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Georgetown County School District received 22 applications during superintendent search; semi-finalists selected
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Georgetown County School District hopes to announce its new superintendent by early October. The district, working with the South Carolina School Boards Association, began searching for a new superintendent on June 1 after Keith Price accepted a job with Lexington County School District One in the midlands. His last […]
Marine units recover body from Waccamaw River during search for missing man
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC (WCSC/WMBF) - The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday that its marine units recovered a body from the Waccamaw River where a search was underway for a man who jumped from a bridge after a car crash. Sheriff’s spokesman Jason Lesley said the body was spotted...
Crews recover body of man who jumped from L.H. Siau Memorial Bridge after crash
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The body of a man who jumped from the L.H. Siau Memorial Bridge following a Sunday evening crash has been recovered. The Georgetown County Coroner Office confirmed the man who jumped from the bridge is 37-year-old Shawn Timothy Lauver. Lauver is a native of Bolivia, North Carolina. A driver, identified […]
Local conservation group challenging Pee Dee manufacturer’s discharge permit
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — More than 300,000 people from Darlington to Georgetown counties are at continued risk of consuming a carcinogen known to cause kidney and liver problems if state regulators renew a discharge permit for Darlington-based Fiber industries. That’s at the center of a legal challenge by Winyah Rivers Alliance, which is asking a […]
Lawsuit claims toxic chemical threatens Horry, Georgetown Co. drinking water
(WPDE) — A nonprofit conservation group filed a lawsuit against the S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) after the agency allegedly permitted a fiber company to discharge wastewater with a toxic chemical into Black Creek in Darlington. The Winyah Rivers Alliance lawsuit alleges that Respondent Fiber Industries,...
Severe thunderstorm warnings in effect for Lowcountry counties
UPDATE: The warnings have expired. ————————————————————————————————— CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Two counties in the Lowcountry are under weather advisories, according to the National Weather Service. Georgetown and Williamsburg counties are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:30 p.m. Forecasters say a severe storm was located over Warsaw.
Georgetown Co. organizations honor teen athlete drowned in ocean
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — Multiple organizations across Georgetown County are remembering the Murrells Inlet teenager who drowned in the ocean over the weekend. Tyrese Haynes, 17, played basketball at Waccamaw High School. The school's athletic booster club wrote about Tyrese, "Our Warrior Family is grieving. Tyrese was an...
Georgetown Co. officials search for 2 men connected to credit card fraud
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office is searching for two men connected to a case of credit card fraud in Murrells Inlet. The men are wanted for accused of using another man's altered identification to withdraw funds from the Truist Bank on Sunnyside Avenue. Officials...
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