Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      With work already underway by Tabor City leaders on railroad tourism, the town is “ready to explore the potential,” a detailed study completed late last week says.      There is a more than sufficient market for a tourism railroad in Tabor City, apparent access to the rail system owned by R.J. Corman…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Sheriff Lewis Hatcher will face a tough political opponent as he seeks re-election in the November general election, based on the results of Tuesday’s Democrat and Republican primaries.      Meanwhile incumbent Columbus County Commissioner and current chairman Amon McKenzie suffered defeat in the Democrat primary, falling to Jerome McMillian in a three-man…

One woman was taken to a hospital with injuries that did not appear life threatening following a noon crash on U.S. 701 at NC 410 in Tabor City Monday. Both the woman’s daughter, a passenger in this mini-van, and the driver of the car seen in the background, declined medical attention. One or two lawn…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      At least two Tabor Correctional Officers were injured in an incident involving at least eight inmates late Thursday at Tabor Correctional Institution, Capt. Greg Sibbett at the Tabor City Police Department said Friday.      None of the injuries were life threatening, though one of the Correctional Officers was treated for injuries at…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Following a barrage of gunfire striking an area home on Monday, a Tabor City man was taken into custody and jailed, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office records show.      Mitchel James Fowler Jr., 27, of Jessie Street, Tabor City, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and…

  UPDATE: A heating unit on the roof of the McDonald’s in Tabor City was the apparent source of a smoke odor that closed the business about 7 a.m. Monday, Tabor City Fire Chief Jerry Hodges said. “They opened up just a minute ago,” Hodges said shortly after 7:30 a.m. Initial post An odor of…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Murder on a Loris street earlier this week has led to a local man now sought for that killing.      Tyshawn Antwaun Brown, 25, of Loris is wanted for murder in Tuesday’s shooting death of Charles Edward Durant II, 20, slain while sitting in his small pick-up truck at the intersection of…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Could Tabor City be America’s next tourist train destination, tapping into millions of Grand Strand tourists via a hub on Conway’s scenic riverfront?      That’s the vision leaders in Tabor City have been exploring for two years, one that has captured the attention of others in Conway, earned federal funding for a…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE/April 19      A Clarkton man has been identified as the Columbus County Detention Center inmate who apparently killed himself in custody last week, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Monday.      Andrew James Ellis, 37, of Mercer Mill Road, Clarkton was arrested on April 16, three days before detention staff found him…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An unidentified body has been located near Fair Bluff, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Saturday.      The body was located in the 4000 block of Hinson Crossroads behind a tobacco barn on Friday, the sheriff said in a news release.      Identity and cause of death are pending autopsy,” the news release…