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Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 8:29 PM EST
|By Katherine Phillips
Carolina Forest is one of the fastest-growing areas in South Carolina, and could see changes in government representation.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 2:26 PM EST
|By Katherine Phillips and Kristin Nelson
The Florence County coroner provided more insight on the autopsy report that was released on a young woman who was last seen in Myrtle Beach before her body was found days later about 60 miles away.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 6:29 PM EST
|By Katherine Phillips
If put in effect, the ordinance would keep anyone from speaking during public comments more than once every 60 days.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 9:01 PM EST
|By Katherine Phillips
The longtime state lawmaker passed away Friday at the age of 90.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 7:46 PM EST
|By Katherine Phillips
Officials said the study could take years to complete.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 6:57 PM EST
|By Katherine Phillips
With $125 million from the American Rescue Plan flowing into Horry County Schools, the district had to spend 20% of the money specifically on addressing pandemic learning loss.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 7:24 PM EST
|By Katherine Phillips
City leaders in Conway are considering placing limitations on when and where people can open carry within city limits.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2021 at 8:21 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Plans from the North Carolina Department of Transportation show some proposed routes could put one farm out of business.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 7:19 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Current plans have it being built near the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 6:12 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
After a year of construction and waiting, renovations on the historic buildings along 9th Avenue North in downtown Myrtle Beach are expected to be complete.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 9:51 AM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
A search is underway for two men who sexually assaulted a woman near the campus of Coastal Carolina University and fled in her vehicle, according to authorities.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 11:13 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Five candidates ran for three Myrtle Beach City Council seats. To avoid a run off, each city council candidate had to get at least 2,407 votes.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 6:33 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of the Pfizer vaccine in kids aged 5 to 11 years old and Grand Strand-area healthcare centers are getting ready to distribute.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2021 at 2:11 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Katherine joined the WMBF News team as a reporter/multimedia journalist in December 2019.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
After months of not being able to cross the border between the United States and Canada, the border is set to reopen on November 8.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 8:43 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Renovations are currently underway at the rest stop and attraction off Interstate 95.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 12:10 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips and Kristin Nelson
Authorities were called around 11 a.m. Thursday to the South of the Border along Highway 301 in Hamer.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 12:51 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
A teacher with Horry County Schools has been arrested after an alleged drunk driving crash left one person dead in the Carolina Forest area.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 12:16 PM EDT
|By WMBF News Staff and Katherine Phillips
A dozen workers from seven construction-related companies in the Myrtle Beach area have pleaded guilty to tax and immigration charges in one of the largest IRS investigations in the history of South Carolina, authorities said.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The Grand Strand has one less motel. Myrtle Beach Police and the 15th Circuit Solicitor asked a judge for a temporary injunction to shut down the Coral Sands Motel on Ocean Boulevard after it was declared a nuisance business.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 7:12 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
If you look closely at the sidelines of any Johnsonville High B team football game, a long braided ponytail should catch your eye.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Three incumbents and a pair of new challengers are running for council seats in Myrtle Beach.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The Grand Strand Humane Society is officially looking for a new permanent location after a rat infestation caused them to move to a temporary location this summer.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 7:01 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Two people are vying for the North Myrtle Beach mayor’s seat in the November election.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 8:18 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The city of North Myrtle Beach is looking at making changes to its flood ordinance and implement new flood maps.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The task force is looking at short-term solutions like adding traffic lights and better road markings, to eventually the possibility of widening the road.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 7:40 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Horry County’s Public Safety Committee sent a resolution to the full county council that would update the county’s current animal welfare laws.
‘Honored and humbled’: Pfc. Michelle Morrison receives Myrtle Beach Police Officer of the Year award
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The Rotary Club of Myrtle Beach hosted the 56th Annual Police Officer of the Year Award.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:38 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The conversation surrounding how to pay for the proposed interstate has grown louder over the past few days.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Myrtle Beach police presented new ideas and plans to the city council during Thursday’s workshop about addressing both the retention and recruitment issues the department has been facing.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 7:41 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
One official says as the county’s population continues to grow, the shelter is a must.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 7:44 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The mixed-use retail, restaurant, and residential district is booming.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 7:46 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
For years individual flood-related resolutions and policies have made their way in front of Horry County Council.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Data also shows more than half of bikers who died in wrecks didn’t have a helmet on.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 6:12 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The building that used to house the troubled Derriere’s Gentleman’s Club, is expected to get a new business.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 7:57 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips, Nick Doria and Kristin Nelson
Attorneys representing the family of the man killed in a trooper-involved shooting in Longs are calling for justice, saying the killing was unlawful.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 9:36 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Finding a way to pay for Interstate 73, while not ignoring funding needed for roads in Horry County was a big topic of discussion for leaders during a committee meeting Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 7:43 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The CDC has released new guidance saying some people are eligible for another dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
On top of being larger and a new design, the new station will house full-time career firefighters, on top of volunteers.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 6:59 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
One Horry County leader says there are roadblocks in the way of what’s next for I-73.
Three Grand Strand, Pee Dee law enforcement officers inducted into S.C. Law Enforcement Hall of Fame
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Three Grand Strand and Pee Dee law enforcement officers will forever have their names in the South Carolina Law Enforcement Hall of Fame.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 7:45 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Enrollment has closed on the long-awaited Socastee flood buyout program, but some homeowners said they still have doubts if they want to go through with it, and leave their homes.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
The company will soon ask the FDA to grant emergency use authorization for children in that age group.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Vaccination numbers in Horry and Georgetown counties are also going up.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 7:24 PM EDT
|By Kristin Nelson, Katherine Phillips, Zach Wilcox and Madison Martin
The 15th Circuit solicitor held a news conference Thursday afternoon on the deadly trooper-involved shooting that happened over the weekend in the Longs area.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 6:55 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
While the proposed federal mandate could face legal battles, the district is preparing nonetheless.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 7:12 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
From hospitality to hospitals and even local government, employers are looking into whether the vaccine mandate applies to them.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 7:56 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
CCU announced the voluntary program last month.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 8:16 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
As COVID-19 cases continue to trend upwards, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said they are seeing another trend going up.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 8:36 PM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
In less than 4 weeks, Horry County Schools saw more COVID-19 cases among students this year than all of last school year.
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