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1 week ago | 
wbtw.com | Adam Benson |Gabby Jonas
ATLANTIC BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A dozen people were hurt after a series of fights broke out early Sunday morning at the Memorial Day Black Pearl Cultural Heritage and Bike Festival in Atlantic Beach, the town’s police chief told News13. “There were a couple of fights that broke out, causing panic in the crowd and several people were injured trying to leave the area,” Chief Carlos Castillo Jr. said.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbtw.com | Jordan White |Gabby Jonas |Caleb McCusker
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Myrtle Beach Police Chief Amy Prock on Friday had strong words for one of two people charged in connection with a Thursday incident where police were shot at and led on a pursuit of an armed suspect in a stolen vehicle along Highway 17 Bypass.
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2 weeks ago | 
myfox8.com | Jordan White |Gabby Jonas |Caleb McCusker
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Two people have been charged and two have been released after four people were taken into custody Thursday morning after police were shot at and led on a pursuit of an armed suspect in a stolen vehicle along Highway 17 Bypass, authorities said.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbtw.com | Jordan White |Gabby Jonas |Caleb McCusker
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Two people have been charged and two have been released after four people were taken into custody Thursday morning after police were shot at and led on a pursuit of an armed suspect in a stolen vehicle along Highway 17 Bypass, authorities said.
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1 month ago | 
wbtw.com | Caleb McCusker |Gabby Jonas
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Myrtle Beach City Council on Tuesday approved first reading of an ordinance to join a lease agreement with Horry County to extend the Pelicans’ lease by 30 years. In February, the city council passed a resolution extending the Pelicans’ lease by 20 years and spending $20 million on stadium improvements, but the council on Tuesday voted to amend the lease to extend it to 30 years.
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
wbtw.com | Gabby Jonas |Jordan White |Dennis Bright
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A 45-year-old man died Friday morning in a mobile-home fire near Loris, according to his father. News13 spoke to John Hammond, who confirmed that his son, Jonathan Brent Hammond, died in the fire. John Hammond said his son helped him run their family business, which has been open in North Myrtle Beach for 27 years.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
wbtw.com | Caleb McCusker |Gabby Jonas
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Myrtle Beach City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution extending the Pelicans lease by 20 years and spending $20 million on stadium improvements. The resolution enters a memorandum of understanding between the city of Myrtle Beach, the Pelicans and Horry County. The city and county have jointly owned Pelicans Ballpark since 1998 and the Pelicans started playing there in 1999.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
wbtw.com | Gabby Jonas
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A Myrtle Beach man and father of an Israeli soldier on Friday reacted to the recent ceasefire developments between Israel and Hamas. President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the ceasefire and hostage release deal. Don Habibi of Myrtle Beach believes that even if the 33 hostages were to be released in phase one of the three-phase hostage and Hamas prisoner deal, the conflict in the Middle East will still remain.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
wbtw.com | Gabby Jonas
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Dick Broadcasting Company and Bojangles teamed up for their sixth annual “Coats for the Coast” coat drive at the Men’s New Direction Homeless shelter in Horry County. Roughly 700-1000 coats were gathered over the past two months from various Bojangles drop off bins across the Grand Strand to be given to those on Thursday morning.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
wbtw.com | Gabby Jonas
MYRTLE BEACH S.C. (WBTW) — Nineteen aircraft maintenance technicians turned their tassels Wednesday morning at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics 2025 graduation ceremony in Myrtle Beach. Many of the graduates, thrilled to soon enter the world of aviation, will help fill the increasing number of vacancies in the airline Industry.
