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SC animal shelter reopens after distemper outbreak Found: 15 Hours 9 Minutes ago Times Democrat - CONWAY, S.C. - A South Carolina animal shelter closed last month because of a canine distemper outbreak is reopening....
Interim Horry County animal shelter director resigns Found: 15 Hours 12 Minutes ago SCNOW.com - The interim Horry County animal shelter director resigned her position this morning just after the shelter re-opened to the public after closing on Dec. 8. Andree Frohmann said the Horry County Humane Society board “tied her hands” and the staff turned against her.
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Conway Police resume normal response to animal calls Found: 15 Hours 22 Minutes ago SCNOW.com - The Conway Police Department has resumed normal response to animal calls within the city limits as of Thursday morning.
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Police investigate stabbings in Horry County Found: 15 Hours 37 Minutes ago SCNOW.com - Horry County police are investigating a stabbing that happened in Little River Wednesday night.
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Horry County tops state's DUI arrest list Found: 17 Hours 28 Minutes ago The Sun News - South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers made the most arrests for driving under the influence in Horry County during the recent holiday period, according to figures released from the state Department of Public Safety.p/Troopers issued 33 DUI citations in Horry County from Dec. 31 to Jan. 4, said Sid Gaulden, state public safety spokesman. Richland County was second with 22 citations issued, followed by 18 citations written in York County and 17 in Greenville County, he said.p/Read more about DUI arrests and police enforcement during the holiday in Friday’s edition of The Sun News....
Shelter reopening goes smoothly Found: 17 Hours 34 Minutes ago The Sun News - The Horry County Humane Society animal shelter off U.S. 701 in Conway, reopened Thursday morning after being closed for a month due to a distemper outbreak.p/The reopening went smoothly according to interim executive director Andree Frohmann.p/``I think we're all excited to have the animals back and to get back to work,''she said Thursday....
Horry animal shelter set to reopen Found: 17 Hours 38 Minutes ago The State - MYRTLE BEACH -- The Horry County Humane Society board of directors announced Wednesday that the animal shelter off U.S. 701 in Conway will reopen for business at 8 a.m. today, after being closed for a month due to a canine distemper outbreak.p/The board, at its meeting Wednesday, outlined several new procedures and policies that will be implemented over the next few weeks to lessen the chances of a future outbreak including further separating the kennel area from the euthanasia area and resealing the concrete floors of the kennels to prevent different viruses from surviving in the floors.p/Wednesday's decision to reopen comes after weeks of back and forth between staff and the board on whether the shelter was safe to reopen.p/Officials from Horry County and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control visited the shelter Wednesday for an update on its status and for an impromptu inspection.p/Despite Wednesday's positive news, nearly 15 shelter employees, who attended the meeting after protesting earlier outside the shelter, said they are uncertain about the future of their jobs at the shelter....
Police find couple stabbed in Little River home Found: 17 Hours 38 Minutes ago The Sun News - Horry County police are investigating a stabbing at a home in Little River in which a man and woman were injured, Sgt. Robert Kegler said.p/Police were called about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday to the home on Oleander Drive and found a woman who had been stabbed several times, Kegler said. Officers also found a man inside the home with several stab wounds.p/An investigation showed that the couple were stabbed during a domestic altercation, Kegler said. The woman was flown by helicopter to New Hanover Regional Medical Center and is listed in stable condition....
Power rates could grow in Myrtle Beach area Found: 1 Day 35 Minutes ago The Sun News - Santee Cooper customers enter the new year with a possible rate rise facing them, even while a lawsuit over the electric utility's last rate increase continues to move forward.p/The state-owned utility based in Moncks Corner provides direct electric service to the coastal areas of Horry and Georgetown counties and wholesale service to utilities that serve most of the rest of the two counties.p/In October 2007, an Horry County customer sued the utility, claiming it illegally failed to reduce a 1996 rate increase that was imposed to fund bonds for expansion....
Sports complex idea flexed in Horry County Found: 1 Day 35 Minutes ago The Sun News - The building is an enormous, mostly empty warehouse now. But Michael Crawley envisions that within 10 years it could be a seven-story sports complex swarming with athletes, children, parents, doctors, trainers, restaurants and shoppers. A mini athletic city.p/Crawley, a businessman originally from northern New Jersey, said soon families from across Myrtle Beach will want to go to The Plex, an indoor sports complex.p/There are already sports teams setting up in the 210,000-square-foot space across from Hard Rock Park - though Crawley said he does not have a firm business plan, just lots of inexpensive space available and what he sees as a strong demand for athletic space from locals and tourists....
