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🌱 Wacatee Zoo Closed + NMB Doctor Pleads Guilty In Pain Pill Scheme
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Hello, Myrtle Beach! I'm back in your inbox with the latest news. Many thanks to Nicole Fallon-Peek for covering in my absence yesterday on short notice! Today is Wednesday, September 14, 2022 and here's what you need to know in and around the Grand Strand.
Let's take a quick glance at Wednesday's weather:
Mostly sunny and less humid. High: 84 Low: 67. Ocean temperature: 82.9 degrees.
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Here are the top five stories in Myrtle Beach today:
- Wacatee Zoo has permanently closed after a highly-publicized lawsuit brought against it by PETA and the expiration of a USDA permit. The animals are being transferred to a facility in North Carolina. Animal activists have been focused on the roadside zoo for quite some time. A lawyer for the zoo said the cost of continuing litigation was one factor for the zoo's decision to close its doors. (MyHorryNews.com) (WBTW) (wpde.com)
- Two local women have been charged with stabbing a Myrtle Beach man who they both were dating. One woman lived with the man, according to arrest warrants, and confronted him about his relationship with the other woman on Sept. 8. She is accused of getting a kitchen knife when the three of them were involved in an argument in the home. One woman is accused of holding the victim down while the other woman stabbed him. The two face a number of charges each. The woman accused of doing the stabbing is being held without bond. The other woman who held down the victim was released on personal recognizance and $7,500 bond. The victim was stabbed in the leg and neck. (WMBF)
- The TSA is warning travelers of consequences for improperly bringing firearms through security checkpoints after seven guns were found at Myrtle Beach International Airport on separate occasions so far this year. As the holiday season grows near, the TSA wants travelers to understand that they can face heavy fines or jail time for improperly storing firearms and/or carrying guns in carry-on bags. (wpde.com)
- Myrtle Beach City Council voted "yes" on its first reading of the proposed surf park that would be the first such venue in South Carolina. A motion was made to sell 21.6 acres to MHI Capital, LLC for the park. The land is said to be valued at about $4.5 million. Two council members voted against the motion. Arguing for the move, Assistant City Manger Brian Tucker said it would bring an attraction and an amenity to the city that is currently not available and would create an ideal environment for sports tourism opportunities. (wpde.com) City Council also agreed to buy several lots of land that would solve flooding issues in the downtown Myrtle Beach area. The purchases would cost about $10 million. (wpde.com)
- A North Myrtle Beach doctor is one of five physicians to plead guilty in a pain pill prescription scheme that involved clinics in West Virginia and Virginia. William Earley of North Myrtle Beach pleaded guilty to prescribing controlled substances that were not for legitimate medical purposes in a scheme connected with the Hope Clinic based in WV and VA. Earley faces up to five years in prison and a half-million dollar fine. (wpde.com)
Myrtle Beach pic of the day:
Reader madeline576 sent in this photo of two pelicans hanging out on Garden City Beach. Pelicans are fascinating creatures that live together cooperatively in colonies. Thanks for the cute photo, Madeline!
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Today in Myrtle Beach:
- Social Media Bootcamp @ Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Boardroom (9 a.m.)
- Paws & Pints @ Crooked Hammock Brewery (4 p.m.)
- Caymus Wine Tasting @ The Wine Shoppe, NMB (5:30 p.m.)
- Skyler Whitfield @ Wicked Tuna Shak, Murrells Inlet (6 p.m.)
- Jason Ray Welsh @ 39th Avenue Bar (6 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- The work of Myrtle Beach artist Annie Melik is being featured at the MB Area Visitors Center during National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 through October 15. Melik's works can also be seen at Seacoast Artist Gallery in Market Common. (wpde.com)
- Double lung transplant recipient Beth Holmes of Myrtle Beach now needs a kidney. In an amazing twist of fate, her neighbor is a perfect match. Jack Novicki was determined to find out if he was a match and it turns out he is! There is a delay in the transplant but they are both waiting patiently for the operation to be scheduled. (wpde.com)
- A good Samaritan was caught on camera returning a lost wallet to a Carolina Forest nurse. Terence Sessions was at a Marathon gas station when he noticed a wallet lying in the road nearby. He picked it up, looked at the address on the ID inside the wallet, realized that address was only ten minutes away and went to the owner's home. Ring doorbell footage captured him ringing the doorbell repeatedly. The owner was inside asleep and was very grateful to have her wallet returned intact. (WMBF)
- A couple of announcements from Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Of Commerce: Registration is now open for the 2022 cornament benefiting Substitutes For Santa. (Press Release Desk) Lakewood Camping Resort was named September Leading Business Of The Month. (Press Release Desk)
- Horry County Schools is hiring custodians, bus drivers and bus driver aids! Visit www.horrycountyschools.net/job... for more information and register for the upcoming job fair on Thursday, Sept. 22! (Horry County Schools via Facebook)
- Myrtle Beach Pelicans: "Playoff baseball is back at Pelicans Ballpark! The regular season is over and the Birds need your support on Thursday, September 15 for Game 2 of the Carolina League South Division Series vs. the Charleston RiverDogs! " (Myrtle Beach Pelicans via Facebook)
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You're officially in the loop for Wednesday, folks. I'll see you soon!
— Kathy Mandell
About me: The best decision I ever made was relocating to the Myrtle Beach area from New England a few years ago, with my three dogs and three cats. I enjoy dogs, cats, road trips, photography, writing, vegetarian food, live music, bicycling and above all my daily walks on the beaches in and around the Grand Strand.
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