PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC (WMBF) – The search is on for a stolen food trailer that a South Strand community church uses to feed thousands of hungry people each year. The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office said No Boundaries International South Carolina CEO Jeffrey Herwig reported the trailer missing on Wednesday morning. Herwig said the trailer was stolen around 5 a.m. but his surveillance camera couldn’t catch the theft due to the angle of the camera view. Deputies said they used flock cameras to search for the trailer and said it was last seen going northbound on Trace Drive and U.S. 17…

COLUMBIA — The new location of Steel Hands, coming to the former space of Twisted Spur Brewing in the Vista, is set to craft small batch spirits on top of brewing beer. The move to offer more than just beer is a first for the brand, which started as a craft brewery and taproom in Cayce. The upcoming location, at 705 Gervais St., will be the second in the Columbia-area and the third overall, following the brewery’s expansion into North Carolina two years ago. The new location was initially reported in late June when the company filed an application with the state’s revenue department…

A Greenwood County woman is one of three people recently charged with fraudulently receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, officials said.(Above video was published in March 2024.)Special Agents with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Inspector General, said Erin Elizabeth Barber, 48, was charged with fraudulent acquisition or use of food stamps, greater than $10,000.Officials said Barber fraudulently received $21,445 in benefits during two separate periods between April 2019 and March 2020, and again between October 2021 and September 2023. During those periods, Barber reported on six SNAP application forms that she and her two…

A South Carolina town is losing its only grocery store in a matter of days, leaving locals facing a long trip to get fresh food. The IGA store in Pamplico, Florence County, has been open for decades – but it is due to close on September 27. The nearest grocery store is 15 miles away in a nearby town. For those with a car, that is a 20 minute drive. For those without they must hitch a lift or walk five hours since there is no public transport.It makes Pamplico the latest of America’s a so-called food deserts –  which occur when…

Every now and then you find a new book that’s hard to put down. But perhaps that’s less expected when it’s a cookbook like chef Anne Byrn’s “Baking in the American South.”The recipes are an eclectic mix of traditional Southern fare as simple as the buttermilk biscuit, as unexpected as the heavenly chocolate-tomato sheet cake, as elegant as the fig and lemon clafouti, and as comforting as Ma Hoyle’s double-crust blackberry cobbler. But what elevates the book are the backstories that accompany the food.The book offers a history of the ingredients or a recipe’s connection to the Civil Rights Movement…

Ville Sainte Bistro1035 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, Mount PleasantThis French restaurant opened a few years ago in a Mount Pleasant strip center on Johnnie Dodds Boulevard. It’s led by chef Carole Robert, who previously operated Annie’s Bistro in Mount Pleasant for five years.Patrons can peruse two paper menus: one for wine by the glass, the other for food. This second page, also listed online, offers a Lowcountry look into French cuisine.Tarvin Seafood shrimp Provençal. French onion soup. Seared duck and lamb chops. Frog legs sautéed in wine, butter, garlic and lemon.There are specials, too, at the restaurant sharing an address with…

HAMLET, NC (WBTV) – For firefighters in Hamlet, North Carolina, frantic dispatches on the morning of Sept. 3, 1991 were anything but typical.The May Day call for the burning Imperial Foods Plant still rings in Chief Calvin White’s psyche, he told WBTV’s Steve Crump in 2016 — 25 years after the tragedy. White was a captain at the time, and his truck was the first to arrive at the plant in Hamlet, which is about 80 miles southeast from the heart of Charlotte.“I called for every fire department and every rescue squad in the county,” White said. “I had to…

COLUMBIA — A flurry of employees take orders, calling out “Next, please” from behind the counter of Zesto in West Columbia. The walls are lined with dozens of photos of Little League baseballs teams of years past. Waitresses stop and make conversation, others serve ice cream. “If the good Lord hadn’t wanted us to eat chicken, he wouldn’t have made it,” Jody Barr joked to his two young daughters at their booth.The Hartsville native found the decades-old burger shop known for its soft-serve ice cream cones and fried chicken dinners as a “broke college kid” at the University of South Carolina. When…

It’s just human nature that from time to time we probably all could be accused of being ‘rude.’ But, what behaviors are considered rude? And, where are the rudest cities in America? Well, a recent study is about to call them out. And, you may not like it! According to WFMY, a recent study by Preply set out to determine the rudest cities in America by looking at various factors that they considered rude. Some of these behaviors included playing music too loudly in public, lacking ‘self awareness’ when walking down grocery aisles and talking on speakerphones or being loud…

There’s a guy with my dream job. This South Carolina man eats out every day. And, he’s managed to gain quite the following on social media, without gaining all those pesky pounds. But, how does he do it? More importantly, how does he afford it? South Carolina Man Eats Out Every Day Let’s Meet Him According to The Sun News, David McGaha of Conway, South Carolina decided to post on Facebook each time he tries a new restaurant. He documents his foodie adventures, keeping it local as this South Carolina man eats out every day. And, sometimes, he tries multiple…