By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A “cyber disturbance” has taken down phone and Internet service for the Columbus County school system, isolating campuses across the county, a North Carolina Department of Public Instruction news release said.      School leaders discovered the problem Wednesday morning. A “potent virus has rendered the district’s network unusable at all school locations,”…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Cargo trailer with $30,000 worth of power tools and equipment was stolen from near Tabor City, and the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in locating it.      Deputies responding to a home in the 1200 block of Vinegar Hill Road Tabor city just before 8 a.m.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Loris man died in an officer involved shooting in Myrtle Beach early Saturday, the Horry County Coroner’s Office said.      Matthew Graham, 32, died following the 2 a.m. incident near 65th Avenue North and Timberline Street, Horry County Deputy Coroner Patty Bellamy said.      Neither of two Myrtle Beach Police Department officers…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Dr. Danny McPherson, whose career in education spanned more than four decades, was presented the Order of the Long Leaf Pine just minutes before continuing to teach, this time a Sunday School lesson, this weekend at Beaverdam Original Free Will Baptist Church in Chadbourn.      State Rep. Brenden Jones (R-Tabor City), made…

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      City Clerk/Treasurer Kenya Wright was removed from her post during a lengthy and largely private meeting of Loris City Council Thursday, her duties handed off to Interim City Administrator Dennis Drozdak      Wright was on the job at City Hall Friday morning, though neither her job title nor duties were clear.      Council…