http://www.yourstreet.com/news/myrtle-beach YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Chad Hatley, the lawyer whose tax troubles cost him a seat last month on the Horry County Planning Commission, now faces a pair of lawsuits that claim he failed to do a proper job representing clients. S.C. state Rep. Tracy Edge, R-North Myrtle Beach, filed a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744983/hatley-hit-with-twin-lawsuits Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:27:08 -0700 Among the candidates in Myrtle Beach is Socastee High school drama teacher Matthew McCarty who said that because he wasn’t sure how he felt about the candidates running for the mayor’s seat he decided two hours before the deadline a few weeks ago that he... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745059/local-teacher-makes-change-promises-if-elected-mb-mayor Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:37:08 -0700 A woman who lives near Myrtle Beach noticed what she believes to be quite a large cocoon on her tree Sunday afternoon. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745060/grand-strand-woman-puzzled-by-30-foot-cocoon-on-tree Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:31:08 -0700 Myrtle Beach police, FBI agents, and searchers with the CUE Center for Missing Persons wrapped up a search for missing teenager, Brittanee Drexel, Monday afternoon. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745078/search-for-brittanee-drexel-delivers-no-new-leads Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:27:08 -0700 MondayChapin Memorial Library Advisory Board When | 5:30 p.m. Where | first-floor meeting room, Chapin Memorial Library, 400 14th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744994/myrtle-beach-area-municipal-meetings Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:40:08 -0700 A local soccer tournament brings more than 2,000 people to Myrtle Beach. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745094/soccer-tournament-draws-big-crowd-to-myrtle-beach Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:00:08 -0700 One of the largest and longest running annual heritage festivals in the Myrtle Beach area continues this weekend. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745103/italian-festival-continues-in-myrtle-beach Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:02:08 -0700 Keith Van Winkle, a former candidate for Myrtle Beach mayor spent time in jail early Friday morning. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745124/former-mb-mayoral-candidate,-van-winkle,-spends-night-in-jail Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:38:08 -0700 Authorities have closed a portion of Kings Highway at Third Avenue South in Myrtle Beach after a police officer on a motorcycle and a vehicle crashed. The southbound lanes of Kings Highway are closed as the S.C. Highway Patrol investigates the crash, officials said.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736878/police-officer-on-motorcycle-involved-in-crash,-lanes-of-kings-highway-clos Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:24:08 -0700 FRIDAY 2001 NIGHTCLUB, 920 Lake Arrowhead Rd., Myrtle Beach. Fantasy in Razzies, DJ E-Flow in Club Touch and Karaoke in Funky Town, all at 2001 Night Club, 8 p.m. Variety. $10. ABUELO'S MEXICAN FOOD EMBASSY, 740 Coastal Grand Circle, Myrtle Beach. Paul Skyland, 6... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736885/weekend-nightlife-calendar-for-myrtle-beach-area Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:03:08 -0700 Myrtle Beach mayoral candidate Bea Catalano says her recent arrest, while embarrassing, will not change her mind about running for office. Catalano, 71, held a news conference Thursday, after hiring an independent contractor to administer a polygraph test Wednesday,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736858/catalano-vows-to-continue-mayor-race-in-myrtle-beach Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:51:08 -0700 Beatrice Catalano, a candidate for Myrtle Beach mayor, held a press conference on Thursday to address recent DUI charges against her. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736946/myrtle-beach-mayoral-candidate-to-plead-not-guilty-to-recent-dui-charges Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:35:08 -0700 The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce held its annual fall workshop retreat Sept.17-18 in Myrtle Beach with 84 participants present. read more http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736922/chamber-has-annual-fall-workshop-retreat Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:48:08 -0700 Myrtle Beach police need the public’s help in identifying a person recorded on store surveillance camera video. The video was taken at a Kangaroo convenience store on Wed., Sept. 23, the night before Perry Ledford, 58, was found dead in his apartment. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736977/surveillance-camera-video-may-provide-information-into-myrtle-beach-homicid Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:04:08 -0700 Three Myrtle Beach men remained jailed this morning after police reported they punched and kicked a man on Sunday morning, according to warrants. Michael Quantrel Barr, 19, Chadwick Gore, 17, and Ronald Dickerson, 19, are charged with assault and battery of a high... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728929/three-myrtle-beach-men-charged-in-weekend-beating Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:36:08 -0700 Little River area residents will have an opportunity today to ask three elected officials about issues affecting the area such as road expansions, a proposed homeowners association bill and graffiti. The Community Coalition of Little River will host the forum, where... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728916/little-river-issues-aired-talk-with-officials-to-cover-roads,-bill Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:20:08 -0700 The First Tee of Myrtle Beach does not plan to go the way of First Tee chapters in Sumter and Wilmington, N.C. Yet it is on the cusp of becoming organizationally and financially independent in an uncertain economic climate that claimed those two nearby chapters in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728912/kids-golf-program-in-myrtle-beach-to-stand-on-its-own Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:17:08 -0700 Myrtle Beach police said the crash happened at the intersection of 33rd Avenue North and Highway 17 bypass, just after 7 p.m. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728998/vehicles-collide,-police-shut-down-us-17-bypass Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:23:08 -0700 MYRTLE BEACH — A state lawmaker has asked Gov. Mark Sanford to oust the mayor of a troubled coastal town. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729121/lawmaker-wants-mayor-ousted Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 NONPARTISAN The Friends to Re-Elect Chuck Martino - Myrtle Beach City Council member - will hold a fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Kono Grill, 1901 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach. The City Council election is nonpartisan. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728914/myrtle-beach-area-political-briefs Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:42:08 -0700