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By DEUCE NIVEN     A Tabor City man who ran at the sight of a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office sergeant is facing numerous drug charges, department spokeswoman Michelle Tatum said Thursday.     Jacques Ali Vereen, 21, of 1309 Clyde Norris Road, was charged with two counts of trafficking in opium or heroin, single counts of…

    What appeared to be a relatively minor rear-ender crash on NC 410 approaching U.S. 701 in Tabor City turned fiery with the engine of the rear car erupting in flames about 1 p.m. Friday.     Occupants of both cars were out, and said they were OK as Tabor City Police Department and Fire Department…

    Dixie Girls Softball Region IX tournament action returns to Tabor City this week, local league president Melissa Sykes.     Action begins Thursday, June 16, with 22 teams in five divisions in action at the Tabor City Sports Complex.     Dixie Girls age brackets are Sweetees (age 5-6), Darlings (7-8), Angels (9-10), Ponytails (11-12), and…

By DEUCE NIVEN     A wanted man considered armed and dangerous barricaded himself inside a Justin Lane home on Thursday, prompting a standoff with law officers that eventually ended with his arrest on numerous felony charges, the Horry County Police Department disclosed Monday.     Vincent Gerald Bellamy, 28, was wanted on charges stemming from a…

By DEUCE NIVEN     A Columbus County woman died after being thrown from her small convertible car as it tumbled through a ditch east of Tabor City Saturday afternoon, Columbus County Coroner Linwood Cartrette said.     Sierra Patricia Neese, 20, of Blackwell Road in Cerro Gordo, died in the single-car crash on Reynolds Road, near…

Story & Photo By DEUCE NIVEN     John Ward of Nakina Fire/Rescue took a dip into Mollie Swamp from the side of an abandoned boat spotted there Friday afternoon.     Williams Township Fire Department members, deputies from the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, and a Deputy Columbus County Fire Marshal were on hand to determine if…

Story & Photo By DEUCE NIVEN      UPDATE: Randall Devon Smith, 30, of Green Sea Road, Green Sea, died in the auto crash near Roseland Tuesday morning, Columbus County Assistant Coroner William Hannah said.     See the full story in Wednesday’s Tabor-Loris Tribune in print and online.     One man died in a two-vehicle crash…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Memorial Day should prove to be a day of rest for two volunteers spending the bulk of the weekend taking ten rescued dogs to new homes in North Dakota.     Candice Gary, employed at Columbus Correctional Institution in Brunswick, and co-worker Raffaela Breininger loaded the animals into a rented van at…