Area News
Seals Street shootout: One charged, one sought
By DEUCE NIVEN A fist fight between neighbors that escalated into a shootout, with one man firing an assault rifle, has landed one of those men in jail, with police searching for the second, Lt. Greg Sibbett of the Tabor City Police Department said Sunday. Aaron “A.B.” Bell, 24, was charged early Sunday…
Read MoreMeadow Street sewer work
A temporary pump that has blocked one lane of Meadow Street at Broad Street in Loris for months should be gone soon, with workers installing new sewer pipe there this week. Workers offered a friendly wave for a photographer there Friday. (Deuce Niven photo)
Read MoreRail line agreement reached
By DEUCE NIVEN Rail service may be returning to Columbus, Horry and Marion counties with an agreement reached to settle a complaint against the long idled Carolina Southern Railroad (CALA), leaders on both sides of the dispute announced Wednesday. CALA owner Ken Pippin has agreed to abandon 68.9 miles of rail line in…
Read MoreCommisioners issue Dixie challenge
Dipping into their own pockets, Columbus County Commissioners on Monday challenged others across the county to help fund the Columbus County Jr. Dixie Boys All-Stars as they travel to the Dixie Boys World Series in Louisiana. Making the 14-hour one-way trip to Bosser City, Louisana, playing in the 12-team double-elimination tournament, and getting…
Read MoreCalifornia car, weapons, recovered after chase
By DEUCE NIVEN A car reported stolen in California and a small arsenal were recovered after the Nissan drove through a traffic checkpoint near Tabor City, a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office report shows. Deputies had set up a license checkpoint on Green Acres Road at the South Carolina state line when the 2013…
Read MoreMoving on, in more ways than one
Moving a house built by students of Ronald Carteret at South Columbus High School was more than just a routine job for Milligan House Movers of Tabor City. It also marked a return to active work by Patrick Milligan, son of company founder Henry Milligan and Lou Floy Milligan. “The ‘miracle man’…
Read MoreShepherd leads LPD, again
By JOYCE GRAHAM Lt. Karen Shepherd is Interim Police Chief at the Loris Police Department, effective today, with the retirement of Chief Joseph Vaught and action by the Loris City Council on Tuesday. A 15-year veteran of the LPD, Shepherd was interim chief before Vaught took the post in 2008. Shepherd was…
Read MoreAuxiliary TCPD officer resigns to run for sheriff
By DEUCE NIVEN Lewis Hatcher now has opposition in his bid to remain Sheriff of Columbus County. Mike Edwards of Bolton, a former sheriff’s deputy and until today an auxiliary member of the Tabor City Police Department, has qualified to run as an unaffiliated candidate in the sheriff’s race, Columbus County Board of…
Read MoreSuper Moon at Mill Branch
This weekend’s “Super Moon” was observed from the Mill Branch Community Saturday night. Just of three similar events this year, the full moon is unusually close to the earth, unusually large and bright in appearance. (Deuce Niven photo)
Read MoreHenry’s guilty in Bellamy murder
By DEUCE NIVEN Killing a rival in the middle of the day on a street just a few blocks from Tabor City’s downtown business district will cost Albert Henry at least a dozen years in prison, up to 15.5, Superior Court Judge Doug Sasser ruled late Thursday. Henry, 37, of Jennie Lane near…
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