Sex offender who runs a Loris business charged with soliciting a minor
By DEUCE NIVEN, & JENN CAUSEY A Main Street merchant who is a convicted sex offender was charged by Loris Police Wednesday with criminal solicitation of a minor. Leslie Bryan Smith, who lives at the rear Smitty’s Things, was taken into custody on the sidewalk in front of the business, arrested at 4:42 p.m. as…
Read MoreColumbus goes COVID orange, but ‘vigilance’ urged; Horry’s new case/death counts diverge for now
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Measures of COVID-19’s impact on North Carolina are trending badly, but are slightly improved for Columbus County as daily case and death numbers for Horry County seem headed in opposite directions. This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus moves out of the COVID red zone Horry new…
Read MoreCOVID prompts closing of TC child care facilities
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com “I don’t know where it came from,” Bri’s Caring Heart Child Care owner Melody Spivey said of the coronavirus infection that prompted her to close three Tabor City facilities into the new year. Spivey said her decision to shut down was not required by the Columbus County Health Department, but was…
Read MoreJoseph Quentin Norris: Tabor City
1977 – 2020 Joseph Quentin Norris of Tabor City died Monday, Dec. 21, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. He was 43. Born Dec. 3, 1977 in Cleburne, Texas, he was the son of Patricia King Norris of Tabor City and the late Roy Norris. In addition to his mother, he is survived by one so,:…
Read MoreSharon Mills Gott: Clarendon
1952 – 2020 Sharon Mills Gott of Clarendon died Sunday, Dec. 20, in New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. She was 68. Born Jan. 9, 1952 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lacy Mills and Evelyn Juanita Todd Mills Johnson. She is survived by her husband, John Anthony Gott of the…
Read MoreDonald W. Bellamy: Longs
1935 – 2020 Donald W. Bellamy, Sergeant of the SCDNR (Ret.) passed away peacefully at his home in Longs on Monday, Dec. 21. He was 85. Mr. Bellamy was born June 4, 1935 in Longs to the late I.T. Bellamy and the late Olive Vaught Bellamy. He was a devoted Christian and member of Mt.…
Read MoreThird suspect in TC area murder attempt jailed
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A third suspect, the second adult, has been charged in a Dec. 9 shooting in Tabor City that left Whiteville resident Tabitha Reaves, 21, critically injured, a news release from Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene Monday afternoon said. Stephon Lee Miller, 23, was arrested at his home on Hinson Park Drive,…
Read MoreHorry Schools go virtual after the holidays; COVID deaths top 80 in Columbus, two a day trend hits 5th day in Horry
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Coronavirus trends that followed Thanksgiving have prompted the Horry County Schools to plan for all distance-learning during the first two weeks of the new year. Meanwhile, COVID-19 deaths continue to climb in the region, the Columbus County Health Department reporting two more on Monday, as a trend of…
Read MoreSha-Ron Hemingway: Loris
1967 – 2020 Prophet Sha-Ron Hemingway of Loris passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, at McLeod Seacoast hospital. He was 52. Sha-Ron was born in Loris, the son of Bobby and Gladys Hemingway. He was predeceased by a sister, Barbara Lyn Hemingway. In addition to his parents of Loris, survivors include his wife, Veronica Ann Little…
Read MoreUPDATE: Second adult suspect in TC area shooting is in custody, details to follow
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE 3 p.m. Dec. 21 A third arrest has been made in a Dec. 9 Tabor City area shooting that critically injured one woman, leaving a man hit by a stray bullet with a less serious injury, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Michelle Tatum said. That arrest, of an adult suspect,…
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