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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      There are no Fowler’s left at the helm of the burger and hot dog businesses the late C.M. Fowler established in Loris and Tabor City.      His daughter, Rhonda Tyner, said the offer form Kyle and Lindsey Bell for the Broad Street business in Loris came at the right time. Rhonda has…

By JENN BOYD tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      A political newcomer and Loris City Council veteran are headed for an April 9 runoff to fill a vacancy on the panel following Tuesday’s special election.      Kelli Gerald claimed 145 votes in her first bid for public office, ahead of former council member Jan Vescovi with 128 votes, unofficial totals from…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…