But the wonder bunny continues to defy odds, hopping past any roadblock life put in his path. Paralyzed from the waist down, Parker spends his days at Paisley's Bunny Rescue in Conway after being rescued from a man in Chattanooga, Tenn. who kept 100 rabbits in his home.