Area News

    With two significant winter storms impacting the Tabor-Loris Community during the past two months, the third threat is looking like we’re charmed, a National Weather Service forecast shows.     A winter weather advisory that begins at 6 p.m. today, and isn’t expected to lift until 7 a.m. Thursday, skirts Horry and Columbus counties, though…

By DEUCE NIVEN     An investigation that began in New Hanover County resulted in the seizure of 11 pounds of marijuana and the arrest of a Tabor City man on Thursday, a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office news release said.     Darriel Scott, 48, of the 100 block of Sandy Place Drive, was charged with trafficking…

    Students at Williams Township School did laps for Team Leah Thursday morning, engaging in a Beta Club community project to benefit Leah Starnes, an 8-year-old from the Pireway Community who was diagnosed in October with leukemia.     The daughter of Paul and Kerry Starnes, Leah is a student at Guideway Elementary. She has spent…

    Community saturation efforts in the Mollie and Iron Hill areas Tuesday night resulted in the arrest of a Whiteville man on cocaine and marijuana charges, Lt. Steven Worthington of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.     Samuel Tyrone Thompson, 38, of Walter Trail in Whiteville, was charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana,…

    Fake checks that appear to be from a North Myrtle Beach business are popping up locally, the Loris Police Department warns.     Time Line Express, Inc. in North Myrtle Beach does not exist, the LPD says. It’s likely that Mary Fowe, whose signature appears on the check, is also not real.     Anyone with…

By DEUCE NIVEN     A shooting that apparently took place on a west side street in Tabor City Saturday evening claimed the life of a Green Sea man, Police Chief Donald Dowless said.     Dion Durant Gore, 27, of Bertie Road in Green Sea, died at McLeod Loris Healthcare shortly after 8 p.m., Assistant Columbus…

    Getting rid of debris from our recent winter storms comes with risks that can’t be ignored, forestry officials in the Carolinas warn.     A news release from the South Carolina Forestry Commission, issued Friday, contains advice that’s good anywhere. That text follows: Wildfire activity Thursday may have been a signal to the Forestry Commission…

By DEUCE NIVEN     It wasn’t much of a thunderstorm, but more than 1,300 Duke Energy Progress customers in the Tabor City area were back in the dark Friday afternoon just after a passing cold front dropped rain with cracks of distant thunder heard before the lights went out.     In one location, a power…