Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Injuries to one woman did not appear life threatening following a three-vehicle crash on US 701 at NC 410 at East Tabor at 9 a.m. Monday.      Video of the crash from a surveillance system at Long’s Outdoor Equipment enhances the argument, business owner Joe Long said, that a signal light is…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A long-running narcotics operation focusing on a community east of Tabor City has resulted in the arrest of a Peacock Road man on drug, assault, weapons and stolen vehicle charges.      Bradley Courtland Williams, 32, was arrested after sheriff’s Vice/Narcotics detectives and SWAT Team members served a warrant on his home in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      School building needs in Columbus County would get from $9 million to $12 million if a proposed $1.9 billion school construction bond issue is approved by voters state wide, Speaker of the NC House of Representatives Rep. Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) said during a stop at South Columbus High School Friday.      Moore…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      State legislative leaders including Tabor City’s member of the NC House of Representatives have scheduled to discuss a meeting at South Columbus High School this Friday to discuss a proposed school construction bond with area educators.      Speaker of the NC House of Representatives Rep. Tim Moore (R-Cleveland and Deputy House Majority…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “If I can help somebody, as I pass along…then my living shall not be in vain.”      Borrowing from Mahalia Jackson’s “If I Can Help Somebody,” Rev. Toni Vereen set a tone of service over self during Monday’s annual observance of the birth of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      With a 30-day clock ticking on a lawsuit brought by former Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher against currently installed Sheriff Jody Greene, and others, a jury trial date has been set for Feb. 11, most likely in Burgaw.      Wake County Superior Court Judge A. Graham Shirley made clear that the law,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Wilmington lawyer has been hired to represent Columbus County Commissioners in a lawsuit brought by former Sheriff Lewis Hatcher seeking to return him to his post as appeals in the November 2018 general election wind their way through the process.      A hearing on the lawsuit is scheduled for 11 a.m.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      There will be no District Court session in Tabor City, those scheduled to appear there this Friday getting an eight-week reprieve thanks to a ruptured water line, Columbus County Clerk of Court Jess Hill said Monday.      All cases calendared for Tabor City this Friday have been rescheduled for Friday, March 15,…

     Prosecutors plan to pursue the death penalty against Chauncey Askew for the shooting of Trooper Kevin Conner.      Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser ruled against defense attorney Richard Miller’s request for an additional continuance of a Rule 24 hearing Friday, The News Reporter in Whiteville reports. After a grand jury indictment, a Rule 24 hearing is…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Jody Greene “is a Usurper of authority and is unlawfully holding the Office of Sheriff of Columbus County,” a complaint filed by former Sheriff Lewis Hatcher on Friday says.      Hatcher, with attorney’s Oscar Blanks and Heath Nance, filed the complaint, demanding a jury trial, in Columbus County Superior Court on Friday…