A search company, the Mercer Group, completed the search for the county and narrowed it down to 12 hopefuls.

The South Carolina Ethics Commission lists politicians who owe thousands of dollars in campaign disclosure fines. However, there are not laws that force politicians to pay the fines they owe.

An attorney for the state ethics commission is contradicting statements from Horry County Council Chair Liz Gilland.
Gilland told News13 she learned through media reports about fines from the state ethics commission.

The Horry County Public Safety Committee will hold a public hearing for those properties that would like to be established as a Fireworks Prohibited Zone and extend that zone onto public property.

The budget includes, no tax increase, county employees will have their salaries reinstated and The COAST RTA will get $500.000 in funding. EMS fees are going to go up. County leaders said the kind of care you receive will determine how much you will pay.

Tuesday night’s budget workshop came up with more money for county employees and Coast RTA. While that group was pleased one other isn’t.

Horry County leaders said the two big winners after Wednesday’s budget workshop are the employees and The COAST RTA.  If the FY 2009/2010 budget is approved, COAST could get some much-needed funds and county employees could see some of their salary reinstated. 

Myrtle Beach Police arrested a Horry County councilman in a prostitution sting and charged him with loitering for prostitutes in October 2007.

Dozens of people crowded into council chambers Tuesday afternoon to hear council’s decision on the tax and hear what many people had to say about the May bike rallies.

Horry County Council Chairman Liz Gilland said without a doubt there were fewer bikers on the Grand Strand for the spring Harley-Davidson motorcycle rally, compared to last year.

While there are no tax hikes, the county plans to raise revenue by charging more for EMS fees.

Myrtle Beach city prosecutors dismissed prostitution charges against a Horry County councilman last week after charging him in October 2007.

Horry County councilman Marion foxworth talked with News13 Friday afternoon about all of his charges being dropped. He told News13’s Thema Ponton he found out the charges had been dropped when he got a text alert from scnow.com, while he was at a county council committee meeting.

Myrtle Beach City attorney has dropped charges in the prostitution case against Horry County Councilman, Marion Foxworth.

County budget cuts mean employee salary reductions and slower county services.