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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A one-car crash just south of the state line near Longs claimed a Tabor City man’s life Tuesday evening.      Harrelson Long, 60, died in the 8 p.m. crash on Pond Road, Horry County Deputy Coroner Michelle McSpadden said Wednesday.      Long was alone in his 2000 Mercury, travelling south on the two-lane…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Voters were almost evenly divided 38 years ago on the question of opening an ABC Store in Tabor City, but ultimately approved the measure while voting against legal beer and wine sales in town.      Those would come a few years later.      Built with borrowed money in a prominent location on U.S.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      One of three people charged in a 2016 killing on a Tabor City street admitted his guilt in court on Friday.      William Jerome Dixon entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder in the Sept. 2, 2016 death of Albert Grainger on Bell Street in Tabor City, District Attorney Jon David announced.…

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…