Green, liquor pass in official total, numbers still in dispute
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Friday 7:30 p.m. update Jody Greene has won the race for Columbus County Sheriff, mixed beverage alcohol sales in restaurants and other businesses in Tabor City have passed, the Columbus County Board of Elections ruled during the formal canvas of the votes Friday evening. Greene the Republican challenger for Sheriff, claimed…
Read MoreProvisional ballot counting Thursday morning, not evening; decisions on sheriff, alcohol still unclear
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Provisional ballots that could determine the outcome of the race for Columbus County sheriff and a decision on the legal sale of mixed drinks in Tabor City will be counted during a meeting of the Columbus County Board of Elections that begins at 11 a.m. Thursday. That meeting had been scheduled…
Read MoreJeanette Watts Mills: Tabor City
1934 – 2018 Jeanette Watts Mills of Tabor City died Wednesday, Nov. 14, in her home. She was 84. Born Oct. 5, 1934 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Watts and Dorothy Phipps Watts and the widow of Waylon Harrelson Mills. She is survived by one son, Gregory Harrel Mills…
Read MoreClyde H. Richardson, Jr.: Loris
1925 – 2018 Clyde H. Richardson, Jr., of Loris passed away Monday, Nov. 12. He was 93. Mr. Richardson was born in Horry County, a son of the late Clyde Henry Richardson, Sr., and the late Nancy Glenn Chestnut Richardson. He was predeceased by two brothers and four sisters. Mr. Richardson was a veteran of…
Read MoreSally Grainger Lancaster: Tabor City
1930 – 2018 Sally Grainger Lancaster of 406 Fair Bluff Road, Tabor City, passed away Monday, Nov. 12, in her home. She was the daughter of Franklin Walter Grainger and Flossie Alford Grainger. Sally was born May 16, 1930 in Loris. After graduating from Green Sea High School in 1947, she attended McLeod’s School of…
Read MoreCCI inmate stabbed, killed
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com An inmate has been stabbed and killed at Columbus Correctional Institution (CCI) near the town of Brunswick, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety has confirmed. Gregory Adams, Jr., 35, serving time for attempted murder in New Hanover County, was stabbed “in the neck area” just before 8 a.m. Friday, a…
Read MoreRalph Meares: Burlington
1933 – 2018 Ralph Meares of Burlington, and formerly of Tabor City, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, at his residence. Mr. Meares was born in Columbus County on June 20, 1933 and was the son of the late Rowland Jason and Ethel Sealey Meares. He was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Nora Luann…
Read MoreDeath penalty sought for at least one charged in trooper’s murder
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Prosecutors will seek the death penalty in at least one of two men charged in the Oct. 17 murder of Master Trooper Kevin Conner of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, District Attorney Jon David announced Wednesday. Chauncey Demez Lamar Askew, 18, of East Third Avenue in Chadbourn was indicted by a…
Read MoreNot so fast. Provisional ballots leave liquor vote, race for sheriff unsettled
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE: Wednesday It’s too soon to for a victory toast in the highly competitive race for Columbus County Sheriff, or a very close vote on allowing the sale of mixed alcoholic beverages in Tabor City. Provisional ballots that won’t be considered or counted for more than a week could sway the…
Read MoreEdna Joyce Tharrington Warren: Loris
1951 – 2018 Edna Joyce Tharrington Warren of Loris passed away on Monday, Nov. 5, at Regency Select Hospital in Florence following an illness. She was 66. Mrs. Warren was born Nov. 18, 1951 in Snow Hill, to the late, Howard Tharrington and the late, Doris Thomas Tharrington. Mrs. Warren was a correctional officer at…
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