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Former Clerk of Court Lacy Thompson dies
By DEUCE NIVEN Lacy Randolph Thompson of Chadbourn, whose 26 years as Columbus County Clerk of Court was just part of a 40-year career of public service, died Wednesday at Columbus Regional Healthcare in Whiteville. He was 87. Thompson was Columbus County Coroner from 1950 to 1952, a county commissioner from 1952 to…
Read MoreWater tower’s getting new look
By DEUCE NIVEN Tabor City’s mid-town water tower will have a new look soon, with members of the Town Council recently approving a new logo for the aerial structure. Council gave the proposal from Promotions Director Dianne B. Ward a cool reception earlier this year, but warmed up to the idea when members…
Read MoreExplanation elusive in death of Stallion grid player
By DEUCE NIVEN It will be months before an explanation is found for the sudden death of a South Columbus High School student on the Grand Strand during Easter weekend. Jaqwan Cephus McGill, 16, of Tabor City, an active member of the 2013 Stallion varsity football team despite being just a sophomore last…
Read MoreCounty OKs $400K emergency radio fix
By DEUCE NIVEN A $400,000 improvement plan for Columbus County’s new $1.3 million emergency radio system was approved by Columbus County Commissioners on Monday. Negotiations with Kenwood since mid-March cut nearly $50,000 from the proposal to “optimize” the system used by law enforcement, fire departments and emergency medical personnel across the county. …
Read MorePassion Play performances begin tonight
By DEUCE NIVEN Performances of a Community Passion Play, begin tonight in the Tabor-Loris Community, director Anne Jernigan says. Performances are Saturday in the Beth R. Woody Auditorium at Tabor City Elementary School, Easter Sunday in the auditorium at Loris High School.? Both sets of performances begin at 5 and 7 p.m. …
Read MoreWest side gunfire hits two
By DEUCE NIVEN Two men were shot during what “evidence suggests” was an exchange of gunfire on Tabor City’s west side Wednesday night, Capt. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said Thursday. Police will need help from the community, and cooperation from the victims to make arrests in this case, Conway…
Read MoreUkraine native charged with Columbus ID theft
By DEUCE NIVEN A native of Ukraine is in custody in Columbus County, charged in a 2012 case that involved the illegal transfer of nearly 15,000 from a Whiteville area manufacturing company, Capt. David Nobles of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Marko Stasiv, 26, who has a Brooklyn, NY address, was…
Read MoreBladenboro shooting claims former TC woman
By DEUCE NIVEN An apparent homicide early Monday in Bladenboro claimed a former Tabor City woman. Patricia L. Cooper, 38, was pronounced dead at 3:20 a.m. Monday at Bladen County Hospital, less than an hour after she was shot outside of the Ash Street apartment of Johnny Yarbrough, reportedly an ex-boyfriend of Cooper’s,…
Read MoreWreck sends three women to the hospital
Two women from New York and a third from Horry County were taken to McLeod Loris hospital following a late-morning auto crash in Tabor City. No one appeared seriously hurt in the incident, which involved a Hyundai hitting a Toyota in the rear, and the Toyota damaging the wheel-well of a trailer. Both…
Read MoreTLC Easter Egg hunts this weekend
Easter Eggs in the Tabor-Loris Community (TLC) are on tap for this weekend. Columbus County Parks and Recreation sponsor Tabor City’s hunt, in conjunction with the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce, at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Civitan Athletic Complex. Others 10 a.m. hunts on Saturday will be held at Williams…
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