Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A school year that was anything but normal ended almost normally Saturday for the South Columbus High School Class of 2021 with an indoor commencement not seen on campus since 2019.      Class President Madison Grigsby eluded to the pandemic impacted junior and senior years she and her classmates…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An arrest has been made in an apparent drive-by shooting that left a Loris man dead on May 19, the Loris Police Department reports.      Shaquan Cox, 20, of Loris died of gunshot wounds following the incident near Watson Park.      Stephon Antwan Johnson, 26, of Loris was apprehended through the efforts of…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A guilty verdice was returned Friday for a Tabor City area man who shot into a neighbor’s occupied more than two years ago, District Attorney Jon David announced.      Edward Deron Riggins, 31, who lived on Tillman Avenue, Tabor City when the shooting took place on Aug. 16, 2018, was sentenced to…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Nichols man who fled a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office checkpoint Tuesday didn’t get far, and was jailed under bonds of more than $1 million with his vehicle seized after it struck a patrol vehicle.      Trabias Quinnzel Walters, 32, of Hwy 9, Nichols, was arrested following the pursuit that began on…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com     Note: This story has changed to reflect a burning ban ordered for much of eastern North Carolina, including Columbus County, by the NC Forest Service.      Very dry conditions have prompted Horry County Fire Rescue to extend a burning ban for all unincorporated areas there, with a similar ban in place…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Another StarMed sponsored COVID-19 vaccination clinic will take place in Whiteville Saturday, this one offering an opportunity for those as young as age 12.      Scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Whiteville City Hall, the clinic will offer both the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Only the Pfizer vaccine…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “Open-air drug markets” in the Tabor City area have been targeted for attention by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, now partnering with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s office, Sherriff Jody Greene announced Thursday.      Sheriff Greene, in a news release, said he and Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram “ are joining forces to…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Gunshots that killed a Loris man near Watson Park Wednesday evening was heard by an officer just moments after conducting a  security check of the area, Loris Police Chief Gary Buley said Thursday.      In the moments it took for the officer to return, the driver of a car struck by multiple…