Juanita Sessions Collins Stevens: Myrtle Beach
1929 – 2016 Juanita Sessions Collins Stevens of Myrtle Beach passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at Myrtle Beach Estates of natural causes. She was 87. She was born on Wednesday, July 3, 1929 in Conway, to Jesse and Alma Sessions. Mrs. Stevens and her late husband, Captain James Stevens, resided in…
Read MoreJerry Wayne Boyd: Green Sea
1941 – 2016 Jerry Wayne Boyd of Green Sea passed away peacefully Sunday, Aug. 28 at his home in Green Sea following an illness. He was 74. Born Sept. 3, 1941 in Loris, he was the son of the late Benjamin Festus “B. F.” Boyd, Jr. and the late Delta Spivey…
Read MoreTabor teen killed in crash, weather may have contributed
By DEUCE NIVEN Weather played a role in a single-car crash that claimed a local teen Friday morning, Sgt. Daniel Hilburn of the North Carolina Highway Patrol said. Adrianna Sue Fowler, 18, of Shug Norris Road, died after being thrown from a small car on Sidney Cherry Grove Road, near Gapway Church Road,…
Read MoreClarendon cabinet shop burns
By DEUCE NIVEN Fire gutted Gerald’s Cabinetworks Friday morning, a fast-moving blaze inside the custom kitchen cabinet shop behind Ronald Gerald’s home. Firefighters from Williams Township, Tabor City and Roseland firefighters attacked the blaze at 418 Sidney Cherry Grove Road, just off of U.S. 701 north of Tabor City, from outside, the interior…
Read MoreMurder investigation, body on Bell Street
By DEUCE NIVEN A murder investigation is underway after a man was found dead in the middle of Bell Street early Friday, Tabor City Police Chief Donald Dowless said. Albert Phillip Grainger, 41, died just a few houses west of his Bell Street home around 2 a.m., Dowless said. Grainger’s cause of death…
Read MoreColumbus, Horry schools closing early for Hermine
Public schools in Columbus and Horry counties will be closing early Friday as Hurricane Hermine, or her remnants, approach. Columbus County Schools will close at noon, Horry County Schools will dismiss three hours earlier than scheduled, statements from both districts said. Hermine is expected to bring heavy rain, potentially thunderstorms, and gusty…
Read MorePatricia Diane Stevens Spivey: Whiteville
1946 – 2016 Patricia Diane Stevens Spivey of Whiteville died Wednesday, Aug. 31 in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. She was 70. Born July 12, 1946 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Ruther Stevens and Esther Duncan Stevens. She is survived by her husband, Willard Spivey of Whiteville; three…
Read MoreWeather threat moves Border Battle 25 up
By DEUCE NIVEN With up to five inches of rain projected for the Tabor-Loris Community as what is now called Tropical Depression #9 skirts the Grand Strand Friday, the 25th annual Border Battle varsity football game between Loris and South Columbus high schools has been moved to Thursday, school officials said Wednesday. South…
Read MoreUPDATE: Traffic stop led to McKamey arrest for Greer murder
By DEUCE NIVEN FRIDAY MORNING A traffic stop Thursday morning led to the arrest of James Edward McKamey for murder, and the recovery of victim Carol Smith Greer’s stolen 2012 Subaru Outback, a Whiteville Police Department spokesman said Friday morning. McKamey was driving the Subaru when the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office stopped…
Read MoreUPDATE: Traffic stop led to McKamey arrest for Greer murder
By DEUCE NIVEN FRIDAY MORNING A traffic stop Thursday morning led to the arrest of James Edward McKamey for murder, and the recovery of victim Carol Smith Greer’s stolen 2012 Subaru Outback, a Whiteville Police Department spokesman said Friday morning. McKamey was driving the Subaru when the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office stopped…
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