Area News
Council OK’s purchase for future town hall
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Town Council members have approved a $585,000 purchase of the former Tabor City Family Medicine offices on Pireway Road with plans to make it a new Town Hall. Council approved the purchase Tuesday following a closed session, four months after approving a 180-day option on the property. Al Leonard, who was…
Read MoreMolding mess
A flatbed truck overturned on US 701 Bypass at Complex Street in Tabor City Monday morning, leaving a pallet full of molding, some damaged, on the pavement. No other vehicle was involved, and the driver suffered an apparent minor injury in the crash, shortly before 11 a.m., said Capt. Christopher Hilburn of the Tabor City…
Read MoreKiller Beaz comedy buzzing at The Ritz Friday
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Truett S. Beasley Jr. has never been to Tabor City, but the comic better known as Killer Beaz says he knows small towns, and he’s looking forward to his performance here Friday. His 8 p.m. performance will last about 90 minutes. Doors at The Ritz Center on Hickman Road open at…
Read MoreHis brain was hurt, but service is his passion
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Deborah Connor feared she has lost her son, critically injured in an auto crash nearly two decades ago. A new father just beginning his adult life, Jason Andrew Nealey was motionless in a hospital bed, machines keeping him alive, the prognosis was grim. “He had a severe brain injury,” Connor, 60,…
Read MoreStrickland named Camber’s Citizen of the Year, longevity and volunteer awards given
Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Developer and businessman Allen Strickland was awarded the Tabor Medal as the 2024 Citizen of the Year during the 78th annual banquet of the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. Recently retired town Public Works Director Donald James was given the chamber’s inaugural longevity award while former…
Read MoreWindy forecast prompts late start Tuesday for Columbus Schools
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A windy forecast has prompted a two-hour delay for students and staff in the Columbus County Schools for Tuesday, Feb. 13. “Buses may not travel when winds reach 35-40 MPH,” a school district news release said. “High wind gusts are expected in excess of this limit during the morning hours on…
Read MoreGunfire from a moving car hits person in another as motorists try to get out of the way
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Gunfire from a car speeding south on US 701 between Tabor City and Loris Wednesday afternoon hit at least one person as other vehicles scrambled to get out of the way, leaving “multiple vehicles pulled over with damage,” an Horry County Police Department report said. It was not clear from the…
Read MoreLeonard leaves town government quietly, Ward steps up
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com “Elvis has left the building.” Al Leonard wasn’t born when a Louisiana State Fair announcer uttered those words in 1954, but the self-described fan of “The King” Elvis Presley has left the building, too. Leonard, who became Tabor City’s second town manager in March 1987, retired quietly last Wednesday, not quite…
Read MoreMid-year commencement at Loris High
Crash closes busy highway
A pre-dawn crash involving a Toyota sedan and an 18-wheeler truck loaded with pork products on the way to the Port of Charleston injured the car driver and forced a lengthy closing of US 701 in northern Horry County, about a mile south of the Carolinas border. Crews from the Tabor City Fire Department and…
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