South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Sep 5, 2025

4th Circuit upholds Myrtle Beach bar closures in crime-ridden Superblock

The 4th Circuit upheld Myrtle Beach’s decision to close Superblock bars, ruling the city lawfully addressed crime and regulatory violations despite constitutional claims.

Nov 15, 2024

Future lawyers sharpen courtroom skills

Members of what might be the next generation of lawyers had a chance to sharpen their skills at a competition held last week. Almost 400 middle school students from across […]

Oct 16, 2024

$300K settlement ends wrongful death lawsuit

Two defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit will pay $300,000 total to end the action that stemmed from a man’s death in a hot tub in 2021, The Post and […]

Sep 26, 2024

$1M settlement ends lawsuit over Myrtle Beach drowning

A Myrtle Beach lifeguard company will pay $1 million in the 2020 drowning of a Florida man, settling a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family, The Post and Courier […]

Jun 27, 2024

Lawsuit: Swamp Fox roller coaster badly injures rider

The wife of a North Carolina man reportedly paralyzed after riding the Swamp Fox roller coaster at Myrtle Beach has filed a lawsuit against the park, The Post and Courier newspaper has reported.

Jun 5, 2024

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 […]

Apr 17, 2024

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.

Jan 31, 2024

Probe leads to drugs, firearm, conspiracy charges

MYRTLE BEACH — More than a dozen people face federal narcotics, firearms and conspiracy charges after a targeted violent crime reduction initiative in Myrtle Beach and the surrounding areas. The […]

Dec 14, 2020

Jury: Black bikers’ race was a factor, but city won’t pay

By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA (AP) — The city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was motivated by race when it created a traffic plan designed to “suck […]

Aug 29, 2018

It’s illegal to cuss?

Y’all won’t believe this @#$%! In 2017, the City of Myrtle Beach made over $22,000 dollars from fines collected from the prosecution of people who swore in public, according to […]

Aug 9, 2018

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 […]

Jul 24, 2018

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 […]