Area Upfront News

     A significant water leak in the Courthouse Square area of Whiteville has forced the closing of the Columbus County Courthouse at noon today, with several Columbus County government offices in the area shutting down at 1 p.m.      Repairing the leak will take the remainder of the day, city officials estimated.      Columbus County…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Wednesday      Two inmates were stabbed inside state prisons in Columbus County on Wednesday, bringing to three the number of inmate-on-inmate assaults this week.      All three inmates have been treated at a hospital for their injuries and returned to their prisons, NC Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Sonja Bennett-Bellamy said Wednesday afternoon.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Drug possession inside a prison charges were leveled against a Greensboro woman accused of concealing contraband inside her body at Tabor Correctional Institution.      Gladys Mae Davis, 46, was arrested after a tip led officers to her Saturday, Capt. Greg Sibbett of the Tabor City Police Department said.      Police recovered 30 grams…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Weapon and drug charges have been leveled against a Tabor City man found inside a “suspicious vehicle” earlier this week, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher says.      Shonte Jarrel Hutchinson, 41, of Pine Circle Drive in Tabor City was arrested after Vice/Narcotics took over the investigation Tuesday, Hatcher said in a news…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Update      Zachary Jamaine Jordan, 18, of Hwy 746, Loris, was arrested by Loris police on Tuesday, booking records at J. Reuben Long Detention Center near Conway show.      Jordan was charged in Friday’s incident involving the Loris High School soccer team. He was charged with kidnapping, assault and battery in the second…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      North Carolina is growing, new U.S. Census figures show, and Tabor City is growing more.      Population estimates released by the federal agency Thursday show Tabor City’s growth between April 2010 and July 2016 at 7.04 percent, eclipsing the statewide average of 6.5 percent.      Tabor City’s growth is in stark contrast to…

     Plenty of hopping, and eggs, are promised as a traditional rite of spring takes place across the Tabor-Loris Community this weekend.      Easter Egg Hunts are scheduled Saturday in Tabor City, Sunday, in Loris.      Youngsters will need to show up on time for both events, 10 a.m. Saturday at Tabor City Elementary School, 3 p.m. Sunday…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Guilty pleas from two men Thursday end prosecutions against three in the brutal 2014 of an Aynor man, the case with ties to Tabor City, Columbus and Bladen counties.      Mitchell Douglas Cheatham, 23 of Council, entered a guilty plea to murderin the April 29, 2014 arson murder of Aynor area businessman…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Two brothers from Loris and a Brunswick County woman are facing drug and weapon charges following “successfully executed a narcotics search warrant” services east of Loris last week.      Drugs, guns, vehicles and $45,000 cash were seized by police, HCPD spokeswoman Krystal Dotson said in a news release Monday.      Horry County Police…

     Rhythm in Blue, the dynamic jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, will perform a free, public concert at South Columbus High School tonight.      Starting at 7 p.m., the 90-minute performance will feature 15 talented musicians presenting exciting and uplifting music to inspire patriotism and tell the Air Force story.…