Area Upfront News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      On the lookout for a vehicle stolen in Horry County, deputies found the car, drugs, and an alleged dealer with a gun near Tabor City Thursday morning, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reports show.      Brian David Riggins Jr., 25, of Pine Circle Drive, Tabor City, was charged with possession with intent to…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Hurricane Irma’s forecast track was looking much more favorable for the Tabor-Loris Community and extended region early Friday, although the 8 a.m. National Weather Service briefing said “it is cautioned again that we can’t let our guard down at this time.”      A more westward track for the monster, killer…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A sense or urgency is palpable in the Tabor-Loris Community as Hurricane Irma threatens the region early next week, though its path remained uncertain Thursday afternoon.      Store shelves across the area were nearly bare of bread, water and other necessities, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ordered a limited evacuation of medical…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      All three passengers in a Columbus County Transportation van involved in a rear-end collision Thursday morning were taken to a hospital, though none appeared to have any serious injury.      A west-bound pick-up truck on NC 904 just east of Peacock Road near Tabor City ran into the back of the…

By DEUCE NIVEN Friday night football      Friday night football, played on schedule, was a galloping success for the Stallions of South Columbus on the road at Loris, while Green Sea Floyds fell short at Aynor.      Forecasts for bad weather tonight caused both games to be re-scheduled for Thursday night. Mother Nature re-set those…

     George O. “Buddy” Fowler of Loris, an Horry County Police Department pioneer and former chief of the agency, died Thursday in Rock Hill. He was 92.      Fowler was one of the eight original officers of the HCPD when it was formed by an act of the South Carolina legislature in 1959, serving under Chief Henry…

By DEUCE NIVEN      Columbus County Schools and Whiteville City Schools will be on a two-hour delay for students, faculty and staff Tuesday because of the forecast impact of potential tropical storm ten, marching up the U.S. east coast and bringing heavy rain with the potential of significant flooding near the coast, a lesser risk inland.…

By DEUCE NIVEN      A suspect in the murder of a Tabor City woman in Horry County is in custody in Columbus County on a fugitive warrant.      Jakeem Jerome Bryant Sr., 27, who shows addresses on James Street and Courtney Lane, Tabor City, is charged in Horry County Police Department warrants with murder and possession of…

By DEUCE NIVEN UPDATE: Late afternoon Wednesday      Criminal charges including two counts of murder, armed robbery and weapons violations will be brought against Brandon Michael Council, initially described as a “person of interest” in Monday’s killings inside a Conway bank, 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said Wednesday.      Council, 32, of Wilson, was taken into custody…

By DEUCE NIVEN      A two-state manhunt was underway Tuesday, a day after two employees at a Conway CresCom bank branch were murdered during an armed robbery, the Conway Police Department reported.      Kathryn Davis Skeen, 36, of Green Sea and Donna DeVuyst Major, 59, of Conway, were shot and killed during the hold-up at the CresCom…