By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      America’s semiquincentennial celebrations reaches its peak this weekends, with significant events this weekend. America 250 Fireworks      Fireworks will be the biggest in many years with more than $10,000 raised and spent for this Saturday’s pyrotechnics display at South Columbus High School, Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Chamber Executive Vice President…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Funeral services for Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Damien Draper Bost, who died in the line of duty in a vehicle crash on Thursday, June 25, have been set for Monday, June 29.      Services, with full honors, will begin at 1 p.m. in the auditorium at South Columbus High School. Burial…

Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN & JENN BOYD     Life will bring pressures, South Columbus High School Principal Kelly Beck told the Class of 2026 during their June 6 commencement.      Commencement exercises at Loris, Green Sea and South Columbus high schools were all held last week. Some of those details, and photos, are below.…

By DEUCE NIVEN & JENN BOYD      It’s commencement week for three area high schools, with 474 scheduled to receive diplomas in one ceremony already complete, others tonight (June 3) and Saturday morning.      Graduation in the Green Sea Floyds High School gym on Tuesday including 101 students scheduled to receive their diplomas after posing for their…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      There were no apparent injuries as an EMS crew checked passengers on a Williams Township School bus rear-ended by a pick-up truck just south of the campus Monday afternoon.      School officials said the bus was loaded. It was apparently stopped at its first drop-off point, just south of the campus, when…