Area News
Student charged with gun-on-bus claim
By DEUCE NIVEN A student at Green Sea Floyds High School has been charged with disturbing schools, accused of saying he had a gun and was going to use it as he was being taken home from school, Lt. Raul Denis of the Horry County Police Department said Thursday. That bus was stopped…
Read MoreCounty considers animal control lawsuit, complaints
By DEUCE NIVEN Allegations of misconduct by Columbus County’s Animal Control Director were fielded by county commissioners in public and private Monday night, through citizen complaints and a recently filed lawsuit. Former Columbus County Sheriff’s candidate Calvin Tyrone Norton was among those complaining to commissioners about the conduct of Animal Control Director Rossie…
Read MoreTeacher charged with taking medication
By DEUCE NIVEN NOTE: Edited to show that charges do NOT include stealing medication held for students. A veteran elementary school teacher has been charged with stealing medication, arrested after the end of the school day Friday, Maj. Bobby Worley of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Jamie Norris Ford, 54,…
Read MoreMan, laying in roadway, killed by car
By DEUCE NIVEN An area man reportedly laying in the roadway at dawn Thursday died after being struck by a car, Columbus County Assistant Coroner William Hannah said. Tyrone Bellamy, 35, of Grice Road, Chadbourn, died on Clarendon Chadbourn Road near Mercer Road about 5:30 a.m., Hannah said. Glenda McDuffie, 35, of…
Read MoreMemorial wreath
Memorial Day observances near Loris Saturday, and in Tabor City Sunday were held to honor those lost in combat during U.S conflicts dating back to the Civil War. JROTC members from South Columbus High School placed the memorial wreath at Tabor City’s War Memorial on Sunday. See Wednesday’s Tabor-Loris Tribune in print and online for…
Read MoreStolen embalming fluid a deadly threat: TCPD
By DEUCE NIVEN Embalming fluid stolen from a local mortuary has a Tabor City Police Department detective worried about the potentially deadly consequences. Westside Funeral Home was the target of a Monday night break-in, with a dozen 16-ounce bottles of embalming fluid worth $140 reported stolen, Capt. Greg Sibbett said. “This is…
Read MoreBody of missing Brunswick County woman found near T.C.
By DEUCE NIVEN Deputies looking for a Brunswick County woman since April 30 recovered her body in a wooded area in southwestern Columbus County Wednesday, sheriffs from both counties announced Thursday. Alicia Marie Deans, 26, of Leland, was last seen by family in Brunswick County about 1:30 p.m. on April, reportedly to see…
Read MoreMudcats bus overturns near Chadbourn
By DEUCE NIVEN UPDATE: A driver was charged with exceeding a safe speed after the Abbot Trailways bus she was operating overturned into a ditch on a highway detour near Chadbourn early Tuesday, Trooper Melvin Campbell of the North Carolina Highway Patrol said. Seven people on the bus carrying the Carolina Mudcats baseball…
Read MoreDrug arrest involves southern Columbus
By DEUCE NIVEN Drug distribution charges were filed Monday against a Tabor City man accused of selling Oxycodone and marijuana in southern Columbus County, Lt. Steven Worthington of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said. Jessie Jach Searson, 38, of the 10000 block of Swamp Block Hwy East, was arrested Monday as Sheriff’s Vice/Narcotics…
Read MoreHandcuffed prisoner steals deputy’s car: Warrants
By DEUCE NIVEN Handcuffed in the back seat of a Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputy’s patrol car Sunday night, a Clarendon area man was able to get his hands to the front of his body, get to the front of the Dodge, and lead officers on a chase that ended minutes later on a rural…
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