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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A drug trafficking investigation dating back to at least October landed a Loris man in jail Wednesday morning, charged with two counts of trafficking in meth or cocaine base.      More than $46,000 was seized as part of the investigation, Horry County Police Department spokeswoman Krystal Dotson said in a news release.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Thursday 9:30 p.m. update      A suspect description related to Thursday’s robbery attempt at Southeastern Community College is among new details of the incident released by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Thursday night.      A black male wearing a black hoodie who appeared to be in his mid-20s and had short black dreads…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Bringing Back Main (BBM), a new downtown revitalization effort spearheaded by Tabor City merchants and citizens, is looking for a great day on Good Friday as it hosts its first “Market on Live Oak” event.      “This is not going to be a flea market,” BBM Chair Pam Byrd said of the…

A walk-through metal detector saw its first use at the Tabor City District Court Building Friday, about three weeks after Tabor City Council approved the $4,000 purchase. Columbus County Sheriff’s deputies are responsible for operating the machine. “I am very grateful to the town for providing this extra security as well as all the other…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Thursday update Horry County Schools will operate on its regular schedule today. Columbus County District Court will begin at 11 a.m., Superior Court will operate on its regular schedule. Wednesday     While ice and snowfall accumulation probabilities continue to appear light in the Tabor-Loris Community and surrounding areas tonight, frigid temperatures…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Winter weather in the form of snow or worse is expected to have a big impact on a large swath of the Carolinas Wednesday, but will apparently bring just rain to the Tabor-Loris Community, an afternoon advisory from the National Weather Service says.      Impacts “far inland” will include a wintery mix…

Tuesday      Safe and sound, a man reported missing from the Tabor City Monday night was located more than 120 miles away Tuesday morning.      Police in Pageland found Donald Wilbur Dean, 84, Tuesday morning, a spokesman said, his family picking him up and returning him to his Lester Watts Road home east of Tabor City.      A…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Tuesday A Clarendon man facing a murder charge in Horry County surrendered at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday. Quotase Jenrette, 20, will be charged with murder in the Jan. 6 shooting of Kendall Jamar Ray. Friday     Police are on the hunt for a Clarendon man who will be charged…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A “forensic development” in a seven-year-old Green Sea area murder has resulted a murder warrant for a Chadbourn man.      Andre Wiley Davis, 44, of Graham Street in Chadbourn was arrested by  the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force and jailed at the Columbus County Detention Center nearly a month ago, on Dec. 14,…

     Federal Assistance to Firefighter grants totaling more than $1 million have provided for two new 3,000 gallon tanker trucks for the Tabor City Fire Department and a pumper for the Loris Fire Department, with the new Rosenbauer trucks arriving early in this new year.      Replacing two substandard tankers, the new Tabor City trucks have been…