By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Fire heavily damaged the home of Jerry and Shirley Cribb in the Sidney Community Friday afternoon.      Williams Township Firefighters arriving at the home on James B. White Hwy South just north of Peacock Road found smoke pouring from the eves of the old, single-story wooden structure.      Jerry Cribb said he and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Friday update      A former New Jersery resident living in Horry County for about 18 months has been identified as the man killed during a robbery attempt and carjacking in Longs Wednesday night.      Gerard “Jerry” Celentano died of a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the Food Lion on SC 9…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A locked door at the United Community Bank in Green Sea stopped an apparent armed robbery attempt in its tracks Wednesday, Capt. John Harrelson of the Horry County Police Department said.      Two men armed with long guns arrived at the bank branch at 5264 Hwy. 9, attempted to enter the bank,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Gunfire into three area homes early Wednesday left one woman with a bullet wound, others shaken, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office gathering evidence and looking for suspects, agency reports say.      Shootings into homes were reported at 13:39 a.m. on Godwin Trail, Chadbourn, just north of Clarendon; at 12:53 a.m. on Billy…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Ten people, including five children, escaped injury when gunfire struck a Clay Estates Drive home near Tabor City early Tuesday, a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office report said.      Deputies were called to the home about 4:40 a.m. after residents reported hearing gunfire that woke them from their sleep, sheriff’s spokeswoman Michelle Tatum…