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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A threat of rain and gusty wind associated with a non-tropical low system expected to develop off the coast this weekend has prompted cancellation of the second annual Heroes Cruise-In & Parade and associated inaugural barbecue cookoff this Saturday, Sept. 14.      “A new date will be set as soon as possible,”…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Three cases of West Nile Virus detected in Columbus County during the last month has prompted mosquito control spraying in Tabor City planned for the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3.      Spraying will begin at about 7 p.m., a public advisory from town government issued Saturday said.      “Mosquito control spraying is a…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A retired Tabor City merchant driving his classic 1936 Dodge pickup truck was killed in a three vehicle crash east of town Wednesday afternoon when he was struck, head-on, by a much larger and newer Dodge truck.      George Hubert Soles Jr., 79, died instantly in the crash on Peacock Road at…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Fire at her Old Stake Road home Wednesday morning, Aug. 28, claimed the life of its sole resident.      Judy Watts, 73, died in the fire reported just before 8 a.m., said Columbus County Fire Marshal Shannon Blackman. She was found in her bedroom, near her bed, Blackman said, and appeared to…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Six Tabor City area residents, three men and three women, have been charged in an Aug. 7 shooting that left a Greensboro woman dead, another woman injured, Lt. Larry Williams of the Loris Police Department said Friday.      Four of the six were arrested Thursday, Aug. 15, two by Loris police, two…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A late afternoon accident on the waters of Lake Tabor left a boat racer with serious injuries, witnesses on the scene said.      Emergency personnel were called to the lake just before 5:30 p.m. for the boating accident, the victim taken by ambulance to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Some street flooding and little wind impacts were the legacy of Tropical Storm Debby as she moved through the Tabor-Loris Community Wednesday night and into Thursday.      “We really dodged a bullet,” Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said.      Firefighters worked until about 2 a.m. Thursday, responding to high water calls and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Tropical Storm Debby continued her slow churn into the region Wednesday, with a second landfall expected somewhere near Georgetown Wednesday evening, the National Weather Service reported.      With rainfall picking up during the afternoon, and some forecasts of 10 inches of rain or more, Mayor Royce Harper ordered a curfew for Wednesday…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      With states of emergency declared across a wide swath of the southeastern United States, from Florida through the Carolinas and local declarations including Tabor City, Columbus and Horry counties, preparations for the arrival of Tropical Storm Debby were in high gear Tuesday.      That include plans to open four emergency shelters across…

It took hours for the old gym at Williams Township School to fall to rubble Monday, with excavator operator Neal Prince moving more quickly than he expected. Don Prince Backhoe and Dump Truck Service owner Cody Prince, early Monday, said taking down the 1936 structure and later additions, including a weight room at the rear…