McLeod Loris Seacoast, which operates hospitals and health care centers on the north end, has laid off 48 workers this week, saying it needed to restructure because of several factors that has affected the business’ finances.

Tacha McCray, a first-grade teacher at Sampit Elementary School in Georgetown, is one of the 26 educators who have been named a Distinguished Teacher of Reading in South Carolina this year, according to a news release from the Georgetown County School District.

A Longs man is in police custody pending charges in connection with a fatal shooting on Thursday, Horry County police Sgt. Robert Kegler said.

CONWAY Beginning March 5, motorists traveling on U.S. 501 from Myrtle Beach will have to use Singleton Ridge Road or University Boulevard to drive onto the Conway campus of Horry-Georgetown Technical College. On that day, the S.C. Department of Transportation will prohibit left-hand turns from 501 onto the HGTC campus at Victory Lane, an unlighted intersection between Singleton Ridge Road and University Boulevard. Left-hand turns from Victory Lane onto westbound 501 also will be prohibited that day. The state transportation department is concerned about the potential of traffic accidents because of congestion from motorists currently trying to make the turns, according to a news release from the college. The release said that signs will be placed in the 501 median to redirect traffic.

Horry County, along with the City of Myrtle Beach and the South Carolina Department of Transportation, will open the new Fred Nash Boulevard on February 21, according to an Horry County press release.

Traffic delays are expected along U.S. 17 Bypass near Surfside Beach for a vehicle crash, according to authorities.

A Conway man was arrested late Thursday after employees of a Myrtle Beach restaurant said he left without paying his bill and then pulled a knife on them when they confronted him outside, according to a police report.

A Spartanburg woman has been arrested after authorities say she put a small dog in a trash can twice.

A man has been convicted of killing his estranged wife in the parking lot of a Summerville restaurant more than a year ago.

A man wanted in North Carolina on sex offenses against a child was arrested by Myrtle Beach police early Friday, according to a police report.

Two people were arrested after they were caught stealing tools from Sears, a police report said.

The national charity Feed The Children is distributing 1,900 backpacks and supplies to homeless school children from South Carolina.

North Carolina governor candidate Pat McCrory is getting more help raising money from a sitting Republican governor, Nikki Haley of South Carolina.

As far as the city of Georgetown is concerned, actors portraying Lady Liberty to advertise an income tax services violate the town's ban on three-dimensional signs.

CONWAY With five games left in the regular season, the Coastal Carolina men’s basketball team finds itself facing a familiar issue and one the Chanticleers will have to overcome if they are going to make the kind of postseason push they have in mind.

The Coastal Carolina football program received some good news as standout tight end David Duran has been granted an extra year of eligibility after having his senior season cut short by a shoulder injury in 2011.

South Carolina is entering a partnership with a company known for its college admission test to better match unemployed workers with the businesses who need them, Gov. Nikki Haley announced Thursday.

Goodwill Industries will open its store in Carolina Forest next week.

Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service's quarterly loss ballooned to $3.3 billion amid declining mail volume and the soaring costs of health benefits for future retirees.

A Conway man was arrested just before 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Horry County police arrested a 27-year-old man on an attempted murder charge after using the department’s bloodhound tracking team to search for him in a wooded area early Thursday, Sgt. Robert Kegler said.

A Myrtle Beach woman really wanted to watch television after police said she was stealing her neighbor’s television cable service, according to a police report.

Myrtle Beach police charged a Georgia man with shoplifting after officers said he tried to steal $123 worth of items from Kmart after losing his money while gambling on a casino boat, according to a police report.