Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN     Fire gutted most of a Lebanon Church Road cabinet shop Monday afternoon.     Firefighters and equipment from Tabor City and Nakina backed up the Williams Township Volunteer Fire Department, pumping thousands of gallons of water on the fire that consumed most of the southern end of the block and metal structure,…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Gunfire during the church hour in downtown Loris Sunday morning claimed the life of a local man, resulting in the arrest of another now charged with murder, Lt. Raul Denis of the Horry County Police Department said.     Alvin James Johnson, 35, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, and…

By DEUCE NIVEN     R. J. Corman Railroad Company has taken possession of the former Carolina Southern Railroad, a corporate news release from the Kentucky based railroad says.     Corman has been finalizing the $13.9 million purchase for weeks, and just last week a corporate official predicted the contract signing was no more than two…

By DEUCE NIVEN      Drug trafficking warrants were served Thursday on a Beaverdam Community woman Thursday, Lt. Steven Worthington of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said.     Kellie Brook Cribb, 38, of Garland Duncan Road, Chadbourn, was charged with trafficking in opium/heroin by possession, sale, delivery, and transportation, Worthington said in a news release.   …

By DEUCE NIVEN Tuesday post     Scoring first in the fourth found of the Dixie Girls Softball Angels X-Play World Series in Carthage was not enough for the North Carolina State Champions South Columbus Angels (ages 9-10).     Louisiana came back with four runs in the fourth inning, another in the top of the fifth…

By DEUCE NIVEN     North Carolina State Champions South Columbus Angels (ages 9-10) came from behind to claim a 7-3 victory in the opening round of the Dixie Girls Softball Angels X-Play World Series in Carthage Saturday.     Florida scored first, three runs in top of the second inning, but the South Columbus girls shook…

By DEUCE NIVEN     High winds, possibly accompanied by a tornado, toppled trees and power lines, ripped limbs loose, and demolished some small buildings including a horse stable in and near Chadbourn Wednesday.     Klondyke/Chadbourn Fire/Rescue Chief Randy Guyton said there were no reported injuries from the 5 p.m. storm, but scattered damage that stretched…

By JOYCE GRAHAM     Complaints involving public works and interim director Robert Turner dominated a well-attended meeting of Loris City Council Monday.     Both Pastor Maurice Jones and Kimberly Rudelitch complained about public works issues, one focused on costs, the other on a sinking manhole issue on Red Bluff Road.     Before the meeting ended…