Area News
Windy 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…
Read MoreA celebration of MLK’s life and legacy
Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A celebration of the life and legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the national holiday in his honor Monday in Tabor City was equal parts tribute and revival with keynote speaker Elder Raheem Robinson delivering a fiery sermon worthy of most Sunday pulpits. About…
Read MoreWeather worries prompt cancelation of most CCS after school activities
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com After-school activities for the Columbus County Schools “will cease today at 6 p.m. due to the incoming weather,” a CCS social media post Friday morning said. “All games tonight have been postponed.” There has been no similar announcement from the Horry County Schools as of late morning, Jan. 12. Forecasts for…
Read MoreStorm largely spares the TLC, schools are delayed Wednesday
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Impacts from Tuesday’s winter storm in the Tabor-Loris Community appeared minor at daybreak Wednesday, the wind and rain maker largely out to sea before midnight, though schools on both sides of the state line were set to open late. Both the Columbus and Horry County school districts were set to open…
Read MoreUPDATE: Horry schools set 2-hour delay for Wednesday, power companies say they are ready
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Update With the most significant impacts of today’s winter storm expected between 5 and 8 p.m., the Horry County Schools have set a 2-hour delay for classes on Wednesday, Jan. 10, an HCS news release said. Forecasters expect the storm to move off the coast by 10 p.m. “Once the storm…
Read MoreWeather worries push CC, Horry schools to remote learning Tues.
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE Horry County Council has declared a state of emergency in advance of the expected Jan. 9 storm. Horry County government t offices, parks and recreation facilities and activities, and libraries will be closed, the county announced. Normal operations are expected to resume on Wednesday, Jan. 10. UPDATE Horry County Solid…
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