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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Fire spotted from a rear corner of Carolina Tire Sales in Tabor City just before dawn Friday was contained to an attached restroom and quickly contained, Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said.      Firefighters from Tabor City, Roseland, Williams Township, Fair Bluff and Loris responded to the commercial alarm, but only…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A former high-ranking Tabor City Police Department officer has been arrested on a stalking warrant obtained by the department he once served.      Gregory Ray Sibbett, 50, is accused in the warrant obtained by Maj. Russell Conway of stalking, allegedly placing a GPS tracking device on a pick-up truck owned by another…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Freezing temperatures have prompted a reminder to protect pets from the Horry County Police Department.      County allow amended nearly a year ago, in February 2019, addressed the “Care and Treatment” of animals in extreme temperatures, an HCPD news release said.      That law provides that “an animal may not be ‘tethered outside…

His message focused on upholding the legacy and messages of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Deacon Darrick Vereen encouraged those attending the 2020 celebration in King’s honor sponsored by the Tabor City Douglass High Alumni Association spoke with passion on remembering the lessons of the past, with a focus on the…

A car apparently ran into the rear of a school bus ear of Loris Thursday, sending three people to the hospital, none with life-threatening injuries, Horry County Fire Rescue reported. Three people in the car and a single student on the bus were taken to the hospital following the crash on SC 9 Business at…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Suffering a gunshot wound and possibly run over by a vehicle, a woman found on a Green Sea area road Monday afternoon sustained life threatening injuries, the Horry County Police Department reports.      Horry County Fire Rescue personnel and the South Carolina Highway Patrol were initially called to Bay View Drive and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Men and women from Tabor City, Loris, Nichols and Galivants Ferry are among those currently sought by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office for various property and financial crimes, Sheriff Jody Greene announced Tuesday.      Reminding the public to be aware of their surroundings, and to call 911 when noticing anything suspicious, Sheriff…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE      A National Weather Service team from Wilmington confirmed Monday afternoon that an EF-1 tornado was responsible for the damage, which also impacted a billboard and stop lights at Hwy 66 and SC 9 business east of the school, and another business building further east, Officer Keith Massey of the Loris…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Myrtle Beach Police Department officers were justified in shooting and killing a Loris man who pointed an assault rifled towards them last October, State Law Enforcement Division investigators have been told by the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s office.      Matthew Graham, 32, died following the Oct. 12, 2019, incident involving Myrtle Beach Police…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story included the incorrect name of the deceased victim in Thursday’s evening auto crash near Loris. Horry County Deputy Coroner Patty Bellamy, who provided the name initially, issued a correction on the name just after 5 p.m. Friday. The correct name is listed in…