By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A “verbal altercation” escalated into a deadly fight Monday night resulting in a manslaughter arrest near Loris on Tuesday.      William Richard Kelly Schultz, 34, of Quartermaster Drive south of Loris was charged Tuesday afternoon, booked at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center without bond, jail records show.      Schultz is charged in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A hat apparently left behind during a home invasion burglary in the edge of Horry County may be a key in identifying those responsible, Chief Donald Dowless of the Tabor City Police Department said Monday.      An elderly woman, 93, was home alone about 4:30 a.m. Friday when her carport door was…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE      Greg Tyler, reported missing by concerned friends on Wednesday, has been located, Maj. Greg Sibbett of the Tabor City Police Department said Thursday.      “I spoke to Greg just a few minutes ago,” Sibbett said, expressing gratitude to local newspapers and social media in the effort to locate Tyler.      Look for…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Every suspect rounded up in a massive local, state and federal investigation into drug trafficking and related gun violence in Horry County have taken guilty pleas in U.S. District Court, U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced Thursday.      Suspects from Loris, Longs and mostly along the Grand Strand, 33 in all, were…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A gun reported stolen after Hurricane Matthew left a Longs area gun shop without electrical power and a functioning alarm nearly two years ago was recovered during a Loris Police Department traffic stop last week.      Malcolm Kashif Bellamy, 33, of Jackson Street, Chadbourn, was charged with possession of the stolen Glock…