The Beginnings Have you ever wondered how Myrtle Beach got its name? Before Myrtle Beach was Myrtle Beach, the area had no formal name, with some referring to it as “Withers”, after the Withers family, or “New Town”. After driving out the indigenous peoples of “Long Bay” the Withers family was granted 66,000 acres of …
A former UNCW baseball player received the golden ticket to Hollywood on ABC’s American Idol. Last week, January 26, Jayson Arendt of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, appeared on American Idol as a Hollywood hopeful and left a star. Jayson Arendt is a 24 year old country singer, who has risen to prominence on TikTok making music …
The Leland Police Department of Brunswick County, North Carolina, has received recognition from the esteemed North Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation program, joining 13 other agencies across the state. The department was found to have met 116 rigorous standards across multiple disciplines and operations including training, emergency response, use of force policies, community engagement, records management, …
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