Car breaks ABC Store wall
By DEUCE NIVEN Brick was displaced, and several bottles of liquor hit the floor after a car ran into a front wall at Tabor City’s ABC Store just before 11 a.m. Friday. “It sounded like a bomb went off,” store employee Esther Abel said of the impact. She was in the back of…
Read MoreKenneth Harold Horne: Loris
1942 – 2017 Kenneth Harold Horne of Loris, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 29, at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter. He was 74. Mr. Horne was born on April 4, 1942 in Conway, son of the late Benjamin Thomas Horne and the late Mozena Horne. Mr. Horne retired as a salesman with Schmidt…
Read MoreCandis Kathleen Soles Jernigan: Green Sea
1932 – 2017 Candis Kathleen Soles Jernigan of Green Sea, passed away on Monday, Jan. 30, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. She was 84. Mrs. Jernigan was born on Dec. 16, 1932 in Tabor City, daughter of the late Solon Soles and the late Lettise Clidy Duncan Soles. Mrs. Jernigan retired…
Read MoreE. David Bullock: Longs
1959 – 2017 E. David Bullock of Longs passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, at his home. He was 58. Mr. Bullock was born in Rowland, a son of Ina Rabon Bullock and the late Johnnie McNeil Bullock. Surviving, in addition to his mother of Longs, are his wife of 36 years,…
Read MoreHarrelson claims Loris council seat
By JOYCE GRAHAM Todd Harrelson claimed a clear victory in a special election for a vacant seat on Loris City Council Tuesday, besting Scotty Jacobs 164 to 66. Neither man has run for public office before, though Jacobs indicated he might run again. The seat Harrelson claimed will be up for grabs again…
Read MoreFast moving brush fire claims two trailers
By DEUCE NIVEN What started as a small debris fire got away from property owners on Peacock Road Tuesday afternoon, claiming two unoccupied mobile homes before fire crews from Tabor City and Williams Township halted the blaze, Columbus County Deputy Fire Marshal Josh Cartrette said. Fire crews were called to the area of…
Read MoreDawson Erik Roop: Clarendon
Dawson Erik Roop of Clarendon passed away on Nov. 25, 2016. He was 18. A memorial service will be held 2 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4 at his home at 376 Williams Road in Clarendon. They say there is a reason. They say that time will heal. But…
Read MoreBobby Dale Martin: Loris
1958 – 2017 Bobby Dale Martin of Loris passed away Thursday, Jan. 26 at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 58. Bobby was born Oct. 7, 1958 in Marion, a son of the late Ira Babson and Margaret Bell Martin. Mr. Martin worked as an appraiser for Horry County and the State of South Carolina for…
Read MoreMorning shooting on Miller Road
By DEUCE NIVEN Multiple gunshots rang out on Miller Road Saturday morning, leaving one man injured and flown to a regional trauma center. Several Columbus County Sheriff’s Office deputies and at least one detective were on the scene as an AirLink helicopter based at Columbus Regional in Whiteville lifted off about noon, taking…
Read MoreAnother 410 wreck injures man
By DEUCE NIVEN A second head-on auto crash in as many days on NC 410 north of Tabor City left a man seriously injured Friday afternoon. Heavy extrication tools were used by the Tabor City Fire Department to free the man in a Ford pick-up truck following the crash just before 2:30 p.m.…
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