Area News

     A risk for rough weather this afternoon (Jan. 25) has prompted cancellation of all after-school activities in the Columbus County Schools.      That decision by CCS leadership was announced by spokesperson Kelly Jones.

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A senior at South Columbus High School was killed in a shooting incident in the Dothan area on Monday, with a homicide investigation ongoing Tuesday.      Investigators were withholding the name of the 18 year-old victim Tuesday afternoon, “trying to make contact with additional family members,” Columbus County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Michele…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A pre-dawn derailment of six gravel carrying cars on an RJ Corman Railroad line caused countless of cars on US 701 south of Loris to slow, some with phones taking photos or video, but otherwise the community disruption Saturday seemed minimal.      There were no injuries, no fuel or hazardous materials involved…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A juvenile has been charged with murder, and an accessory to murder charge has been upgraded for a Green Sea woman in the death of Corey Adam Soles, whose body was found in the Galivant Ferry area on Jan. 10, an Horry County Police Department news release said Friday.      Eight people…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Green Sea woman already in custody in a missing persons cased that resulted in the discovery of an assault and death has now been charged as an accessory in his murder.      The woman’s son was also in custody Thursday as the victim was formally identified.      Corey Adam Soles, 29, of…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Green Sea woman and three juveniles are in custody in a missing persons case that has ended in the discovery of an assault and death.      Neither police nor the Horry County Coroner’s Office have released the name of the victim, who “was found deceased Monday afternoon near the Galivants Ferry…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE      Xavier Antonio Rayquan Thomas is charged with murder in a warrant obtained by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office in the Jan. 10 killing of Julian Juan Fipps.      CCSO spokesperson Michele Tatum provided that update in an e-mail response for clarification on the charges facing the Tabor City resident.      Thomas, 21,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Three men have been arrested, with additional charges expected after state Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) agents conducted “an illegal THC product investigation” at two Tabor City vape stores.      Agents conducted simultaneous raids Wednesday at Tobacco and Vape Outlet at Tabor Crossing shopping center and at EZ Tobacco and Vape Outlet located…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      With little space left in the Columbus County Singing Union cemetery in Tabor City, its leaders are asking town government for a gift of some land.      That may be possible, Town Manager Al Leonard told members of the Tabor City Council during a Dec. 20, 2022 meeting, if the cemetery is…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Hiram Fowler’s 65 year career, and counting, at what is now Inman Ward Funeral Home very nearly never started.      “I was home for two weeks from the Army,” Hiram said Monday. It was a conspiracy between my wife and Ralph Inman.”      Marie Fowler had followed her husband’s Army career to Texas…