By DEUCE NIVEN      Dean Wayne Foley, a former Tabor City Police Department officer and law enforcement veteran most recently living near Whiteville, died Tuesday. He was 50.      Born in Warren, Ohio, Foley Grew up in the Loris area, attended Loris High School, and attended divinity school at Baptist College in Charleston.      He served the Tabor…

By DEUCE NIVEN      Gunfire and threats of violence prompted a standoff with Horry County Police in the Loris area that lasted seven hours, with a local man jailed and facing multiple charges early Monday.      Linford Onen McCormick, 59, was taken into custody with no one injured following the standoff at his home on Hwy 348…

By DEUCE NIVEN      Incumbent Tabor City councilmen Lamont Grate and Sam Rogers may be humming the 1972 Edgar Winter’s classic “Free Ride” this week, getting past Friday’s filing deadline unopposed for this November’s general election.      Others in the county should enjoy the same refrain, including mayors Terry Mann of Whiteville, Billy Hammond of Fair Bluff,…

By DEUCE NIVEN      A Green Sea man shot in the head inside the Green Acres subdivision east of Tabor City Monday evening was clinging to life late Tuesday.      Carl Snyder, 54, of Alpine Drive, just across the state line from Tabor City, was conscious and talking with first responders summoned to Green Acres Road before…

By DEUCE NIVEN      An early Sunday fight at a party on Good Luck Road near Aynor led to gunfire that killed a Loris teen, a video recorded altercation that has prompted the arrest of a local man expected to face charges in the case, the Horry County Police Department reports.      Spencer Nolan Prince, 16, died…