Post and Courier Myrtle Beach

12/06/2025

The span of U.S. Highway 29 stretching from Interstate 85 to the Greer city limits had carried Wright’s name since 2018. A DOT spokesperson said the cost to rebrand the road will be “negligible.”

The SCDOT board of commissioners unanimously voted to strip disgraced former Spartanburg Sheriff Chuck Wright’s name from a highway named for him.

12/05/2025

Tron Foster was in hospice care when many hands brought him and his favorite coach, Dabo Swinney, together.

When everyone learned about the help he received from Gamecocks fans to make it happen, he became a shining example of humanity transcending rivalry.

When everyone learned how Foster’s day ended, he became a lesson in how the smallest acts of kindness can have profound meaning.

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12/05/2025

“It’s just three challenging days of my life versus the people that we’re serving, they’ve got months, years that they’ve been fighting this,” Ryan Cass said of running to raise money to support the families of cancer patients.

A South Carolina man began a 200-mile run from Fort Mill to Charleston to raise money for families of cancer patients on Dec. 4.

12/05/2025

“Santa Baby” has ruled the airwaves during the holidays for more than 70 years. Music professor Michael O’Brien dissects the classic song by SC native Eartha Kitt.

The hit holiday song “Santa Baby” is appraised by College of Charletson music professor Michael O’Brien.

12/05/2025

A building with restaurants, bars and apartments has been proposed for the 700 block of Front Street. It would fill an area that’s been undeveloped since a destructive fire in 2013.

A developer has plans for new restaurants, apartments and parking in an area of Georgetown’s Front Street. That space was hit hard by a fire back in 2013.

12/05/2025

A South Carolina measles outbreak centered around Spartanburg County shot up with eight new cases and four more schools seeing students entering quarantine as lower vaccination rates continue to plague the Upstate.

The fast-spreading measles outbreak centered in Spartanburg County is affecting schools and parents across the area. The pool of unvaccinated kids there is among the largest in South Carolina.

12/05/2025

Five years after his initial arrest, former State Rep. Richard Martin pled guilty to allegations he threatened the director of DSS, following an investigation that took four foster children from his home.

Former State Rep. Richard Martin pleaded guilty to allegations he threatened the director of DSS, after a probe that took four foster children from his home.

12/05/2025

The museum’s Dec. 6 closure ahead of renovations is part of a broader strategic plan to reconfigure and expand the campus of the state’s flagship university for its growing student body.

Columbia museum, which has a renowned collected of Southern folk art and artifacts, will close ahead of renovations to retool space for growing student body.

12/05/2025

Tron Foster was in hospice care when he attended the Clemson-South Carolina game, hoping to meet Dabo Swinney. How it all came together, and what happened next, is an unbelievable story.

12/05/2025

South Carolina avoided a rare back-to-back loss by rallying to beat Louisville in women’s college basketball on the road.

The third-ranked South Carolina women's basketball team avoided its first back-to-back loss in seven seasons by rallying to win at No. 22 Louisville on Dec. 4.

12/05/2025

Three times “Outer Banks” crews have tried to film in the Myrtle Beach area. Will the weather cooperate on the fourth attempt?

The Netflix series “Outer Banks” will attempt to film at the Socastee Swing Bridge Dec. 12. The Myrtle Beach-area bridge will be closed from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

12/05/2025

Breeze Airways is adding a new nonstop flight to Myrtle Beach International Airport. It will be the 13th direct flight market Breeze serves from MYR.

A new Breeze Airways flight will run nonstop from Long Island McArthur Airport in Islip, N.Y., to Myrtle Beach International Airport starting in May.