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1 day ago | 
wbtw.com | Caleb McCusker
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The South Carolina Department of Transportation will conduct temporary nighttime closures on Highway 501 over the Waccamaw River in Horry County for bridge inspection, the department said Tuesday. The work will begin Saturday, May 18, at 9 p.m., SCDOT said. The closure will continue nightly, ending at 7 a.m. from May 18 until May 21. SCDOT asks drivers to proceed to seek alternate routes and expect delays during the closures.
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1 day ago | 
wbtw.com | Caleb McCusker
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A suspect who led Horry County police on a chase last week that led to more than 25 pounds of fentanyl with a street value of more than $1 million being seized has been released from the hospital and formally charged. Omega Junior Wilson, 38, was charged with failure to stop for a blue light with great bodily injury and trafficking in fentanyl. He was booked into the J.
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1 day ago | 
wbtw.com | Caleb McCusker
MARLBORO COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A motorcyclist died after a crash with a tractor-trailer on Monday in Marlboro County, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said. It happened at about 11:25 a.m. on Highway 15, south of McColl, Cpl. David Jones said. A 2020 Harley-Davidson motorcycle attempted to pass a 2020 Kenworth Tractor-Trailer when it lost control and hit the tractor-trailer, Jones said.
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2 days ago | 
wspa.com | Caleb McCusker
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2 days ago | 
wbtw.com | Caleb McCusker
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — No injuries were reported after a vehicle hit a North Myrtle Beach Wingstop on Monday, the city told News13. It happened early Monday afternoon at the restaurant in the 1400 block of Highway 17. General manager Davina Adames said she had just finished pressure washing the windows before it happened.
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3 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Caleb McCusker
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Horry County officials have lifted the current outdoor burn ban, officials said Monday. The lift is effective immediately, the county said. All open burning in Horry County requries contacting the South Carolina Forestry Commission at 1-800-986-5404 before the burn is started. As of late Monday morning, the forestry commission’s website showed the Covington Drive wildfire in Carolina Forest remained at 2,059 acres and 90% containment.
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3 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Caleb McCusker
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Myrtle Beach man has been charged with attempted murder after surveillance footage showed him shooting someone in the thigh with a Smith and Wesson handgun, police records show. Carlos Cruz-Hernandez, 43, was also charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center early Sunday morning, where he remains as of this writing without bond.
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3 days ago | 
wbtw.com | Jordan White |Caleb McCusker |Eric Cooper
Editor’s Note: This story has been revised to correct the number of people who were injured with gunshot wounds. FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The Florence County Coroner’s Office has identified a man killed in a shooting at a Florence nightclub on Mother’s Day, which the sheriff says was the third shooting over the weekend. Melvin Anthony Gibson, 39, died after the shooting that took place around 3 a.m. on Sunday at Qulture Bistro, the coroner’s office said.
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4 days ago | 
qcnews.com | Caleb McCusker
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — Information on Coastal Carolina University’s website that South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace said “promoted cross-dressing” was removed after she posted a Facebook video this week criticizing CCU. Coastal Carolina confirmed to News13 Thursday night in an email that the link had been removed but did not specify whether it was taken down because of Mace’s video.
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5 days ago | 
wbtw.com | Caleb McCusker |Adrianna Lawrence |Skylar Musick
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — One of just two Horry County representatives who did not sign a letter asking Gov. Henry McMaster to reopen a deadly road rage shooting case from 2023 has a “personal relationship” with the attorney of the man who pulled the trigger. Horry County Reps.
