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Wed, 07/28/2010 - 10:58
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â A truck wrecked on Highway 701 in Plantersville early Wednesday morning was holding up traffic along that road through Wednesday afternoon as crews cleaned up debris from the side of the highway.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol ...
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 08:02
The man who turned himself into Myrtle Beach police Wednesday afternoon appeared in court for a bond hearing Thursday morning.
Timothy Shaun Taylor, 37, faces charges of attempted kidnapping and assault and battery first degree.
A judge set his ...
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 19:15
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â Anne Green Campbell, a leader of a group called Uplift Teens, says parents need to teach their children to be confident and to see their world in positive terms.
During a seminar at Cumberland AME Church in Georgetown last w ...
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 19:09
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â The extremely high heat, which continued to bring heat advisories this week, did not stop the flow of people working and vacationing in Georgetown and Pawleys Island.
The temperatures were steamy, in the upper 90s, with a heat ind ...
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:42
Defense says no physical evidence ties former deputy to crime
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â A jury is expected to decide today if a former Georgetown County deputy sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in 2007.
Testimony in the trial of Ron Christopher Cra ...
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 09:13
A jury is expected to decide Wednesday if a former Georgetown County deputy sexually assaulted a 13 year old girl in 2007.
Testimony in the trial of Ron Christopher Crabtree, 36, began today with Assistant Solicitor Nancy Livesay telling the jury th ...
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 06:13
Murrells Inlet, SC â Coastal Carolina Breast Center recently received a Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) for its use of the SAVI⢠applicator, an advanced therapy for breast cancer as part ...
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 04:18
Two people remained hospitalized Tuesday following a traffic accident in Maryville late Monday night.
Georgetown Police Capt. Nelson Brown said 19 year old A.J. Lambert of McDonald Road was driving on Old Charleston Highway at about 9:30 p.m. when h ...
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 16:50
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Sun, 07/25/2010 - 16:42
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â A series of hurricane conferences, meant to give information helpful to the public, will be held at different locations in Georgetown and Horry counties beginning next week.
The conferences, which spread from Pawleys Island to Gar ...
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 16:38
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â For more than two-and-a-half decades Keep Georgetown Beautiful (KGB) has been an organization working to make sure the city was a clean and aesthetically pleasing place for residents and visitors.
Now, because of budget cuts and t ...
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 16:33
Georgetown City Council wants another panel to help decide what groups and organizations should be awarded Hospitality Taxes for promotional purposes.
The change is being made to help prevent a repeat of what happened earlier this year when, one by ...
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 16:23
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â The extremely dangerous hot weather turned even worse Sunday as the National Weather Service issued the first excessive heat warnings for this year for portions of North and South Carolina.
With the heat index hovering around 110 ...
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 16:12
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â Andrews native Vince Lambert was just starting a new career as an accountant when he decided to leave everything he knew in Columbia, S.C. and join the Peace Corps.
For most of the last year, he has been living in a small village ...
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 15:13
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â Founder of Uplifting Children, Queen Earlene Hilton comes from New York to Georgetown each year.
She brings children from her home state with her so that they can work with children here and experience life in the South.
The Upli ...
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 19:36
ANDREWS, S.C. â The search for a new police chief for the Town of Andrews is winding down and an announcement on who will get the job is expected within a month.
Sid Ackerman, a member of Andrews Town Council, said Thursday the decision on who will ...
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 19:33
Georgetown police spent Thursday afternoon looking for a man who reportedly robbed a female insurance worker at gunpoint.
It happened around 3 p.m. in the 2000 block of Front Street in the West End.
According to Police Capt. Nelson Brown, the victi ...
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 19:20
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â During a very challenging year, the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce has managed to keep growing membership and support of local businesses.
That was the message from local Chamber President Annette Fisher during the 2010 Ann ...
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 19:14
Georgetown, SC â Habitat for Humanity Georgetown County helped Habitat for Humanity achieve the rank of No. 8 on the Builder 100 list, marking the first time the nonprofit has been among the top 10 biggest builders in the United States. The list also ...
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 19:08
GEORGETOWN, S.C. â Pick up Wally Johnsonâs slim autobiography and you could have a treasure trove.
Johnson, 70, grew up in the projects in Charleston. Now he and his wife Doris live in the Wedgefield community near Georgetown.
He joined the United ...