Georgetown County News

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.

If in the next 18 months someone you know asks if you're happy with a corrupt state government you will know that Vincent Sheheen's campaign for governor is catching on.

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

It's been a year since he died and his family is no closer to learning who did it, or why.

GEORGETOWN, SC A man told deputies he stopped a truck driving through Georgetown last week after he saw a dog being dragged behind it.

It will cost $649,000 to upgrade security at the entrances to Georgetown County's 19 public schools.

Golf carts are still new to the town of Pawleys Island, but an old problem was quick to appear.

Eager to achieve their Firefighter I certification, students who participated in the fire and emergency services course at Andrews High School took their end-of-course skills test May 17 at the Nine Mile Curve station.

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com The National Sporting Clays Association's U.S. Open at Back Woods Quail Club last week was a rousing success.

Rounette Johnson/For The Times Lori Lowell presented Dr. Gerald Harmon with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 96th annual meeting of the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce.

A man reportedly posed as a Georgetown County employee but refused to show identification, said Jackie Broach spokeswoman for the county.

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.

Scott Harper/Times While the bulk of the biker activity takes place in Horry County, the northern tip of Georgetown County - and the downtown Georgetown area - are full of bikers.

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.

ROUNETTE JOHNSON/FOR THE TIMES Hundreds of people shagged the night away at the annual Pawleys Pavilion Reunion on Saturday night.

The Friends of the Socastee Library's book sale opens for two days through Wednesday.

The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating a McClellanville man wanted in connection with a shooting early this morning.

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.

Georgetown County deputies are looking for a robbery suspect. Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carrie Cuthbertson said at about 1: 20 p.m. a black male wearing a grey and red stripped shirt, black pants, black shoes and grey hat entered a business located at 10517 Ocean Highway.

Scandal is reported everywhere these days ... you're exposed to it every time you turn on your television, pick up a newspaper or magazine, or log onto your Facebook account.