Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 8:24 AM EST
|By Brad Dickerson
Since then, a grand jury indicted her mother, Diana Cojocari, and stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, for failure to report Madalina’s disappearance to law enforcement.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 8:58 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson, Mary Calkins, Brandy Beard, Lowell Rose and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in North Carolina have released further information in the case of a missing 11-year-old girl.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 9:23 AM EDT
|By Morgan Newell and Brad Dickerson
A startled customer gets out of the way as the deer slips on the floor, knocking down chairs as it slides around the restaurant.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 10:40 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
The audit states that DES did not meet the federal first payment timeliness standard for six of the eight (75%) unemployment benefit programs it administered.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 4:55 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson
Officer Mia Goodwin was a mother to three children and had recently returned to work from maternity leave.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 11:48 AM EST
|By Brad Dickerson and Morgan Newell
A statement read Tuesday from the Lesslie family stated they are still grieving, but have had some hope from the CTE study.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 1:11 PM EST
|By Sharonne Hayes and Brad Dickerson
It is the vice president’s first visit to Charlotte since taking office.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 11:57 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A federal jury awarded a former Novant Health executive $10 million in damages after he claimed in a lawsuit that he was fired because he’s a white man.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 6:27 AM EDT
|By Sharonne Hayes and Brad Dickerson
Those boosters could be available to more people as early as Friday.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 9:38 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
Diners and drinkers out and about in the Queen City last night just might have stumbled across a Rolling Stone.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 4:37 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A 3-foot-long alligator proved that beachgoing along the Grand Strand isn’t solely for those with two legs and no scales.
Updated: May. 20, 2021 at 1:12 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A young man vacationing in Myrtle Beach got quite the present for his fifth birthday.
Updated: May. 4, 2021 at 12:02 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
An appellate court has ruled that a man with an intellectual disability who was forced to work over 100 hours per week at a Conway restaurant without pay is owed more than $500,000 in restitution.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2021 at 9:45 AM EST
|By Brad Dickerson
Indiana Jones would have run in the opposite direction!
Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 at 11:31 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson and Zach Wilcox
Vendors spent the day Thursday going through the debris for salvageable items.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 4:29 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson
Crews have been called to a structure fire Wednesday afternoon in the Little River area.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 11:27 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins is shedding light on an officer who was assaulted over the weekend.
Lawsuit: 7-month-old ‘violently shook’ by Myrtle Beach daycare employee, leading to serious injuries
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 8:41 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
The parents of a young child have filed a lawsuit against a Myrtle Beach daycare, accusing an employee of hurting their then-seven-month-old.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 12:29 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A WMBF viewer sent in a quick video of what appears to be a whale breaking the surface of the water fairly close to the shore along the Grand Strand.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 12:54 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A combination of the high tide and storm surge from Hurricane Isaias appears to have resulted in the deaths of over 100 baby sea turtles in the Cherry Grove area of North Myrtle Beach.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2020 at 2:58 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
More than a dozen Ohio high school students have tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a trip to Myrtle Beach, health officials said.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2020 at 2:09 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
An employee with Horry County Schools has passed away due to complications from COVID-19, according to school board chairman Ken Richardson.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2020 at 11:33 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson and Ian Klein
Horry County police announced that charges are pending in connection with the “Baby Boy Horry” cold case from more than a decade ago.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2020 at 1:40 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson
Officials with the Horry County Police Department announced Friday a suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting death of a woman in the parking lot of the Myrtle Beach Mall over four years ago.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2020 at 11:00 AM EST
|By Brad Dickerson, Patrick Lloyd, Ian Klein and Kristin Nelson
The National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado blew through the Loris High School parking lot on Monday.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2020 at 3:59 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson and Nia Watson
Suspended Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone appeared in a Sumter court Wednesday morning and entered guilty pleas to two counts following his 2019 indictment.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2019 at 3:29 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson
An abandoned piece of furniture in a field in Little River is quickly becoming a symbol of the holiday season.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2019 at 2:00 PM EST
|By Brad Dickerson
The man suspected of being the Potomac River Rapist has been taken into custody in the Grand Strand.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2019 at 11:01 AM EST
|By Brad Dickerson
A viewer sent over video he captured in Surfside Beach of what he said was a sighting of a humpback whale.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2019 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson and Nia Watson
The same jury that found Brandon Council guilty of murdering two bank employees in Conway has now sentenced him to death for his crime.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2019 at 6:52 PM EDT
|By Kate Merriman and Brad Dickerson
Time is running out for Tammy Moorer to provide information into the whereabouts of Heather Elvis and possibly have time reduced off her sentence.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2019 at 11:31 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson, Kate Merriman and Casey Watson
A Horry County jury has found Sidney Moorer guilty of the 2013 kidnapping of Heather Elvis.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2019 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A lawsuit has been filed against a firearms manufacturer after a Horry County man claims his handgun discharged and the bullet hit him in the leg while at a Grand Strand Chick-fil-A.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2019 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a Grand Strand nail salon, claiming her hands were burned after employees said she could smoke while her fingernails were covered in acetone.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2019 at 11:12 AM EDT
|By Patrick Lloyd, Kristin Nelson and Brad Dickerson
Jeep Watch 2019 has officially come to an end.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2019 at 6:56 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
One “cub reporter” in Hartsville was busy covering her own Jeep Watch … a Little Tikes Jeep Watch to be exact!
Updated: Sep. 5, 2019 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A lot of people across the Grand Strand are trying to weather Hurricane Dorian.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2019 at 5:55 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson and Kate Merriman
The city of Myrtle Beach is one step closer to bringing a surf park to the community.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2019 at 4:52 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A Horry County guidance counselor had quite the scare when a bolt of lightning struck near inches from him as he was walking to his car.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2019 at 8:48 PM EDT
|By Aaron Ladd and Brad Dickerson
A Richmond, Va., woman vacationing along the Grand Strand caught quite the marine life spectacle while on the beach Monday morning.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2019 at 4:12 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
One of the two men accused in the Waccamaw Bingo hall shooting that left a father and son dead had been out of jail on bond for just over a month following his arrest in Georgetown County for attempted murder, according to records.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2019 at 7:10 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson and Casey Watson
A woman claims in a lawsuit she has incurred over $1 million in medical bills after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria at a Grand Strand waterpark.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2019 at 5:04 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
Jaxie Rogers, the 85-year-old Latta woman who has been missing since June 7, was located late Tuesday morning, according to authorities.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2019 at 5:24 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
Newly-released surveillance footage shows the desperate attempts to save a 5-year-old boy who was struck by a bullet after a fight broke out in Robeson County.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2019 at 9:59 PM EDT
|By Nick Doria, Brad Dickerson and Patrick Lloyd
An 11-year-old boy drowned at the Beach Colony Resort in Myrtle Beach on Sunday, according to Horry County deputy coroner Chris Dontell.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2019 at 8:32 AM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
The residents of one Myrtle Beach neighborhood had quite the unexpected visitor roaming their streets Monday morning.
Updated: May. 17, 2019 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Nia Watson and Brad Dickerson
According to the plan proposed by Florence School District Three Superintendent Laura Hickson, classes would be Monday through Thursday, with school days extended 1.5 hours per day.
Updated: May. 17, 2019 at 3:30 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
There wasn’t a picnic basket inside, but that didn’t stop a bear from heading into a Murrells Inlet restaurant.
Updated: May. 14, 2019 at 1:00 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
One of the students injured in last month’s shooting at UNC Charlotte took his first steps on Monday following 13 days in the hospital.
Updated: May. 8, 2019 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson
A Conway woman got quite the scare when she found a slithery snake wrapped around the mirror of her golf cart.