Andrews News

A fire in Pawleys Island on Friday morning - the fourth in four days that the Red Cross has supplied aid to -- could have been much worse if the quick-thinking mother of six who lived at the house hadn't reacted the way she did, officials said.

The following headlines also took place in 2009 in Georgetown County: n On Jan. 3, Nicole Jiles, 24, and her 5-year-old son Gary Vereen died as a result of a fire in their home on S. Rosemary Ave.

The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices: Andrews police were sent to the 400 block of Rosemary Ave.

Firefighters quickly were able to extinguish a small fire in a closet this morning at Strand College of Hair Design in Myrtle Beach, officials said.

Empty storefronts dot Main Street in Andrews, and passersby are few and far between, lending a dreary look to downtown.

The line stretched out the front door of the old Georgetown Wal-Mart building and down a couple of old store fronts on a chilly Tuesday morning, as hundreds waited in line to collect toys and food from the Salvation Army.

The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices: A man from Baskerville Road in Pawleys Island said he keeps money in his refrigerator and discovered thousands of dollars was missing Dec.

Sydney Daniels and Carmen Mayfield are among the students from the Sara Frances Academy who gathered paper and pens for National Guard members soon departing for Afghanistan.

An Andrews teen has lost his appeal for the 2006 fatal shooting of his 10-year-old friend.

Myrtle Beach police filed burglary charges Friday against an Andrews man charged with murder in the 2007 slaying of a Litchfield Beach woman.

By Scott Harper sharper@gtowntimes.com A 15-year-old Andrews resident - who shot and killed his young neighbor in 2006 - will remain in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice after losing his appeal to be freed.

A growing number of Charleston lawyers and others across the state are wondering aloud whether a decision to end F.P. "Charlie" Segars-Andrews' career as a Family Court judge will erode the independence of the South Carolina judiciary.

A growing number of Charleston lawyers and others across the state are wondering aloud if a decision to end F.P. 'Charlie' Segars-Andrews' career as a Family Court judge will erode the independence of the South Carolina judiciary.

Nearly five years after she went missing, there is a renewed effort to bring one Andrews woman back home.

An Andrews man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was convicted on charges related to a 2008 robbery at a Georgetown business, according to the 15th Circuit Solicitor's Office.

A total of 345 students participated in Coastal Carolina University's commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec.

That's the date he 178th Battalion of the S.C. National Guard is scheduled to depart for a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

The Georgetown City Firefighters of the Year were announced at the departmenta s annual Christmas party.

An Horry County prosecutor testified Tuesday morning that he was shocked when an Andrews man attacked him after the verdict was read in a 2006 trial held in Georgetown County.

Rain didna t lessen the enthusiasm of the large crowd that attended Saturdaya s Christmas Festival in Georgetown.