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Wyatt Wheeler won his first two matches in the SCHSL Individual wrestling championships at Anderson last Saturday, but couldn’t repeat as state champion. Wheeler lost his bid for a second individual title in overtime to Peyton Schrader from Eastside High School in the final match of the 126 pound class.

The nonprofit organization already operates one ReStore in Myrtle Beach and will be breaking ground on their second location in the local area on Friday, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m. Staff from Habitat's ReStore organization board members will be on hand for the ceremony, as well as community members from the North Myrtle Beach area.

The 2nd Annual Grand Strand Men's Conference will once again be held at the local church in the Longs community.

During the nearly two-hour meeting held this Monday, Feb. 20, councilmembers unanimously passed several ordinances, including first reading of a few that go some ways to codifying a uniform policy for activities on the city’s nine-mile stretch of beach, both recreationally and commercially.

The North Myrtle Beach High School varsity basketball teams went into the SCHSL AAAA playoffs last week and both the girls and boys teams were eliminated from the state 4A tournament against much higher seeds.

"A lot of work has been done over there," North Myrtle Beach Mayor Marilyn Hatley said. "I'm excited, I can't wait to see it."

It was a hopeful sight on Sunday, Feb. 19, as family, friends and other community members gathered together in support of the search for missing boater Tyler Doyle.

Macaroni Mania is set to run rampant at the North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex once again this year.

A few rain showers swept through the North Myrtle Beach area but couldn’t dampen the start of the 30th Michael B. Nash Memorial Soccer Tournament on Friday night. This year’s edition of this scholarship fundraiser got underway on time, as eight girls teams and six boys teams began play over two days to crown a tournament champion.

Local nonprofit organization SOS Care is partnering with first responders in the area in order to help individuals with disabilities during times of need.