Verdict recognizes long-term impact of parking lot collision
Action: Negligence Injuries alleged: Stretch injury to nerve root, concussion, abrasions, shoulder strain Case name: Starcher v. Kelly Court/case no.: Horry County/2023-CP-2606695 Jury and/or judge: Benjamin Culbertson Demand: […]
South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty after Biden commutes federal sentence
South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty for Brandon Council after Biden commuted his federal death sentence to life in prison for killing two bank employees.
Shooting victim’s sister sues over fatal encounter
Two Horry County men are facing a lawsuit filed by the sister of a North Carolina man who was fatally shot in September 2023 near S.C. 9, the Sun News […]
Attempt to escape shooting ends in fatal fall
A man fell to his death at an oceanfront hotel in Myrtle Beach trying to escape a sixth-floor shooting Sunday, police say.
High court to hear arguments at Coker University
As with its Columbia sessions, the South Carolina Supreme Court’s arguments will be open to public as well as Coker University students and alumni and the legal community.
Arrests made in unrelated child sexual abuse materials cases
COLUMBIA — Three suspects have been charged by local authorities in the last week in unrelated child sexual abuse materials cases. The arrests were announced Tuesday and Wednesday in news […]
State senator on ventilator following aneurysm, infection
MYRTLE BEACH (AP) A state senator from South Carolina who suffered a brain aneurysm last month is in a medically induced coma because of a staph infection. Sen. Greg Hembree […]
Another inmate dies in South Carolina county jail
CONWAY (AP) Authorities say it appears an inmate has killed himself in a county jail in South Carolina. Horry County officials said in a news release that 46-year-old Michael Todd […]
Former South Carolina youth pastor faces teen sex charges
CONWAY (AP) A former youth minister at a church in South Carolina has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting several girls before he assumed the post. News outlets reported […]
Jurisdiction questions blamed for delayed police response
MYRTLE BEACH (AP) It appears questions about jurisdiction delayed a police response to a shooting death in South Carolina last week. News outlets reported 42-year-old Mark Verhasselt was found dead […]
Prosecutor: No wrongdoing in South Carolina inmate’s death
CONWAY (AP) A prosecutor says there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by authorities in the death of an inmate in a South Carolina jail in March. News outlets reported […]
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