WBTW-TV (Myrtle Beach, SC)

WBTW, channel 13, is a television station that is affiliated with CBS and is licensed in Florence, South Carolina, USA. The station is owned by Media General and its studios can be found in the Socastee area of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The transmitter for WBTW is situated near Dillon, South Carolina.

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#93853

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#18380

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McMaster’s office takes wait-and-see approach in Scott Spivey death case

1 day ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Gov. Henry McMaster’s office said Wednesday it is waiting for SLED to wrap up a misconduct investigation involving the Horry County Police Department before deciding how to respond to a county leader’s request to have an outside agency review SLED’s file of the Scott Spivey shooting case.
Darlington County sheriff asks SLED to investigate ‘disturbance’ involving Florence County official

1 day ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The Darlington County sheriff has asked SLED to investigate a “disturbance” that happened on Sunday and involved a Florence County official. It happened on Timmonsville Highway, Sheriff Michael August’s office said Wednesday afternoon in a news release. The name of the official or details about the incident were not released.
80-year-old Mullins man dies in apartment fire, Marion County Coroner says

1 day ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

MULLINS, S.C. (WBTW) — An 80-year-old Mullins man died at the hospital on Tuesday after a fire at his apartment on Norton Drive, Marion County Jerry Richardson said. William Stevens was pulled from the burning apartment and taken to the Medical University of South Carolina hospital in Marion, where he died from smoke inhalation, Richardson said. The fire happened at about 4:30 p.m. The Mullins Fire Department responded to the scene.
Florence man jailed on murder charge in Conway shooting

1 day ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — Conway police have charged a 31-year-old Florence man with murder after a deadly shooting that happened late Saturday night. Traeqwan Wilson was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Sunday. He is being held without bond. V’ron Gibbs died at about 4:20 a.m. Sunday from gunshot wounds suffered in the shooting at Grainger Road and Marion Street in Conway, according to the Horry County Coroner’s Office said. It happened after 11 p.m. on Saturday.
University of North Carolina football to open 2026 season in Ireland

1 day ago | wbtw.com | Keaton Eberly

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – The University of North Carolina football team reportedly aims to try its hand with the luck of the Irish to open the 2026 regular season. UNC athletics director Bubba Cunningham made the announcement on Tuesday, moving its previously scheduled game with TCU overseas to Dublin, Ireland.
Color the Weather: Callie

2 days ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

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Loris man threatens to kill Horry County public official, harm his family in expletive-filled Facebook rants, SLED says

2 days ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Loris man allegedly stalked and threatened to kill an Horry County public official and harm his family, according to warrants provided to News13 by SLED. Daniel Aaron Ledford, 31, was arrested Thursday and charged with stalking, threatening the life of a public official and financial identity fraud. He is being held without bond at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center, according to online records.
Juvenile hurt in Lumberton shooting; police say it was accidental, self-inflicted

2 days ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

File photo by: Dennis Bright Posted: Apr 22, 2025 / 02:55 PM EDT Updated: Apr 22, 2025 / 02:55 PM EDT LUMBERTON, N.C. (WBTW) — A juvenile accidentally shot themself in the abdomen at a Lumberton convenience store on Monday, police said. It happened at the Sun-Do store on Elizabethtown Road.
The duck stops here: World’s Largest Rubber Duck coming to Myrtle Beach

2 days ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Get ready, Myrtle Beach, the duck is stopping here. The World’s Largest Rubber Duck, is headed to town in May to promote national Water Safety Awareness Month. The more than six-story-tall “Mama Duck” will be positioned along Ocean Boulevard at the intersection of 8th Avenue from May 8-11, according to Visit Myrtle Beach.
Attorneys ask court to seize assets of Drexel killer to settle $700 million lawsuit award

2 days ago | wbtw.com | Dennis Bright

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Attorneys for Brittanee Drexel’s mother have asked a judge in Georgetown County to seize the assets of Raymond Moody, the man convicted of abducting and killing her 17-year-old daughter in 2009 while she was on spring break on the Grand Strand. Dawn Pleckan sued Moody in January 2023, and a jury awarded her $700 million — $200 million in actual damages and $500 million in punitive damages — after a trial in February.