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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      With one dissenting vote Columbus County Commissioners Monday approved an $81.5 million budget for the year that begins July 1.      Commissioner Buddy Byrd’s objects were more grounded in procedures than on the details of the proposal presented by County Manager Eddie Madden last month, complaining that there were no budget workshops…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Freedom lasted less than two days after Tabor Correctional Institution inmate Ricky Robinson walked away from a work detail at Columbus Correctional Institution in 2017.      His freedom upon release from state custody Sunday was more brief, the 63-year-old serving time as a habitual felon with a history of break-ins, thefts and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Just two days after Stacy Prince was charged in a break-in attempt police said was caught on a doorbell camera, the Tabor City man was in custody again facing more serious charges in a break-in that was also caught on camera, Maj. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said…

Tabor City Emergency Service had a very rapid response to a Tuesday crash that took place in front of their Jones Street quarters and  a Kia Soul on its side, a Ford Fusion rolling to a stop down the street. In fact, member Beverly Elliott called the crash in, bringing local police and firefighters to…

Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A school year that was anything but normal ended almost normally Saturday for the South Columbus High School Class of 2021 with an indoor commencement not seen on campus since 2019.      Class President Madison Grigsby eluded to the pandemic impacted junior and senior years she and her classmates…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An arrest has been made in an apparent drive-by shooting that left a Loris man dead on May 19, the Loris Police Department reports.      Shaquan Cox, 20, of Loris died of gunshot wounds following the incident near Watson Park.      Stephon Antwan Johnson, 26, of Loris was apprehended through the efforts of…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A guilty verdice was returned Friday for a Tabor City area man who shot into a neighbor’s occupied more than two years ago, District Attorney Jon David announced.      Edward Deron Riggins, 31, who lived on Tillman Avenue, Tabor City when the shooting took place on Aug. 16, 2018, was sentenced to…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Nichols man who fled a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office checkpoint Tuesday didn’t get far, and was jailed under bonds of more than $1 million with his vehicle seized after it struck a patrol vehicle.      Trabias Quinnzel Walters, 32, of Hwy 9, Nichols, was arrested following the pursuit that began on…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com     Note: This story has changed to reflect a burning ban ordered for much of eastern North Carolina, including Columbus County, by the NC Forest Service.      Very dry conditions have prompted Horry County Fire Rescue to extend a burning ban for all unincorporated areas there, with a similar ban in place…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Another StarMed sponsored COVID-19 vaccination clinic will take place in Whiteville Saturday, this one offering an opportunity for those as young as age 12.      Scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Whiteville City Hall, the clinic will offer both the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Only the Pfizer vaccine…