Wednesday, April 21 2010 3:41 PM EDT2010-04-21 20:41:50 GMT
Your odometer says a lot about your car. It can determine it's worth, it's resale value and even the amount you pay for car insurance. However, in a WMBF News Investigation, we learned odometers don't have to be that precise. More >>
Thursday, April 1 2010 3:41 PM EDT2010-04-01 20:41:06 GMT
A company that makes a variety of backpacks it says can stop 90 percent of bullets that have killed or injured students in school shootings over the years. Do they work, and should parents buy these ballistic bags?More >>
Tuesday, November 24 2009 11:10 PM EST2009-11-25 04:10:48 GMT
In 2008, one out of every three fatal accidents is alcohol-related across the country.When you look at the data for South Carolina, that figure almost doubles, making the Palmetto State the second worst for DUI deaths in the country.More >>
Friday, November 20 2009 8:37 AM EST2009-11-20 13:37:06 GMT
A recent study from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project reveals a shocking number of teens text while driving, but a WMBF News investigation has found that's not the only bad habit going on behind the wheel.More >>
Thursday, November 19 2009 12:27 PM EST2009-11-19 17:27:17 GMT
It's a moment many teenagers wait for in the days leading to their 16th birthday, but a WMBF News investigation has found younger drivers are among the most dangerous on area roadways.More >>
Friday, November 6 2009 8:06 AM EST2009-11-06 13:06:14 GMT
If you saw men dressed in fatigues using assault rifles and shooting one another and didn't know that it was a game, even the people that play admit there could be a problem.More >>
Friday, July 24 2009 7:48 AM EDT2009-07-24 12:48:53 GMT
Nearly 1,500 homeless live day-to-day on the streets in Horry County. Seven hundred of those men, women and children live right here in Myrtle Beach.More >>
Friday, July 17 2009 8:19 AM EDT2009-07-17 13:19:12 GMT
A state lawmaker says a WMBF News investigation into stores re-selling meat customers have brought back could lead to a change in South Carolina law.More >>
Thursday, July 9 2009 6:15 PM EDT2009-07-09 23:15:45 GMT
They lurk online looking for sex with disregard for the law and little concern for their victim's age. Think online predators are not looking for children along the Grand Strand? The South Carolina Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has proof they are.More >>
Thursday, July 2 2009 6:52 PM EDT2009-07-02 23:52:22 GMT
Nearly 1,900 businesses are scattered across the Grand Strand who are licensed to sell alcohol, but how many can get away with slipping a drink or two to someone under the legal drinking age?More >>
Monday, June 1 2009 1:48 PM EDT2009-06-01 18:48:52 GMT
A WMBF News investigation has found many of us are driving through stretches of road every day where traffic patterns can be chaotic, tempers flare, and a driver's mind may be on the text coming into his cell phone.More >>
Wednesday, May 20 2009 6:05 PM EDT2009-05-20 23:05:55 GMT
There is a blood test that promises with 95 percent accuracy to tell you long before a doctor would be able to. In a WMBF News investigation, we set out to see if Pink or Blue is all it claims.More >>
Thursday, April 30 2009 6:15 PM EDT2009-04-30 23:15:41 GMT
There is no law in South Carolina that makes it illegal for you to own any type of exotic animal, but how easy is it to get a deadly snake shipped right to you?More >>
Thursday, March 19 2009 6:06 PM EDT2009-03-19 22:06:29 GMT
In a WMBF News special investigation, Anchor Chandi Lowry went to a number of retailers across the Grand Strand to see if she could get away with using a credit card that did not belong to her. More >>
Monday, March 16 2009 12:15 AM EDT2009-03-16 04:15:04 GMT
With so many people looking for extra money these days, more and more people are sending old wedding rings, necklaces and earrings for the promise of cash. But how does it work and does it really pay off as promised?More >>
If you think a night of sleep can sober you up enough for a drive home, you might be surprised. A group of volunteers proved otherwise in a WMBF News Investigation.More >>
The concept sounds like something straight out of a big-budget Hollywood drama: high-stakes and even higher altitudes, but the members of the Aeromedical Evacuation Squad make the characters on "ER" look like amateurs.More >>