‘Suspicious suspect’ outside day care may have targeted bank
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Was a Brunswick County man planning to rob a Tabor City bank Wednesday morning? Tabor City police want to talk to a “suspicious suspect” who eluded them in the area of Anderson and Bell streets and Pireway Road not long after officers located a car they believe to have been his,…
Read MoreA different Hardee will join Loris council
By JOYCE GRAHAM tribjoyce@tabor-loris.com A Hardee will replace a Hardee on Loris City Council next year, with its makeup otherwise unchanged in the unofficial tally of Tuesday’s election. Council veteran Lewis Hardee finished fourth in the race for three council seats, behind political newcomer Terrence Hardee who will fill that seat. Mike Suggs, the other…
Read MoreSolomon Levi Porter: Tabor City
1937 – 2017 Solomon Levi Porter of Tabor City died Saturday, Dec. 2, in McLeod Loris hospital, Loris, surrounded by his family. He was 80. Born in Horry County, he was the son of the late Lance Chandus Porter Sr. and Anna Thelma Cartrette Porter. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy. In…
Read MoreJimmy Lee Owens: Loris
1944 – 2017 Jimmy Lee Owens of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at Vibra Hospital of Charleston following an illness. He was 73. Born Feb. 20, 1944 in Fitzgerald, Georgia, he was the son of the late Dewey Lee Owens and the late Mary Ann Hogan Owens. Mr. Owens worked as a Forman…
Read MoreEarl Dale Spivey, Sr.: Tabor City
1943 – 2017 Earl Dale Spivey, Sr. of Tabor City died Wednesday, November 29, 2017, in his home. He was 74. Born Aug. 16, 1943 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Arthur and Adell Williams Spivey. He is survived by his wife, Mary Judith Harrison Spivey of the home; one brother,…
Read MoreMary “Valma” Ray Hardwick: Tabor City
1931 – 2017 Mary “Valma” Ray Hardwick of Tabor City died Monday, Nov. 27 in her home. She was 86. Born June 16, 1931 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Zeno Ray and Luna Belle Wright Ray and the widow of Milford Mack Hardwick. She is survived by two sons, Donald…
Read MoreGuideway man charged with 2012 rape
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A 2012 rape case in the Guideway area has been cleared with the arrest of a Tabor City area man. Luis G. Maldonado, 22, of Leanna Lane, Tabor City, was charged with first-degree rape, arrested Monday and held at the Columbus County Detention Center under a $25,000 bond, jail records show.…
Read MoreMary Elizabeth Simpson: Elizabethtown
1925 – 2017 Mary Elizabeth Simpson of Elizabethtown died Monday, Nov. 27 in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. She was 92. Born July 14, 1925 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Lester Williams and Flettie Morse Williams and the widow of James Benny Simpson. She is survived by…
Read MoreThree hurt when car overturns on Miller Road
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Three people were injured, three walked away after a car overturned several times on Miller Road Wednesday morning. Ambulances from Tabor City Emergency Services and Nakina Fire/Rescue took a small child and two women to McLeod Loris hospital following the 10 a.m. wreck about a mile south of NC 904. Three…
Read MoreJoshua Chay Porter: Williams Township
2006 – 2017 Joshua Chay Porter, a Williams Township area resident and student at Williams Township School, passed away Monday, Nov. 20. He was 11. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents George Henry and Diane Edwards. Chay leaves to cherish his memory, his mother Crystal E. Mathews of the home, father Jody…
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