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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Vaccination dates have been scheduled for Columbus County’s oldest residents as the county health department pivots to state data for regular pandemic updates and two new COVID-19 associated deaths have been recorded in neighboring Horry County.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: CC Health will begin…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Students in the Columbus County Schools will revert to all virtual instruction to start the new year, the district announced in social media posts Wednesday.      All students, from PK through grade 12, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 5. Teachers have a work day on Monday.      “I think that’s in anticipation of a possible…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      New COVID-19 associated deaths were reported for both Columbus and Horry counties by state agencies Wednesday, with      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus counts 83rd COVID death, 85 new cases Coronavirus claims another Horry life, infects 143 more Columbus counts 83rd COVID death, 85 new cases…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      With the state Christmas holiday extending into Monday, the Columbus County Health Department plans to post its latest pandemic update on New Year’s Eve Day.      Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases are soaring in neighboring Horry County. This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID cases soar in Horry, two more…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE Murder warrants have been served on a Loris man in the shooting deaths of a mother and her adult son, online records at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center near Conway show. Antonio Long, 44, is charged with two counts of murder, kidnapping, and criminal sexual conduct, jail record show.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      For some families in Columbus and Horry counties the 2020 holidays have been heartbreaking, with six recent COVID-19 associated deaths reported by state agencies Saturday.      There has been no pause in newly confirmed coronavirus cases for either county, the most recent posts show.      North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A third adult, the last of four suspects in a Dec. 9 shooting near Tabor City that critically injured a Whiteville woman, is in custody.      Jaquan Malik McCray, 23, of Woodrow Street was arrested by Lt. Gary Lewis of the Tabor City Police Department at about 12:45 p.m. Christmas Day, booked…

By DEUCE NIVEN, & JENN CAUSEY      A Main Street merchant who is a convicted sex offender was charged by Loris Police Wednesday with criminal solicitation of a minor.      Leslie Bryan Smith, who lives at the rear Smitty’s Things, was taken into custody on the sidewalk in front of the business, arrested at 4:42 p.m. as…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Measures of COVID-19’s impact on North Carolina are trending badly, but are slightly improved for Columbus County as daily case and death numbers for Horry County seem headed in opposite directions.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus moves out of the COVID red zone Horry new…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “I don’t know where it came from,” Bri’s Caring Heart Child Care owner Melody Spivey said of the coronavirus infection that prompted her to close three Tabor City facilities into the new year.      Spivey said her decision to shut down was not required by the Columbus County Health Department, but was…