Georgetown County News

Local veterans groups announced today the planned construction of a Memorial Wall to honor those members of the military from Georgetown County who died during all wars beginning with the Revolutionary War.

At 5 a.m., the center of Tropical Storm Beryl was located by National Weather Service Doppler radar and surface observations near latitude 30.3 north...longitude 82.0 west.

The Target store that will open in July off S.C. 544 will employ about 200 workers, with hiring to start a few months before the opening.

Two men, one from North Carolina and one from Georgia, were arrested early Sunday after a woman reported being robbed a gunpoint in Myrtle Beach.

The Grand Strand looks clear of any projected paths of landfall in Georgia or Florida for Subtropical storm Beryl, but the National Weather Service has posted a tropical storm watch along the coast from the South Santee River, on the southern line of Georgetown County, to Edisto Beach, southwest of Charleston.

Caroline Moore will graduate from high school next week, and like so many of her fellow seniors in Horry and Georgetown counties, she is looking forward to her next adventure – college.

The center of subtropical Storm Beryl is located about 180 miles southeast of Cape Fear, N.C. and is moving west-southwest at about 5 mph.

Rod Stalvey is taking his fight to run for Georgetown County auditor to the U.S. Department of Justice and county voters.

A police captain from the Lowcountry community of Yemassee has been suspended without pay after being charged with talking almost $11,000 seized in police traffic stops.

FLORENCE COUNTY, SC The Florence County Sheriff's Office and agents with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force have arrested a Coward man wanted for a 2011 attempted murder charge.

A proposed adventure park at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum could include a zip line from the deck of the aircraft carrier Yorktown and a boardwalk through the tree canopy.

Read more: Local , News , James Earl Richardson Jr. , Pawleys Island , Pawleys Island Man Found Dead on the Side of the Road , Georgetown County , Georgetown County Sheriff's Office , Parkersville Road A Pawleys Island man was found dead on the side of Parkersville Road around 12:45 a.m. Friday, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office.

PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC We're following breaking news this morning. The Georgetown County Coroner is on the scene in Pawleys Island investigating what he calls a suspicious death.

Projects that will affect the most people in the most regions of the county are at the top of a priority list of work Georgetown County wants to fund with revenue from a proposed 1-cent capital projects sales tax.

Pawleys Island, S.C. - After being the victim of a 2010 hit-and-run accident, Jasonn Russell, 18, of Pawleys Island is dedicating his life to helping others suffering the same plight.

Adults and seniors are invited to catch a movie every Friday, next with "Columbiana," starring Zoe Saldana and rated PG-13. Details at 918-2380. 3 p.m. at Myrtle Beach Base Recreation Center, 300 Gabreski Lane, near Farrow Parkway and The Market Common, for free.

Local and state police plan to apply H.E.A.T. to motorists and motorcyclists along the Grand Strand during the summer.

The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports the county is suing the estate of Larry Williams.

Three people at three homes on Camellia Drive told Myrtle Beach officers that someone stole mail they left in their mailboxes for pickup by a post office employee, according to separate police report.

A deputy was patrolling the area of Rockin' Hard Saloon on Highway 17 Business in Murrells Inlet May 14 when he witnessed something unexpected.