By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Minutes after a Sanders Street man was confronted by an armed burglar in his mother’s home a nearby resident was in custody, her arrest a result of witness tips and a rapid police response, Maj. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said Thursday.      Shondia Russ, 26, of March Avenue…

Burning off a field at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Tabor City plumes of smoke across US 701 Thursday morning that slowed traffic for a time. An engine from the Tabor City Fire Department was on hand, its crew monitoring the “controlled burn.” – (Deuce Niven, TLT)

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Shared experiences were common themes for 2021 commencement exercises at Green Sea Floyds High School Tuesday evening and at Loris High Wednesday morning. GSF      “Perseverance” was the theme at Green Sea Floyds High, a theme echoed by Principal Dr. Andrea Pridgen, her daughter and Valedictorian Bailey Alexandrea Parsons, and Salutatorian Grant…

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Seniors at Loris High School are invited to take part in “Last Ride” festivities through downtown Tuesday evening, just ahead of their scheduled 9 a.m. commencement Wednesday at Heniford Field on campus.      “All family, friends and community are encouraged to come line the sidewalks of Main Street to cheer the class…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Warrants were served this week in the theft of a dirt bike last September and a handgun last month, Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene said in a news release.      Tyler Edward Sutton, 25, of Clarendon was taken into custody following a June 7 traffic stop on Horace Cox Road east of…