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A motion for a temporary injunction against Atlantic Beach and some of the town's officials was denied on Thursday.

Atlantic Beach leaders are trying to "subvert democracy" by preventing a new Town Council member from taking her seat, according to a lawsuit filed last week.

ATLANTIC BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A newly elected Atlantic Beach Town Councilwoman has sued the town and several of its leaders and filed a temporary restraining order, alleging the town kept her from fulfilling her duties. Carla Taylor filed the suit in Horry County Common Pleas Court on April 26. It names Jake Evans, council […]

“Each subject engaged with an undercover operative online and agreed to meet to exchange money for sexual favors."

Atlantic Beach Police Chief Quentin Robinson was charged with soliciting prostitution after a sting by Horry County and state law enforcement in Myrtle Beach.

Atlantic Beachs police chief was arrested Tuesday, April 23, and faces a prostitution charge, J. Reuben Long Detention Center records show. Quentin Robinson was booked into the jail Tuesday, April 23.

Police in Horry County, South Carolina, have arrested 10 individuals, including the police chief of the town of Atlantic Beach, in an undercover prostitution operation, authorities said Wednesday. The arrests followed a multi-agency sting at a hotel in the Myrtle Beach section of Horry County late on Tuesday. Myrtle Beach, a resort city on South Carolina’s Atlantic coast, is located some 13 ...

ATLANTIC BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Atlantic Beach Town Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance to transfer control of the town’s municipal elections to Horry County. Atlantic Beach officials have overseen their own elections since 1966, according to Mayor Jake Evans. First reading of the ordinance was approved on March 4. The ordinance will now […]

Atlantic Beach, SC town manager Benjamin Quattlebaum announced his resignation at a town council meeting April 1. The historic Black town, nicknamed the Black Pearl, was incorporated in 1966. Quattlebaum was its longest-ever serving town manager.

Atlantic Beach Town Council voted unanimously in support of the ordinance on second reading at the April 1 town council meeting to transfer its election management to Horry County.