Murrells Inlet News

Scott Harper/Times Members of the Georgetown American Legion Post 114 and other local veterans' groups visited Elmwood Cemetery in Georgetown early Thursday morning to place American flags at the graves of veterans.

South Carolina senators voted Tuesday to kill the expansion of Medicaid coverage for the "working poor" under the federal health care law known as Obamacare.

Georgetown County officials will soon know how much damage sinkholes caused to two county buildings in the City of Georgetown.

Members of the Georgetown County Planning Commission began nailing the door shut on any more big box development proposals along the Waccamaw Neck's Highway 17 corridor last week by recommending approval of three proposals to restrict buildings.

Noah Veon, a freshman at Waccamaw High School, has been shag dancing since he was 4 years old.

Chef James Clark's rose-dotted snapper, served on a bed of stone-ground grits and dressed in a sauce of minced ramps flambd in Pernod Pity the jolthead porgy.

A man from Trinity Road in the Yauhannah Community said he was outside his home Friday afternoon when a man driving a pickup truck passed by dragging a dog behind the vehicle.

The band Parmalee, riding on its latest single, "Carolina," will play May 26 at he Boathouse Waterway Bar & Grill in a free concert.

Beth Marion, BSN, RN of Murrells Inlet, was named Nurse of the Year at Waccamaw Community Hospital, and Kerri Evans, BSN, BS, RN, of Andrews, was named Nurse of the Year at Georgetown Memorial Hospital.

"I'm not sure the report is useful for consumers now, but it is a step in the right direction," said Tony Keck, director of the S.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

The 32nd annual Blue Crab Festival opens for two days through Sunday, and includes music on this day by Craig Woolard Band 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and the Carolina Soul Band 3-6 p.m.. Details at 795-9755 or 385-3180. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Little River waterfront; advance: $3 one day or $5 for both days; $5 daily at gate; and free pass for ages 12 and ... (more)

A Murrells Inlet man was convicted by an Horry County jury on charges stemming from a burglary in Myrtle Beach two years ago, said Assistant Solicitor Brad Richardson.

Joshua Cody Wilson, 26, of Murrells Inlet and Dustin Clifford Autry, 25, of Garden City Beach each pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and were each sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Edward B. Cottingham to serve 15 years in prison, according to court records.

Many kinds of printing equipment have been used over the years. In the early days, the Georgetown Gazette was likely printed something like what is shown Over its 215 years the Georgetown Times has used many locations for its offices.

Litchfield Dance Arts Academy students Olivia Shaw, left, and Kelley Grace Kerr, with guest artist Journy Wilkes-Davis, will perform the "Swan Lake" pas de trois May 19 at the school recital.

Two Horry County students will each receive a $1,350 scholarship Tuesday from the Low Country Herb Society.

Tony Franks, 53, of Murrells Inlet was charged with cruelty to children and booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center at 11:21 p.m. Saturday and remains there on $500 bail, according to records.

In "Coastal Kayaking," Mondays through October, take a guided salt-marsh tour from Oyster Landing in Murrells Inlet.

Larry Watson of Murrells Inlet cruises around on his bicycle as the spring Harley-Davidson rally begins on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Murrells Inlet.

Boy Scout Troop 360 of Pawleys Island and Murrells Inlet, Barbecue Fundraiser and "Super" Yard Sale, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at Christ the King Church, 10172 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island.