Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Detectives are asking for help identifying a “deceased black male” found near the roadway in the Green Acres Community east of Tabor City Monday night.      Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division detectives have taken charge of the investigation, and have classified the death as suspicious, a news release from Sheriff…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      His body still missing, the step-mother of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch stands charged with his murder and related crimes involving his disappearance five weeks ago, El Paso, Colorado Sheriff Bill Elder said during a news conference there Monday afternoon.      Letecia Leann Stauch, 36, was arrested in Horry County about 8 a.m. Monday,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Murder and related charges have been filed against a Tabor City man in a four-year-old Grand Strand murder case, the Horry County Police Department announced Friday.      Dominique Hemingway, 26, of Tabor City, has been charged with murder and felon in possession of a handgun in connection with the Jan. 8, 2016…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An adult and a juvenile have been charged in the murder of a Whiteville area couple and their young son last September, a North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation news release said Wednesday afternoon.      Arrests were made by the SBI and the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office on Monday and Tuesday in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Funding to extend curbing and guttering on Wall Street was approved by North Carolina’s Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) on Tuesday.      Approval of the $150,000 grant under the state’s federally-funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – Economic Development program was among 17 grants to local governments totaling $5,535,271 announced by Gov. Roy Cooper.      Public…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Forecasts of some winter weather Thursday evening into Friday have prompted the following schedule adjustments.      Frozen precipitation isn’t expected into the area before Thursday evening, with expectations of some frozen, slushy accumulation that should dissipate after daybreak Friday morning.      Announced schedule changes include: UPDATE: Columbus County Schools will be closed Friday.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Downtown merchant and community supporter Pam Byrd was named Tabor City’s Citizen of the Year during the 74th annual banquet of the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Tuesday.      Adam’s Seafood & Steaks was honored as Business of the Year, retired banker Bernice Gerald was given a Lifetime Achievement Award, attorney…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Nearly two years after gunfire in Loris that claimed a local man, a suspect in that slaying is in custody in Horry County.      Tyshawn Antwan Brown, 26, of Loris was booked at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center near Conway Saturday, charged with murder, attempted murder, possession of a weapon during…

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Horry County Council veteran Paul Prince won’t seek re-election this year, and says he’ll back his son Rome to replace him.      Council’s senior member, who has served more than ten terms, said he came to his decision “after much thought.”      Paul Prince made a soft announcement to some reporters Tuesday, and…

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      After nearly two years leading recreation programs for the City of Loris, Tom Cocke will be moving on soon taking a leadership position at the University of Virginia.      Cocke told Loris City Council of his decision Tuesday, and released a resignation letter to the community.      “I want to take a moment…