Loris, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/ Loris, SC News Three Horry County schools earn literacy program grants http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/content/371756318b55634e6bf47b19861ac656.html Grants were presented by First Book of Horry County to South Conway Pee Dee and Loris elementary schools Men charged with trading card theft http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/content/9f2d2d33a6e6689cd2d80c8ae46def9d.html Two Loris men were arrested by Conway police for trying to steal trading cards from a local department store according to a police reportpRichard Benjamin Stevens 17 and Ted Colby Burns 34 were charges with shoplifting after they tried to walk out of the lawn and garden exit of Kmart with 19 containers of YuGiOh cards police said The incident occurred about 3 pm Saturday at 1610 Church StpA store employee said he saw them put the cards in the bottom of a shopping cart and then cover them with sales papers and try to walk out of the store without paying according to the report The cards were valued at 132 Horry County Humane Society reopening ahead http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/content/10532679eede51dadaa558fd9148c5cd.html strongspan classbriefssubheadHumane society clinic reopening aheadspanstrongpThe animal clinic run by the Horry County Humane Society could reopen Sunday for spaying and neutering after the society failed to sign up enough animals for a planned reopening this past Sunday said Andree Frohmann its interim executive directorpThe shelter and clinic run by the society have been closed since Dec 8 after an outbreak of the canine distemper virus a mostly fatal and highly contagious disease More than 100 dogs were euthanized officials have said New Georgetown airport terminal to be unveiled http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/content/93ffa56ce11021e1b8fd8897fc5bfaf7.html Pilots and visitors to the Georgetown County Airport will now be greeted by a 2 million welcome matpThe county spent the money to rebuild and expand the airport's terminal in an effort to attract corporate companies and meet the needs of its existing clientspThe 8500squarefoot twostory building will be dedicated on Friday The terminal will be named after former county administrator Thomas W Edwards who retired in 2008 New terminal to be unveiled http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/content/623ab165a2d1d32b196b9de0ca9f6db3.html Pilots and visitors to the Georgetown County Airport will now be greeted by a 2 million welcome matpThe county spent the money to rebuild and expand the airport's terminal in an effort to attract corporate companies and meet the needs of its existing clientspThe 8500squarefoot twostory building will be dedicated on Friday The terminal will be named after former county administrator Thomas W Edwards who retired in 2008 Weekend at Finklea http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/content/9578073ff96b9dda03ff720533c13b79.html Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States at the West Front of the US Capitol on Jan 20 but the days surrounding it will be filled with events for those who go to Washington and those who stay in the coastal Carolinas Here's a glance at some inauguration activitiespThe Finklea Alumni Community Center is hosting a full slate of events leading up to the inauguration and a formal ball on the evening of the swearing in The alumni association made up of graduates from the allblack school until integration in 1970 began its planning several weeks before the election said chairman Bill StackhousepOur folks in the FinkleaLoris area don't get excited about too many thingssaid Stackhouse who is now a defense contractor living in Maryland but this is an event I have not had problems getting people excited about participating in Police Worker says man found in truck cut him http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/content/02563d8ce0f0cca307821a5d79cdf57b.html strongspan classbriefssectionheadPOLICEspanstrongpstrongspan classbriefssectionheadMYRTLE BEACHspanstrongpstrongspan classbriefssubheadWorker says man found in truck cut himspanstrong New Horry council members to be sworn in http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/loris/content/629749076faed953b332f61ad3f40bd2.html Five new and returning Horry County Council members will be sworn on Tuesday at 4 pm as they begin their fouryear terms according to a county press releasepCouncilman Gary Loftus who represents the South Strand area and Jody Prince who represents the Green Sea and Mount Vernon area will be sworn in for the first time Both men Republicans defeated rivals in the summer primary and ran unopposed in NovemberpCouncilman Marion Foxworth who represents parts of Myrtle Beach and Carolina Forest Councilman Paul Prince who represents the Loris area and Councilman Bob Grabowski who represents the Socastee area won their bids for reelection in November