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Halloween enthusiasts are heading to Little River this year for Little River Water Fright Nights. It includes a Trail of Fears, where area businesses have decorated gravesites and a haunted house.

Officials say McGaskey will now go through an evaluation process that typically takes 30 to 45 days. That includes medical, mental health, and educational assessments, along with other reviews, to determine where she will be housed.

With Election Day on Nov. 3 approaching, Republican candidates and elected officials gathered Monday night on the Grand Strand for the third annual Russell Fry’s Freedom Fry, an event that mixed campaign speeches with a French fry bar.

The event comes less than a week before Election Day, when voters across the country will decide several federal, state, and local races.

“I have nothing left,” his mother, Jessica Peavy, said. “I would give absolutely anything in this world to have one more second with my child,” she added. “I forgive her, but forgiveness does not erase accountability."

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Former railroad workers pushed for the marker to honor the home and preserve its connection to Florence’s railroad history.

A longtime Horry County firefighter is bringing home a world title after returning to competition following a decade away from the sport. Captain David Howell (HCFR) won a world championship Saturday at the Firefighter Challenge World Championships in Las Vegas.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz explains why he is joining forces with South Carolina GOP candidates to encourage a vote in the party's favor.

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When someone is experiencing domestic violence, the impact can ripple through an entire family, leaving loved ones feeling helpless as they watch someone they care about change.

City leaders in Bennettsville are working to rename McLeod Street Park after hometown basketball legend Cozell McQueen, who died in August at 64 after a battle with brain cancer.

After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday, re-emerging publicly as the country’s political transition continues without her involvement.

12 have been injured, including 6 children, in a shooting that took place in Tallhassee, Florida, on Saturday night, according to law enforcement. Among the victims was an 11-year-old, the police chief shared during a press conference Saturday evening.

All lanes of N Hwy 57 are blocked near Worthams Cutoff Road as crews respond to the crash, which involved an overturned vehicle and reported entrapment. Crews used extrication and stabilization operations to help remove 2 people who were trapped.

A man accused of dousing his wife with gasoline is in custody after a roughly 20-minute standoff Saturday evening at his home in the Wallace area, according to Marlboro County Chief Deputy Larry Turner.

Early voters have been turning out in large numbers at the South Strand Recreation Center in Horry County, where an election worker said the site has been averaging about 2,000 voters a day.