Stormwater fees could double for Horry County residents as leaders continue budget talks (Source: Live 5/File) By WMBF News Staff | May 11, 2021 at 10:30 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 10:30 PM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Horry County leaders discussed the budget for the next fiscal year, which may include an increase in stormwater fees.
During the Infrastructure and Regulation Committee meeting on Tuesday, there was a discussion over the county’s budget for the next fiscal year.
The Stormwater Management Department said it’s looking to double the county’s stormwater fee. This means a single-family home would pay about $89 instead of the current $44.
HCS: Mask requirement will remain in place until opt-out form is created By WMBF News Staff | May 11, 2021 at 9:48 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 10:50 PM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Students at Horry County Schools will have to keep wearing face masks in the classroom for now.
It comes after Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order on Tuesday stating it should be up to the parents to decide if their child will wear a mask in the classroom. He has directed the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to work with the South Carolina Department of Education to create an opt-out form that parents can sign to say they don’t want their child wearing a mask at school.
West Brunswick to hold celebration of life ceremony for student who died in S.C. boating accident West Brunswick High School will hold a ceremony Thursday night to celebrate the life of Johnnie Magbie who died trying to save his brother during a boating accident in South Carolina over the weekend (Source: West Brunswick High School/Facebook) By WECT Staff | May 12, 2021 at 12:27 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 12:37 PM
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The West Brunswick High School community will hold a celebration of life service for Johnnie Magbie who died trying to save his brother during a boating accident in Horry County, South Carolina over the weekend.
COLUMBIA, S.C.
Legislation adding a firing squad to South Carolina’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs is headed to the desk of Gov. Henry McMaster.
On a routine vote Wednesday, the state Senate concurred with a version of the legislation, approved last week by House lawmakers. McMaster has not yet said when he will sign the bill into law, although his office said it would happen as soon as the bill was ratified, which could happen in a matter of days.
The measure, intended to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in the nation, will require condemned inmates to choose either being shot or electrocuted if lethal injection drugs aren’t available. The state is one of only nine to still use the electric chair and will become only the fourth to allow a firing squad.