Area News

By JOYCE GRAHAM     Leaders of a break-away girls softball team have asked Loris recreation leaders for permission to use city facilities.     Recreation Committee members were unable to make a decision during a Monday night meeting as they sought additional information about the Dabomb.com team and its leadership.     Parks and Recreation Director Damon…

    Delayed four days by rain from Hurricane Arthur, Tabor City’s July 4th fireworks celebration brought big crowds to South Columbus High School, and to surrounding roadways, on Monday night.     There were some eyes to the sky, with radar detecting some rain to the west as the 9:30 p.m. fireworks extravaganza approached, but no…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Hurricane Arthur, its status upgraded from Tropical Storm overnight, has forced the postponement of Tabor City’s Fourth of July on the Third fireworks celebration.     All of the scheduled activities at South Columbus High School, entertainment and fireworks, will take place Monday, July 7, said Cynthia Nelson, Executive Vice President of…

By JOYCE GRAHAM     Robert E. Turner, IV has been hired by the City of Loris, but not as its new city administrator.     City Council on Monday surprised observes by picking turner to fill the Public Works Director vacancy left following the death of Rodney Hardee nearly a year ago.     Turner was one…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Three Loris men are in jail, with additional arrests possible, in a shooting Wednesday night that killed one Loris area man, seriously injured his half-brother, Lt. Robert Kegler of the Horry County Police Department said.     Manton Connell Alford, 23, Quintell Pierre Harley, 26, and Dashon Cortez Grate, 23, have each…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Gunfire over a $5 card game has sent a former Tabor City resident to prison for up to five years, District Attorney Jon David said Thursday.     Connie Prentiss Reaves, 41, who was living in Longs when he was arrested in February 2013, was found guilty of assault with a deadly…

UPDATE 10:40 a.m.     David Blanton, 24, of Loris died in the Wednesday night shooting that left his half-brother injured, Horry County Coroner Robert Edge said Thursday.     Blanton was pronounced dead on the scene of the 10:15 p.m. crash when his truck careened into a power pole on the edge of the Hill’s grocery…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Donald Bryan Beauchaine was fired from the Fair Bluff Police Department on Wednesday, more than a week after his arrest on a secret peeping charge, consulting town manager Al Leonard said.     Town council members voted unanimously, and without comment, to terminate Beauchaine’s employment, after discussing his performance in closed session,…

    Three people in this mini-van appeared to escape life threatening injury when the driver lost control in heavy rain on U.S. 701 just north of Tabor City Tuesday afternoon, witnesses said.     Tabor City Fire Department personnel cut the roof away, allowing access to one woman who was entrapped. Another woman, and a man,…