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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “Alarming” COVID-19 trends in North Carolina have prompted a partial curfew order effective Friday.      Meanwhile coronavirus numbers are growing at a Whiteville nursing home and across the border Horry County has recorded a full week with more than 100 new case confirmations each day.      This post will cover these topics and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A second suspect has been charged with murder and related crimes in a church yard shooting that left a Hope Mills man dead, his grandfather seriously injured.      Tamika Shatavia Ford, 29, of Peacock Road, Tabor City, was arrested Friday, charged with the same crimes as Mark Anthony Nelson, 24, of Queens…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 cases are soaring in Horry County, continuing to rise but at a slower rate in Columbus, state and local health agency reports indicated Monday.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus reports 74th COVID death, 62 new infections Horry coronavirus cases soar, nearly 190 new Monday…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A second Tabor Correctional Institution inmate has died of COVID-19 associated illness, the NC Department of Public Safety reported Friday.      His death took place at a hospital, where he was being treated after testing positive for the coronavirus, the DPS reported. He had “pre-existing medical conditions.”      “His death is saddening,” state…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 infections appear to be slowing in Columbus County, picking up steam in Horry, recent state and local data including a Columbus Health Department news release Thursday indicate.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: A COVID death, 58 new cases since Monday in Columbus Horry coronavirus cases…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE      Victim’s of Sunday’s shootings on Sellers Town Road that left one man dead, another critically wounded, have been identified by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. – – –     Tristan Lavonne Stavee, 23, died on the scene of the shooting in the 100 block of Sellars Town Road, just off…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 has claimed two lives in Columbus County in the past week, two more in Horry in the past two days, as coronavirus cases continue to climb.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Two COVID deaths, 262 new cases in a week in Columbus Two Horry coronavirus…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 has not taken a holiday break at Tabor Correctional Institution, with 110 newly confirmed cases since Wednesday fueling a surge in coronavirus numbers for Columbus County, while across the state line Horry County recorded 120 new cases on Saturday alone.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated:…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19, when it strikes, takes at best an emotional toll, at worse the end of a life.      For a Tabor City woman, in the week before the holidays, the coronavirus impact fell somewhere in between, while another Columbus County resident has been claimed by the disease, two more in Horry, and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A grim holiday warning from Gov. Roy Cooper Monday reflected starkly higher COVID-19 numbers across the state ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.      Those numbers have prompted visitor restrictions at Columbus Regional Healthcare, and are reflected across the state line in Horry County.      This post will cover these topics and may be…