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Myrtle Beach city council introduced the "hate intimidation" ordinance at a city council meeting March 26 which would charge a person who commits a crime in city limits with additional penalties if it is determined that the crime was motivated by bias or hate.

15th Circuit Court Solicitor Jimmy Richardson is asking a judge to evict the pair -- but a court date for that hearing hasn't been set.

The couple accused of burning a cross facing their Black neighbor's home could soon be kicked out of their residence outside of Conway.

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The home of an Horry County man and woman accused of using racially-abusive language and lighting a cross on fire facing their neighbors could be turned into a public nuisance. Alexis Paige Hartnett and Worden Evander Butler, who live at the home, were charged by Horry County authorities with second-degree harassment […]

A temporary injunction request has been filed by Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson against the Conway couple accused by neighbors of burning a cross in their yard.

House Majority Leader Shane Massey has his doubts about the hate crimes bill, raising concerns that it wouldn’t impact the severity of punishments in the state and that it could lead to punishment of speech.

The retired Black couple also recorded video of the cross being burned on Thanksgiving weekend and described days of repeated threats from their neighbors.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved after Conway area residents reported a cross burning last month.

The search comes after a couple in South Carolina allegedly erected a cross facing their Black neighbors' home and lit it on fire, according to incident reports.

Worden Butler and Alexis Hartnett charged after FBI search house in Horry county following alleged racially motivated campaign