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By DEUCE NIVEN     UPDATE: A burglary and assault suspect mistakenly released from jail following a clerical jail surrendered himself at the Columbus County Detention Center early Wednesday.     Jasper Floyd IV, 20, of West Nance Street in Whiteville, was released from the Columbus County Detention Center Monday after several unrelated charges were dismissed in…

    Assistant Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler (left) and firefighter Chris Fowler were among those directing traffic at U.S. 701 Bypass and East 5th Street early Monday as a transformer malfunction plunged portions of Tabor City into the dark for about three hours.     Power was restored about 6:30 a.m. after Duke Energy crews…

By DEUCE NIVEN     UPDATE: A woman living with the Cerro Gordo man found dead in his home last week was charged with his murder Monday, Capt. David Nobles of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said.     Debra Soles Strickland, 58, a former Tabor City area resident who had been living in the Haynes Lennon…

By DEUCE NIVEN     UPDATE: A woman living with the Cerro Gordo man found dead in his home last week was charged with his murder Monday, Capt. David Nobles of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said.     Debra Soles Strickland, 58, a former Tabor City area resident who had been living in the Haynes Lennon…

By DEUCE NIVEN     UPDATE: A woman living with the Cerro Gordo man found dead in his home last week was charged with his murder Monday, Capt. David Nobles of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said.     Debra Soles Strickland, 58, a former Tabor City area resident who had been living in the Haynes Lennon…

    Sure, some other parts of the country would bask in the temperature recorded on a downtown Tabor City bank sign about 6 a.m. today, it’s a bitter wind blowing in the Tabor-Loris Community.     Columbus County Schools are opening for students at 10 a.m. today as a result. Horry County Schools are on a…

By DEUCE NIVEN     An arrest has been made in one of two Red Bluff store hold-ups last week, but not in the case where a store clerk was shot dead.     Joseph D. Hemingway, 36, of Loris was arrested Tuesday, Lt. Raul Denis of the Horry County Police Department said Wednesday. He is accused…

Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN     UPDATE: ELECTRICAL CAUSE CAN NOT BE RULED OUT: Fire at Old Dock Elementary School apparently began above the ceiling to the south of the school office, and investigators can not rule out an electrical problem as its cause, Columbus County Deputy Fire Marshal Shannon Blackmon said.     Investigators…

By DEUCE NIVEN     A stop sign violation in Nakina led to a high-speed, two-state chase late Monday that ended with the arrests of two Horry County women near Conway, officers on both sides of the border said Tuesday.     Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Rockenboch began the pursuit after he witnessed a silver Kia…