"I wish I had had a Lily Pad space where I could have comforted my younger siblings."
The town of Atlantic Beach got its start in 1934 when Black businessman George Tyson purchased two tracts of land and recruited Black doctors, lawyers and educators to the burgeoning community to form the Atlantic Beach Corporation.
It鈥檚 a noteworthy position, leading a state legion with nearly 17,000 members.
Lafredia Todd has been charged with the murder of Quentin Johnson, 26, who died of a gunshot wound to the head at Nacho Hippo in July 2022.
With the 2025 South Carolina state legislative session approaching, a panel of local state representatives talked about issues facing the region including rising insurance rates, infrastructure and energy.
Horry County residents will have their say on who will represent them in the House of Representatives, South Carolina statehouse, school board and county council. There is also a consequential local question on the ballot asking whether to continue a penny sales tax for a quarter century to pay for transportation infrastructure.
The Loris Bog-Off Festival got its start in 1980 as a chicken bog cooking contest, and it's become a really big deal.
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The increase in qualified judicial candidates is one of the major changes in a law approved by the Assembly earlier this year and signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster.
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