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🌱 Could new data center rules reshape development near Conway neighborhoods?

Conway, South Carolina Patch AM: a 5 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Could new data center rules reshape development near Conway neighborhoods?
  • How investigators say a Conway-area kennel turned into a cruelty case
  • Why a December Myrtle Beach crime spree just led to 14 years

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 72 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 53.
  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• If data centers are coming, Horry County wants to regulate them. Here's what they're debating. (postandcourier.com) — Horry County leaders meeting in Conway are weighing new zoning rules to control where large, resource-hungry data centers can be built and how close they can sit to neighborhoods. Conway residents, including those in Wild Wing, are pressing officials to keep heavy industrial uses away from homes, citing existing problems with noise, dust, traffic, and environmental concerns.
   

• 33 dogs saved at Conway-area home in animal cruelty, dogfighting investigation, SLED reports (myfox8.com) — Authorities say 33 dogs were rescued from a Conway-area home where investigators allege they were kept in poor conditions and used for dogfighting. A Conway man now faces dozens of animal cruelty and related charges, and another person is accused of helping promote the kennel operation. Officials say the dogs have been seized and evaluated by a veterinarian while the investigation continues.
   

• Man sentenced to 14 years in prison for burglary, carjackings in Myrtle Beach area (wbtw.com) — A man has been sentenced in Conway to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to a violent burglary and two carjackings tied to a December crime spree in the Myrtle Beach area. Prosecutors say the incidents included assaults at Lakewood Camping Resort and a nearby business before officers arrested him near Highways 544 and 17. The case was handled by the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Socastee

  • ‘Almost surreal': 8-year-old son of Socastee head football coach is 1 year cancer-free (wbtw.com)
  • Horry County gymnastics center announces closure (wmbfnews.com)

Myrtle Beach

  • Myrtle Beach sees weekly gas price drop, but costs still up from last year (wmbfnews.com)
  • Myrtle Beach International Film Festival returns for 21st year (wmbfnews.com)
  • Myrtle Beach business community gives input on what they want in next police chief (wbtw.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They lactose! (Thank you Courtney S. for sending it in!)
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