Winter storm: Much ado about…
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com …It wasn’t nothing, but the impacts of sleet, ice and a bit of snow that fell in the Tabor-Loris Community, Columbus and Horry counties, were far less severe than the most dire warnings, with no widespread power outages, few if any isolated ones, and it appeared most motorists staying home…
Read MoreNWS: ‘Do not get lulled into a sense of complacency’
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Impacts from a winter ice storm moving into a broad region of the eastern Carolinas including the Tabor-Loris Community are arriving a bit later than expected just Thursday, but forecasts for significant issues remain strong. “Do not get lulled into a sense of complacency,” a NWS briefing just after 8:30 a.m.…
Read MoreWilliam Carl Suggs Sr.: Green Sea
1941 – 2022 William Carl “Short” Suggs of Green Sea, Sr. passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Conway Medical Center. He was 80. Born Nov. 22, 1941 in Loris, he was a son of the late William Kenneth and Oney (Suggs) Suggs. He is survived by his wife, Bridgett Buffkin of the home; sons…
Read MoreUPDATE: States of emergency
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE: 5 p.m. Thursday States of emergency have been declared by county governments in Columbus and Horry as a potentially severe winter ice storm inches its way through the Carolinas to the cost. A curfew will be in place in Columbus County from 8 p.m. until 6 p.m. for two nights,…
Read MoreNakina Middle goes virtual for the rest of week
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Students at Nakina Middle School will spend the rest of this week in virtual instruction, Wednesday through Friday, the Columbus County Schools announced Tuesday. Staffing issues that grew much worse Tuesday, with numerous staff members moving to quarantine following COVID-19 exposures or symptoms, forced the decision, spokesman Kelly Jones said. COVID-19…
Read MoreRosanne Claytor: Loris
1945 – 2021 Rosanne Claytor of Loris went to be with the Lord, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. She was 76. Rosanne was born Feb. 13, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of the late Matthew Gambuzza and the late Bernice Gambuzza. She is survived by Carl, her husband of 39 years; stepson Lee Claytor,…
Read MoreDarlene Adkins Gleason: Florence
1951 – 2022 Darlene Adkins Gleason of Florence passed away on Saturday, Jan. 15, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. She was 70. Born Jan. 19, 1951 in Jacksonville, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Wesley Adkins and the late Beulah Mae Russ Adkins. Ms. Gleason was a member of Socastee Baptist…
Read MorePacita T. Altman: Loris
1946 – 2022 Pacita T. “Pat” Altman of Loris passed away Friday, Jan. 14, at her residence. She was 75. Born Sept. 7, 1946 in Conway, she was the daughter of the late Davis Ethele Tyler and Ethel Tyler. She and her husband established the former Altman’s Seafood in Loris. Surviving are her husband of…
Read MoreEmeline Jones Rankin: Loris
1934 – 2022 Emeline Jones Rankin of the Allsbrook Community near Loris passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Shoreland Health Care and Retirement Center in Whiteville. She was 87. Born July 15, 1934 in the Buck Creek Community, she was the daughter of the late George Washington Jones, Sr., and the late Mildred Oxner…
Read MoreAlton Parker Ewing, Jr.: Loris
1945 – 2022 Alton Parker Ewing, Jr. passed away on Monday, Jan. 10, at his home in Loris. He was 76. Born Feb. 28, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, he was the son of the late Alton Parker Ewing, Sr. and the late Juliett Victoria Lynn Ewing. Mr. Ewing served his country with courage, honor, and…
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