Google search brings 10-year fugitive back to face murder charge
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A suspect in a decade-old Columbus County murder is in custody thanks to someone who “followed their gut” and used a Google search to unmask the fugitive, Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Friday. Fernando Carvajal Galarza, 59, was brought back to Columbus County from Glasgow, Kentucky Thursday, and booked into the Columbus…
Read MoreGuilty verdict in first Sunhouse murder trial
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A guilty verdict in the first of three potential trials in a series of 2015 Horry County armed robberies that resulted in two murders will leave a Nichols man in prison for the rest of his life. James Elbert Daniels, 30, was found guilty of murder and two armed robberies by…
Read MoreGunfire into Williams home
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Another area report of shooting into an occupied dwelling, this time on US 701 in the Williams Township area. William Blain Stutts, 44 and Tara Michelle Fowler, 37, were victims of the shooting which took place north of Williams Township School, a report by Deputy Patrick Herring said. Deputies responded about…
Read MoreTravis Lynn Cannon: Loris
Travis Lynn Cannon of Loris passed away on Saturday, Aug. 18. He was 37. Travis was born on Oct. 28, 1980 in Loris, son of Ellis “Rawhide” Brown and Wanda Grainger Brown. Survivors include his parents; a son, Noah Cannon; his sister Jennifer Brown; two brothers, Robert Brown and wife Tabitha and Ryan Brown and…
Read MoreSindy Diane Mishoe: Tabor City
1971 – 2018 Sindy Diane Mishoe of Tabor City died Monday, Aug. 27, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 47. Born Aug. 10, 1971 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of David Lee Faulk (Frances) of Loris, and the late Diane Merritt Faulk. In addition to her father and step-mother, she is survived by…
Read MoreSadie Lewis: Longs
Sadie Lewis of Longs passed on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at her residence. She was 69. Survivors include her husband Edward Lewis; one daughter, Alicia Lewis; three sons, James Lewis, Jamey Lewis, Timothy Lewis, all of Longs. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at Bristol Creek Missionary Baptist, Tabor City. Burial followed…
Read MoreBarry Henry Gore: Chadbourn
1965 – 2018 Barry Henry Gore of Chadbourn passed on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at his residence. He was 52. Survivors include one son, Terrance Todd, Mother, Ceola Green, Father, Clyde Gore, and two sisters, Bonnie Gore and Beverly Gore all of the Tabor City. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at…
Read MoreTC woman accused in counterfeit sales operation
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Felony charges of criminal use of counterfeit trademarks in an alleged on-line sales scheme have been leveled against a Tabor City woman, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Tuesday. Carroll Ann Barnes, 32, of Wright Road, Tabor City, was arrested Monday, a week after detectives seized goods worth an estimated $18,500…
Read MoreFour hurt in Williams area wreck
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A mother, two children, and a man in a second vehicle were injured in a crash near Williams Township School Monday morning, the first day of classes there. It was not clear if the children were Williams students, or even that old. None of the injuries appeared serious, though all were…
Read MoreDorathy Fowler Norris: Tabor City
1954 – 2018 Dorathy Fowler Norris of Tabor City died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville. She was 64. Born in Marion County, she was the daughter of the late Clayton William Fowler and Eatha Causey Fowler. She is survived by her husband, Michael Bland Norris of Tabor City; a…
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