Area News

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Chicken bog and WLSC radio, words synonymous with Loris, each received recognition from the Horry County Historic Preservation Commission last week.      Commission and community leaders gathered at the Loris Library for dedication of an historic highway marker celebrating the importance of Chicken Bog on the community, and at the radio station…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      International news came home to the Tabor-Loris Community Saturday as US military jets shot down what the government identified as a spy balloon from China.      That balloon had apparently crossed the country, coast to coast, its presence made public earlier in the week as it floated over military installations in Montana,…

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Sallie Kapps was of service to others through much of her life, including 35 years as a gift shop volunteer first at Loris Community Hospital, later after the facility became McLeod Loris.      Family and friends gathered Monday to celebrate Kapps for her 104th birthday, though that milestone is actually still a…

There were no students on Bus 97, assigned to South Columbus High School, when it slid partially into a ditch on Walter Todd Road at Peacock Road early Monday, Principal Adam Thompson said. An unusually soft road shoulder caused by overnight rain contributed to the mishap, which resulted in no injury and the bus safely…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Chris Nelson says he wants to bring sax to country music, and he took a big step in that direction during Saturday’s Carolina Country Music Awards in North Myrtle Beach.      A Loris resident recently relocated from North Carolina, Nelson and his band were honored with the Country Music Video of the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Two people are in custody in the January 23 murder of a Tabor City area teen, including a juvenile, as the victim has been identified.      Jeremiah Nyree Long, 18, died of gunshot injuries after being taken by ambulance to McLeod Loris hospital, a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office news release said.      Long…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Two men sought by police in connection with the murder of Columbus County resident Corey Adam Soles were in custody Wednesday morning.      Ryan James Porter, 26, of Tabor City; and Joshua Thomas Brown, 21, of Myrtle Beach; were both booked at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center near Conway by the…

     A risk for rough weather this afternoon (Jan. 25) has prompted cancellation of all after-school activities in the Columbus County Schools.      That decision by CCS leadership was announced by spokesperson Kelly Jones.

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A senior at South Columbus High School was killed in a shooting incident in the Dothan area on Monday, with a homicide investigation ongoing Tuesday.      Investigators were withholding the name of the 18 year-old victim Tuesday afternoon, “trying to make contact with additional family members,” Columbus County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Michele…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A pre-dawn derailment of six gravel carrying cars on an RJ Corman Railroad line caused countless of cars on US 701 south of Loris to slow, some with phones taking photos or video, but otherwise the community disruption Saturday seemed minimal.      There were no injuries, no fuel or hazardous materials involved…