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Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 10:09 PM EDT
|By Aisha Tyler
A Browns Ferry Kindergarten is looking to get her students some comfortable seats for reading time and a display case for books.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 9:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Georgetown County deputies are trying to piece together a timeline of a shooting that left one man seriously wounded.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2021 at 2:14 PM EDT
|By Riley Bean
A Coastal flood advisory for three Lowcountry counties has ended. The advisory affected portions of Charleston, Colleton and Georgetown counties.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 10:14 AM EDT
|By WMBF News Staff
A murder suspect is back in Georgetown County after being extradited from Tennessee.
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Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 6:44 AM EDT
|By Zach Wilcox
Town leaders in Pawleys Island are considering a proposal to dredge parts of the inlets and creeks.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 4:42 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Dale Matthew Long who faces four charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 11:57 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
Deputies have charged one person after they say a confrontation led to a bystander being shot in Georgetown County Wednesday night.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 11:09 AM EDT
|By Riley Bean
The Georgetown Police Department says one of their K-9′s, Liza, has died after contracting a terminal medical condition.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 11:23 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
The Georgetown County School District Board of Trustees has voted to not require face coverings in its schools.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 7:21 AM EDT
|By Riley Bean
The Georgetown County School Board is set to meet to discuss revisions to the district’s “Return to In-Person Learning Plan”.
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Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 3:05 PM EDT
|By WMBF News Staff
The driver of an SUV was under the influence and speeding when it crashed into a transit bus in Georgetown County back in June, according to a South Carolina Highway Patrol report obtained by WMBF News.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 12:34 PM EDT
|By Ann McGill
There are openings for guest services managers, cooks, maintenance assistants, valet, housekeepers, food & beverage supervisors, housekeeping inspectors and many others.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 3:45 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
Palmetto Goodwill officials say a customer was transported to the hospital with minor injuries after a car accidentally drove into one of their buildings in Georgetown County.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 3:41 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
On Monday afternoon, Georgetown police officials announced that that Justin Britt now faces a murder charge after the victim, identified as 26-year-old Raekwon Grant, died from his injuries on Sunday.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 2:44 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
Emergency officials say one person was transported to the hospital after a vehicle crashed into a business in Georgetown County.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2021 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
The South Carolina Department of Mental Health is holding two job fairs this week in the Lowcountry, and one in the Pee Dee.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 12:49 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
Tidelands Health began administering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to eligible groups on Friday.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 11:51 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
Deputies say a man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl surrendered after he was found hiding in an attic at a home in Georgetown County.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 8:25 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
As the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to rise across South Carolina, several Lowcountry school districts are adjusting their schedules temporarily to virtual learning.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 5:03 AM EDT
|By Riley Bean
The Georgetown Police Department is investigating a life-threatening attack in Georgetown, after hospital interviews with the victim.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Riley Bean
The Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office says a man has been arrested after his dog attacked someone and they suffered life-threatening lacerations.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 5:04 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
The Georgetown Police Department released a photo Tuesday of an armed robbery suspect they are trying to find.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 4:32 AM EDT
|By Riley Bean and Live 5 Web Staff
A flash flood watch that began Monday morning and extended into Tuesday has been cancelled for the Lowcountry.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 4:34 AM EDT
|By Riley Bean
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for several Lowcountry counties.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 7:14 AM EDT
|By Riley Bean
Tidelands Health will provide COVID-19 vaccines at Georgetown County high school football games.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 5:36 AM EDT
|By Summer Huechtker
The Georgetown County School District will no longer be accepting applications for their new virtual option after this week.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Ann McGill
SC Federal Credit Union is hiring for various positions. Current openings include mortgage loan underwriter, talent acquisition representative, contact center service representative, financial sales representative, and financial service representative (full-time and peak-time).
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 7:44 PM EDT
|By WMBF News Staff
His charges are pending, officials said.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 1:03 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Georgetown County Schools will allow parents of kindergarteners through sixth graders to apply to the district’s virtual learning program.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 7:37 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Prosecutors say he was captured by deputies from both the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office and Charleston County Sheriff’s Office on U.S. 17 in the McClellanville area.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 4:20 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is working to identify the gunman in a deadly Monday night shooting.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 11:32 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
According to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s office, deputies responded to the area of Brick Chimney and Sagamon roads for a body that was found.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 12:01 PM EDT
|By Riley Bean
The Pawleys Island Police Department is warning citizens to drive their golf carts carefully with a graphic video of a pet being dragged.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By Riley Bean and Logan Reigstad
Tidelands Health is setting up a multifaceted crisis strategy to handle the unprecedented influx of patients to their emergency rooms.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
The Georgetown County School Board is set to discuss implementing a virtual option for Kindergarten through sixth grade. The board will take up the issue on Sept. 7.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 7:54 AM EDT
|By Katherine Phillips
Of the latest four schools transitioning into temporary virtual learning in the Georgetown County School District, around 1,000 students are already home and positive for COVID-19 or in quarantine as a result of a close contact.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Live 5 News anchor Bill Sharpe announced Monday he will retire from the station after a 48-year award-winning career.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 1:19 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County School District confirmed Monday afternoon that several of its schools would switch to virtual learning starting on Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2021 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By WMBF News Staff
A State Trooper and some residents were in the water trying to help when firefighters arrived.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 2:54 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
Officials with the Georgetown County School District say McDonald Elementary will transition to virtual learning beginning Monday.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 10:04 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Tidelands Health announced Friday it will relocate its Murrells Inlet regional vaccination site.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information in the killing of two people to come forward with information.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 5:14 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Lowcountry investigators have announced the arrest of two people in connection to the murder of a missing man whose remains were found in the woods.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By Riley Bean
The Georgetown County Coroner’s Office identified the victims of a late-night shooting.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 1:50 PM EDT
|By Danielle Seat
Georgetown Airport is preparing to partner with a company that will bring more growth than the airport’s leaders have ever seen.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2021 at 12:08 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help to find a woman.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2021 at 12:38 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
The Georgetown Police Department says they’ve arrested a man for stabbing his father in Georgetown.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By WMBF News Staff
The order will last through 60 days unless otherwise extended.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 12:56 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Georgetown City Hall will be closed through Friday because of an exposure to COVID-19, the city confirmed.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 6:41 AM EDT
|By Summer Huechtker and Riley Bean
Georgetown County students are returning to school with new health and safety guidelines in place.