Long overdue Loris audit to be unveiled Wednesday
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Years in the making and often delayed, an audit covers City of Loris finances from 2015 is set to be presented to City Council Wednesday night. An auditor from Mauldin and Jenkins is scheduled to present the formal audit during the meeting set for 6 p.m. Wednesday in the American Legion…
Read MoreLegrant Elwood Norris: Tabor City
1938 – 2019 Legrant Elwood Norris of Tabor City died Monday, May 20, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. He was 81. Born April 7, 1938 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Bradie Malcolm Norris and Burtie Lee Long Norris. Mr. Norris was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and…
Read MoreUPDATE: Scott in custody in theft of ex-lawmaker’s car
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE: Scott is in custody Courtney Cole Scott was arrested in Horry County late Monday afternoon, Maj. Greg Sibbett of Tabor City Police Department said. Scott was located at the Loris Motel, in the parking lot and apparently preparing to leave when Sibbett and Horry County Police Department officers arrived, Sibbett…
Read MoreUPDATE: Gas line shut down, NC 130 to open soon, evacuation order lifted
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE: Piedmont Natural Gas workers have shut down the gas line ruptured in Brunswick, and cancelled the evacuation order. NC 130 remains closed, but was expected to re-open soon as NC DOT barricades are put in place around the damaged section of natural gas line. Workers using a trencher reportedly struck…
Read MoreVideo gaming arrest follows unheeded warning, sheriff says
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com An unheeding warning involving illegal video gaming machines has resulted in the arrest of a Green Sea man at his Sidney area business, a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office news release said. William Murray Brown, 60, of Fair Bluff Road, Green Sea, was arrested at his business in the 12000 block of…
Read MoreBonnie Faye Roberts Floyd: Loris
1935 – 2019 Bonnie Faye Roberts Floyd of Loris passed away on Monday, May 13, at her home. She was 83. Mrs. Floyd was born on Dec. 28, 1935 in Tabor City to the late Henry Hampton Roberts, Sr. and the late, Grace Phillips Roberts. Mrs. Floyd was a longtime member of Lake Swamp Baptist…
Read MoreSocial media ad leads to teen’s narcotics arrest
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Social media posts “advertising the sale of prescription medication” got the attention of Vice-Narcotics Unit detectives at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office and resulted in the arrest of a Whiteville student. Hunter Todd Campbell, 17, was arrested after an investigator purchased both real and counterfeit drugs and detectives executed a search…
Read MoreRosanell Robinson: Tabor City
1932 – 2019 Rosanell Robinson of Tabor City passed on Thursday, May 9, in McLeod Loris hospital, Loris. She was 87. Surviving to cherish her memories are two daughters, Joyce Glenn and Catherine Robinson and one son, Gregory Robinson, all of Tabor City. Viewing was planned from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 13, in the…
Read MoreA year later, parents ask son’s accused killer to surrender
By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com Their son’s accused killer still on the run a year after Charles Edward Durant II was shot dead on a Loris street, Charles and Wiletria Durant on Friday issued a plea to surrender. Their plea came during a press availability held in Conway, the Durants asking that the presumed shooter, Tyshawn…
Read MoreVirginia Belle Fowler: Loris
1925 – 2019 Virginia Belle Fowler of Loris passed away on Tuesday, May 7, at McLeod Loris hospital. She was 94. Mrs. Fowler was born on April 17, 1925 in Tabor City, to the late Rossie Fowler and the late Gertrude Harrelson Fowler. Mrs. Fowler worked as seamstress with Loris Manufacturing until her retirement and…
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