An Horry County woman on Monday filed a lawsuit against Surfside Beach police and one of its officers after the officer threw her to the ground during a traffic stop. The lawsuit said the excessive force caused facial fractures, nerve damage and brain damage. Charges against the woman were dismissed.聽

Eric Faulk, a 24-year-old Conway man, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to killing his stepfather, retired Conway police officer James Odell Cochran, according to the 15th Circuit Solicitor鈥檚 Office. Faulk was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Dashcam footage captured Aynor's town manager being arrested after allegedly driving under the influence and having an open container of beer in his vehicle after plowing his vehicle into a sign and later ditching his SUV near the intersection of S.C. 319 and Valley Forge Road, according to highway patrol records.