Area News
Vescovi wins big in Loris council race
It wasn’t close. Jan Vescovi claimed more than twice the votes of two competitors combined in a special election for a Loris City Council seat Tuesday. Vesvovi will fill the seat left unclaimed by Jerry Hardee, the city fire chief who was the top vote getter in last December’s regular election, then…
Read MoreDramatic recreation of highway dangers
Story & Photo By DEUCE NIVEN Students at South Columbus High School took part in the VIP 4 VIP (Vehicle Injury Prevention for the Very Important Person) on Wednesday. Just in time for prom season, this dramatic recreation of an auto crash scene involving a teen, drinking and driving, involved area law enforcement,…
Read MoreMan charged in Main Street gunfight
By DEUCE NIVEN One of two men involved in an exchange of gunfire on Main Street in Loris earlier this month has been arrested, Chief Karen Shepherd of the Loris Police Department said. Darrick Craig Jones, 24, of Loris was arrested Wednesday, charged with attempted murder, armed robbery, possession of a weapon during…
Read MoreBody found, sheriff’s office won’t say if it is missing woman
By DEUCE NIVEN A criminal investigation has been launched in connection with the discovery of a body in the Tabor City area Saturday afternoon, but investigators are not identifying the body or discussing its connection, if any, to the missing persons case, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Michelle Tatum said. A search effort…
Read MoreBody identified as missing T.C. area woman
By DEUCE NIVEN Tuesday update A body located in a wooded area east of Tabor City on Saturday has been identified as Felicia Moore Porter, who lived near where she was found and was reported missing Friday, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. An autopsy completed in Raleigh Monday confirmed Porter’s identity.…
Read MoreBody identified as missing T.C. area woman
By DEUCE NIVEN Tuesday update A body located in a wooded area east of Tabor City on Saturday has been identified as Felicia Moore Porter, who lived near where she was found and was reported missing Friday, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. An autopsy completed in Raleigh Monday confirmed Porter’s identity.…
Read MoreGuilty verdict in interrupted R&R murder trial
By DEUCE NIVEN It took less than 90-minutes for a jury to convict Elias Collins in the 2011 robbery-murder of a Tabor City convenience store operator. Collins, 27, of Loris, South Carolina, was sentenced by Resident Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser to life in prison without parole on the first-degree murder conviction. …
Read MoreViolent night: Six shot in four area incidents
By DEUCE NIVEN & JOYCE GRAHAM Gunfire echoed through the Tabor-Loris Community and beyond Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, with six people shot, most with relatively minor injuries, and no loss of life reported. A man and woman in Whiteville were the first reported shot, walking on Phillip Street near Powell Boulevard just…
Read MoreGrace Tabernacle, School founder dies
By DEUCE NIVEN Rev. L. Owen Johnson, founder of Grace Tabernacle Church, Grace Christian School, and Grace Theological Seminary, died Friday, March 4. He was 78. A native of Greensboro and a former Major League Baseball player who was with the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, and Boston Red Sox during a 13-year career,…
Read MoreSex crime charges involve TC children, parents
By DEUCE NIVEN Parents of two young children living in Tabor City and two other men have been charged with sex crimes against the boy and girl, now age 5. All of the crimes listed in police reports and warrants are alleged to have taken place in the Myrtle Beach area between December…
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