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Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Emilie Zuhowski
A historic Georgetown steel mill reopening next month is sparking conversations in the community about dredging its harbor.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Live 5 Web Staff
Authorities arrested Nasir Muhammad on Tuesday near the intersection of Hazard Street and Emanuel Street.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:36 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A Georgetown steel plant shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic is set to bring back employees in January.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 11:47 AM EST
|By WMBF News Staff
The steel mill in Georgetown will reopen after being shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Updated: Dec. 4, 2021 at 9:07 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
The city of Charleston reported no roads closed Saturday morning because of floodwaters despite a flood advisory.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 2:53 PM EST
|By Ann McGill
Beginning January 2022, all federal contract employees will earn a starting pay of $15 per hour. Current openings at Palmetto Goodwill include cooks, lead cooks, grounds workers, and supervisors.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 10:11 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
A group of organizations received a grant intended to improve health in Georgetown County.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 8:26 AM EST
|By Danielle Seat and Patrick Phillips
Nonprofits across the Lowcountry are looking to “Giving Tuesday” as a kickoff for holiday charitable donations.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 8:02 PM EST
|By Aisha Tyler
Sampit Elementary School Media Specialist Anna Fox says her library is a learning hub in her small, rural school of about 325 students.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 12:29 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
State data shows more loggerhead turtle nests were counted on South Carolina beaches this year than in 2020.
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Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 7:38 AM EST
|By WMBF News Staff
More children in Georgetown County will have a happy holiday season thanks to the Georgetown County Fire-EMS.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 6:43 PM EST
|By Summer Huechtker
The team at a Front Street restaurant in Georgetown says they were seeing the benefits from record tourism numbers and seeing more people willing to work until an overnight fire left the restaurant’s future in question.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 1:40 PM EST
|By Live 5 Web Staff
Firefighters are working to determine the cause of an early morning fire at a Georgetown restaurant.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 7:29 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Crews responding to a fire at a Georgetown restaurant Thursday morning were delayed while they responded to another incident.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 10:37 AM EST
|By Live 5 Web Staff
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing 17-year-old.
Classroom Champions: Viewers continue to help teachers get much needed supplies for their classrooms
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 8:25 PM EST
|By Aisha Tyler
During this season of giving thanks, we would like to do just that for our countless viewers.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 5:08 PM EST
|By Live 5 Web Staff
The three were transferred to Coast Guard Station Georgetown with no reported medical concerns, according to the Coast Guard.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 7:40 PM EST
|By Live 5 Web Staff
A Georgetown County high school principal says his school’s mascot, which has nearly a 100-year-old legacy, isn’t going anywhere despite fears from the community.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 4:01 PM EST
|By Live 5 Web Staff
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Christopher Vernard Enzor, on two charges connected to the solicitation of a minor and 12 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. He was arrested on Nov. 9.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 1:44 PM EST
|By Live 5 Web Staff
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office says a Longs man is facing charges in a series of auto break-ins.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 12:54 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Habitat for Humanity-Georgetown County needs volunteers to assist with its homebuilding projects.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 10:16 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
A Veterans Day celebration came a day early for a 99-year-old hospitalized World War II Veteran.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 5:18 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Veterans Day events are happening across the Lowcountry Thursday to honor those who served.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 12:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Deputies are investigating the theft of a golf cart taken from a family’s yard while they were on vacation.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 8:04 PM EST
|By Lisa Weismann
The plaintiff, Richard A. Butts, argues that the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a similar fee in Greenville County was actually a tax, and needed to be authorized by the General Assembly.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 12:35 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
Most Downtown Charleston streets that were closed due to high tide have been re-opened.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2021 at 8:00 PM EDT
|By Landon Boozer
Georgetown County deputies have taken a suspect into custody following a shooting in Murrells Inlet Saturday.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2021 at 5:17 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
Portions of the Lowcountry could see wind gusts Saturday of more than 35 mph.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 2:28 PM EDT
|By Ann McGill
Roper St. Francis Healthcare, which has five locations in the Tri-County area, is hiring both clinical and non-clinical positions.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 11:59 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Live 5 Web Staff
There were no statewide elections in South Carolina Tuesday, but voters in some Lowcountry communities went to the polls to cast ballots for mayor and other local races.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 11:48 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A Georgetown City Councilwoman will become the city’s next mayor.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 12:48 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
Deputies are searching for a person of interest in a vehicle theft in the Andrews area.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 9:41 AM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A powerful storm system blamed for spawning severe weather from Texas through Louisiana and Mississippi will arrive over South Carolina Thursday with the possibility of some strong to severe storms into the early evening.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A strong system will move across the southeast over the next 24 hours bringing a risk of severe weather to the Lowcountry by Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
Authorities say three people have been transported to the hospital following a head on vehicle crash on Pawleys Island Monday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2021 at 3:19 PM EDT
|By WMBF News Staff
Both northbound and southbound lanes of Highway 17 were closed, officials said.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 2:39 PM EDT
|By Ann McGill
As generations go by, a parcel of land can end up with dozens of owners. Without clear ownership, the land can easily be lost to developers and timber harvesters, tax sales and forced partition.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 at 4:09 PM EDT
|By Live 5 Web Staff
A jury convicted Tiesh Annette Rhue and Alexander Rhue, Jr. for the murder of Leon Harrison Jr. whose body was found in the Black River.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2021 at 7:02 PM EDT
|By Logan Reigstad
Officials in Georgetown are searching for a 29-year-old man whose family reported him missing.
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.
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”.
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.