Car crashes through fences, overturns into pond at Daddy Joe’s
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A woman was uninjured after her car overturned into the edge of a pond at Daddy Joe’s Campground on Richard Wright Road near Tabor City Wednesday morning, first responders said. Bonnie Hedwin of Tabor City was headed towards Tabor City on the two-lane highway when her car appeared to drift off…
Read MoreCongressman plans Loris address
By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com Congressman Tom Rice will be in Loris on Wednesday, June 9, with a 10 a.m. speech planned in the conference room at Loris City Hall. “This is a coffee with congressman event that we do often,” Rice press secretary Sadie Thorman said. “We offer this event for people to discuss their…
Read MoreColumbus OKs budget
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com With one dissenting vote Columbus County Commissioners Monday approved an $81.5 million budget for the year that begins July 1. Commissioner Buddy Byrd’s objects were more grounded in procedures than on the details of the proposal presented by County Manager Eddie Madden last month, complaining that there were no budget workshops…
Read MoreLinda Diane Benoche Watts: Tabor City
1957 – 2021 Linda Diane Benoche Watts of Tabor City died Tuesday, June 1, in her home. She was 63. Born Oct. 25, 1957 in Newport New, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late John “Billy” William and Esther Haywood Benoche and the widow of Roger Dale Watts. She is survived by her son,…
Read MoreHis time served, former TCI inmate charged for 2017 escape
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Freedom lasted less than two days after Tabor Correctional Institution inmate Ricky Robinson walked away from a work detail at Columbus Correctional Institution in 2017. His freedom upon release from state custody Sunday was more brief, the 63-year-old serving time as a habitual felon with a history of break-ins, thefts and…
Read MoreCamera catches crook again, cops say
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Just two days after Stacy Prince was charged in a break-in attempt police said was caught on a doorbell camera, the Tabor City man was in custody again facing more serious charges in a break-in that was also caught on camera, Maj. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said…
Read MoreBruce-Michael William Dutko: Conway
1955 – 2021 Bruce-Michael William Dutko of Conway passed away on Thursday, May 27, at his home. He was 65. Born Oct. 22, 1955 in Good Sam, New York, he was the son of the late John Dutko and the late Margaret Harold Dutko. Mr. Dutko worked in the parts department of Ruscon Truck Company,…
Read MoreRescue crew heard the crash outside of their building
Tabor City Emergency Service had a very rapid response to a Tuesday crash that took place in front of their Jones Street quarters and a Kia Soul on its side, a Ford Fusion rolling to a stop down the street. In fact, member Beverly Elliott called the crash in, bringing local police and firefighters to…
Read MoreRobert “Bobby” Wade Parks: Conway
1957 – 2021 Robert “Bobby” Wade Parks of Conway passed away on Sunday, May 30, at his home. He was 63. Born July 19, 1957 in Loris, he was the son of Barbara Jean Holt Brecht and the late Fields Jackson Parks, Sr. Mr. Parks was the co-owner of Parks Auto Brokers with his brother…
Read MoreWoodrow “Jack” Franklin Penny: Whiteville
1939 – 2021 Woodrow “Jack” Franklin Penny of the Williams Township Community, Whiteville, died Saturday, May 29, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Wilmington. He was 81. Jack was born Oct. 23, 1939 in Columbus County. He was the son of the late Barry Andrew Penny and Thelma Creech Penny Parker. He is survived…
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