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Vehicle crashes into apartment building near Surfside Beach; residents of 8 units displaced
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Residents of eight apartments had to leave their homes overnight after a vehicle crashed into their building near Surfside Beach, according to Horry County Fire Rescue. It happened at about 2:15 a.m. on the 2000 block of Clearwater Drive, HCFR said. There were no serious injuries. A utility crew responded to the scene to help secure the building's power. The South Carolina Highway Patrol, Horry County police and the Surfside Beach Fire Department responded to the scene. No additional information was immediately available. Count on News13 for updates. * * * Dennis Bright is the Digital Executive Producer at News13. He joined the team in May 2021. Dennis is a West Virginia native and a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Follow Dennis on Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and read more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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4 days ago
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Storm leaves more than 9,000 without power in Horry, Georgetown counties
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Nearly 9,300 Horry Electric Cooperative and Santee Cooper customers are without power after a strong storm moved across the Grand Strand shortly before 7 p.m. The bulk of the Santee Cooper outages are in the Carolina Forest area, according to the utility's online outage map. There are also outages near Litchfield and Pawleys Island in Georgetown County and north of Bucksville in Horry County. The Horry Electric outages are spread across the county. The storm, which generated a brief tornado warning in southeastern Robeson County before trekking toward the Grand Strand, also knocked down some tents in downtown Myrtle Beach, where setup was underway for the Carolina Country Music Fest, which is set for June 5-8. Numerous trees were also reported down across the region. This is a developing story. Count on News13 for updates. * * * Dennis Bright is the Digital Executive Producer at News13. He joined the team in May 2021. Dennis is a West Virginia native and a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Follow Dennis on Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and read more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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22-05-2025
- Climate
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Horry County authorities rescue watercraft operator stuck in mud near Intracoastal Waterway
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Horry County first responders teamed up Wednesday afternoon to rescue a person whose personal watercraft got stuck in a swampy area near the Intracoastal Waterway. Horry County Fire Rescue was dispatched at 4:35 p.m. to the Intracoastal Waterway below the Highway 31 bridge in the Socastee area for a reported water-related rescue incident. 'A personal watercraft had reportedly taken on water and was inoperable, forcing the operator into a swamp where they became stuck in the mud,' HCFR said in a Facebook post. Boat crews from Fire Station 1 in Socastee worked with 911 dispatchers to locate and rescue the operator, HCFR said. They were evaluated for possible injuries but did not to go the hospital. HCFR and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources worked together to remove the disabled watercraft. * * * Dennis Bright is the Digital Executive Producer at News13. He joined the team in May 2021. Dennis is a West Virginia native and a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Follow Dennis on Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and read more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
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Georgetown County deputies make 28 arrests, write hundreds of tickets during Spring Bike Rally
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Georgetown County deputies made 28 arrests and wrote hundreds of tickets during the just-concluded Spring Bike Rally on the Grand Strand. With many of the events during the 10-day event taking place in the Murrells Inlet area, the sheriff's office said deputies conducted 'enhanced traffic enforcement to combat speeding and unsafe driving.' Those efforts resulted in four people being arrested for driving under the influence and two dozen people being arrested on drug charges, the sheriff's office said. Overall, deputies handed out 771 tickets, including 298 for speeding. They also issued 507 warnings. News13 has asked Horry County authorities to provide similar statistics. This year's rally was a deadly one, with authorities reporting at least four deaths in three separate motorcycle-related crashes, including one that happened overnight on Towne Centre Parkway near Breakers Drive in Horry County that killed two people. The others include a crash early Sunday that killed a 40-year-old Laurinburg, North Carolina, woman, who was a passenger on a motorcycle that crashed in the North Myrtle Beach area and one Friday morning that killed a 51-year-old man who police said swerved to miss an animal in the roadway in Conway. * * * Dennis Bright is the Digital Executive Producer at News13. He joined the team in May 2021. Dennis is a West Virginia native and a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Follow Dennis on Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and read more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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19-05-2025
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Pedestrian dies in Myrtle Beach hit-and-run; part of Kings Highway closed during investigation
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A deadly hit-and-run involving a pedestrian in Myrtle Beach has closed a section of Kings Highway while police investigate the incident. It happened at about 5:30 a.m. Monday near the 1000 block of S. Kings Highway, which is closed from 9th Avenue S. to 13th Avenue S. until the investigation is complete, police said in a Facebook post. No additional details were immediately available. Anyone with information is asked to call Myrtle Beach police at 843-918-1382. Count on News13 for updates. * * * Dennis Bright is the Digital Executive Producer at News13. He joined the team in May 2021. Dennis is a West Virginia native and a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Follow Dennis on Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and read more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
