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Wawa announces 10 locations planned to be opened in Wilmington area
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - During a press event on Tuesday, Wawa announced that there are 10 sites under contract to be Wawa locations in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties. The company says it plans on breaking ground on at least three by the end of the year and open...
This land could have become Brunswick County's Mayfaire. Now it’s for sale.
Part of a Brunswick County property that was once considered for the construction of a Mayfaire-like development is on the market. According to a real estate listing, roughly 82 acres of land located in the 3900 block of N.C. 211 near St. James is for sale. The property is listed for over $7.2 million.
Little River woman used heroin days before delivering baby, report says
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A Little River woman is facing charges after being accused of doing drugs right before her baby was born. Myrtle Beach police received a report of alleged abuse/neglect, learning that a baby’s mother tested positive for fentanyl, cocaine, nicotine and buprenorphine while pregnant, according to an arrest report.
Brunswick County golfer sinks a $100,000 scratch-off win
A Brunswick County avid golfer won a $100,000 scratch-off prize, according to a news release from the N.C. Education Lottery. Jack Romans Jr. of Calabash bought a $2,000,000 Diamond Deluxe ticket from RM Mart on Seaside Road Southwest in Sunset Beach. He already has plans for his first purchase. “I’m...
HCFR: 5 sent to hospital after car flips into water-filled ditch in Longs area
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Horry County Fire Rescue crews rushed five people to the hospital on Monday afternoon after a single-car crash. The agency said it was called to the wreck just after noon in the area of East Highway 9 near the Waccamaw River in the Longs area.
Vereen Pleads in 2019 Carnivore Case
One of the suspects arrested in a 2019 felony sweep in Columbus County pleaded guilty Friday in Superior Court. Joshua Vereen entered a plea of guilty to charges of being a habitual felon and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to 117 to 153 months in prison, or nine to twelve years behind bars. Judge Tiffany Powers handed down the sentence.
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: North Myrtle Beach church’s TV vandalized again
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - One North Myrtle Beach church is once again dealing with vandalism. A TV mounted in the OD Church of the Lost and Found parking lot off Main Street was vandalized Thursday around 10:45 p.m. Surveillance video of the crime shows four people in the...
Woman charged with murder in shooting of 64-year-old near Loris
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A 63-year-old woman is facing a murder charge after a man was found shot to death at a home in the Loris area Sunday evening, according to Horry County police records obtained by News13. Laura Ann Smith of Loris is charged in the killing of Michael Smith, 64, Horry County […]
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