A bill striving to regulate the lock and key industry in the Palmetto State will expire this legislative season, but lawmakers say that simply gives them more time to perfect it before re-filing it ...

Following the arrest of a local locksmith and registered sex offender, local lawmakers introduced a bill into the state House of Representatives on Thursday, seeking to regulate the lock and key ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) In South Carolina many professionals must have a license, but that is not the case for locksmiths. So there is no safeguard that ensures each locksmith has a clean background.

Panteleimon N. Spirakis, 55, of Myrtle Beach briefly appeared at a bond hearing in Conway on March 4. He remains jailed on child sexual abuse charges. JASON LEE jlee@thesunnews The arrest of a local ...

Pete Bourey of Eastway Lock and Key changes the locks on a North Myrtle Beach business. Bourey believes that there should be background checks and registrations for South Carolina locksmiths. "I think ...