
Tommy Cardinal
Managing Editor at The Horry Independent
This is a bio, not autobio... @myhorrynews managing editor, @ucf alumnus
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1 week ago |
myhorrynews.com | Tommy Cardinal
My hands were shaking and sweating, and my heart was thumping when I dropped my ballpoint pen. It was loud. In the deathly silent, small brick room in the Capital Punishment Facility, you could definitely hear a pen drop. You could hear someone scratch their head. Any sound was loud. But no one paid mind to the sound of my pen.
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1 week ago |
myhorrynews.com | Tommy Cardinal
My hands were shaking and sweating, and my heart was thumping when I dropped my ballpoint pen. It was loud. In the deathly silent, small brick room in the Capital Punishment Facility, you could definitely hear a pen drop. You could hear someone scratch their head. Any sound was loud. But no one paid mind to the sound of my pen.
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1 week ago |
myhorrynews.com | Tommy Cardinal |Joe Wedra
James Winebrake will begin his tenure as the president of Coastal Carolina University on Monday, July 7. He will be the fourth president of the university, which was founded as Coastal Carolina Junior College in 1954. “It is a tremendous honor to be selected as Coastal Carolina University’s next president,” Winebrake said in a news release. “The foundation of Teal Nation is strong, and I am eager to reach new heights as we build on the progress already made.
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myhorrynews.com | Tommy Cardinal
Horry County Council took another step toward its plans to get out of the baseball business at its June 3 council meeting. Pelicans Ballpark, which is jointly owned by the City of Myrtle Beach and Horry County, needs $35.5 million in repairs and upgrades, city leaders say. Those costs include $20 million for Major League Baseball-mandated stadium improvements needed for Professional Development League play to continue in the stadium past the 2025 season.
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2 weeks ago |
myhorrynews.com | Tommy Cardinal
Stephen Stanko’s last moments alive resembled a medical procedure, an IV protruding from his arm as he peacefully drifted out of consciousness. It was an easier death than Stanko granted his two victims in 2005. As Laura Ling laid dying on her bedroom floor — bound, beaten and strangled — the last thing she likely saw was Stanko raping her 15-year-old daughter.
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Stephen Stanko executed 20 years after murders shocked Myrtle Beach area https://t.co/ZGEMyeYuJQ via @MyHorryNews

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The City of North Myrtle Beach has hired Ryan Fabbri as its next city manager, choosing to hire internally. Fabbri has been interim City manager since October and was assistant city manager before that.