Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN     A Loris man faces potential prison time from five years to life after pleading guilty to weapon and drug charges in federal court.     Norad Arance McCullough, 24, entered the guilty plea to charges of possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug…

By JOYCE GRAHAM     A follow-up meeting to a recent gathering of community leaders addressing issues of gangs and drugs is planned for Thursday, Feb. 23, in Loris.     Scheduled for 6 p.m., the meeting will take place in the Public Safety Building in Loris.     A guest speaker is expected to discuss gang awareness…

    Two Whiteville area teens are missing, and the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the public in locating them.     A news release on the case was issued after 6 p.m. Tuesday. It says:     On Monday, February 13, 2017, at around 3:15pm, William Indiana Jones and James Dean Jones were…

Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN     “Fire was coming from everywhere” inside a West 5th Street building in the heart of Tabor City’s downtown business district as the first fire crews arrived about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Fire Chief Jerry Hodges said.     By the time the fire was contained, about 90-minutes later, firefighters from…

…at least before a two-car crash on Ten Mile Road, just off of U.S. 701 in Tabor City Monday morning, fishermen on both sides of the roadway said. Two men with what appeared to be minor injuries were taken by Tabor City Emergency Services ambulance to McLeod Loris hospital. (Deuce Niven, TLT)

By DEUCE NIVEN     Brick was displaced, and several bottles of liquor hit the floor after a car ran into a front wall at Tabor City’s ABC Store just before 11 a.m. Friday.     “It sounded like a bomb went off,” store employee Esther Abel said of the impact. She was in the back of…

By JOYCE GRAHAM     Todd Harrelson claimed a clear victory in a special election for a vacant seat on Loris City Council Tuesday, besting Scotty Jacobs 164 to 66.     Neither man has run for public office before, though Jacobs indicated he might run again. The seat Harrelson claimed will be up for grabs again…

By DEUCE NIVEN     What started as a small debris fire got away from property owners on Peacock Road Tuesday afternoon, claiming two unoccupied mobile homes before fire crews from Tabor City and Williams Township halted the blaze, Columbus County Deputy Fire Marshal Josh Cartrette said.     Fire crews were called to the area of…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Multiple gunshots rang out on Miller Road Saturday morning, leaving one man injured and flown to a regional trauma center.     Several Columbus County Sheriff’s Office deputies and at least one detective were on the scene as an AirLink helicopter based at Columbus Regional in Whiteville lifted off about noon, taking…