Area Upfront News
Memorial Day tribute
Memorial Day is more than toes in the sand, backyard barbecues and a day off work for many in the Tabor-Loris Community. Veterans and some likely to serve their country’s armed forces in the future took part in a Memorial Day observance Saturday at Twin City Memorial Gardens. A JROTC Honor Guard from Loris High…
Read MoreSunrise license check
Police officers in Tabor City were busy early Friday, conducting a Governor’s Highway Safety Program checkpoint on U.S. 701 in the area of Ten Mile Road. At least five vehicles were towed early, Capt. Greg Sibbett said, when officers found drivers who did not have a valid license. Officer Chris Hilburn checked a valid license…
Read MoreCrash victim airlifted from Guideway
A single vehicle crash in the Guideway area prompted the airlifting of one man whose truck was on its side in a ditch. Injuries to the man, alone in the four-door pick-up truck just west of Fowler Grocery on NC 904, did not appear life threatening. Nakina Fire/Rescue crews were backed up by the Tabor…
Read MoreCan’t hear me now? Verizon wants to know
By DEUCE NIVEN Verizon cell phone customers who have experienced reception issues since Hurricane Matthew blew through the region last October should tell the provider, Columbus County Commissioner Trent Burroughs says he’s been told. County leaders and residents have been asking Verizon for answers for months, Burroughs said, without any satisfactory response. County Manager Bill…
Read MoreNC motorcyclist dies in Horry crash
A motorcycle rider died after slamming into a SUV that pulled from a driveway on SC 9 in Longs Tuesday afternoon, Corp. Sonny Collins of the South Carolina Highway Patrol said. Mario Douglas, 31, of Fayetteville was identified as the driver of the Kawasaki motorcycle by Horry County Deputy Coroner Michelle McSpadden. Douglas was travelling…
Read MoreGuilty pleas, consent decree in animal cases
By DEUCE NIVEN Guilty pleas were entered in a criminal animal abandonment case involving two Tabor City women Tuesday, while a civil complaint related to an animal cruelty case was also resolved, Columbus County Animal Control Director Joey Prince said. Casey Duncan Gore, 36 and her spouse Morgan Blaire Gore, 24, accepted deferred prosecution plea…
Read MoreUPDATE: 4th shooting suspect named, bonds set at half million $
By DEUCE NIVEN Friday A fourth suspect in a May 3 gun battle that left three people injured has been identified, new warrants obtained each of the men, and bond set at $500,000 for two who surrendered Tuesday. Maecas Chatell Mitchell, 40, of Sidney Cherry Grove Road, Clarendon, was identified Thursday as the man witnessed…
Read MoreArrests in P&R shootings, not murder
By DEUCE NIVEN Arrests have been made related to nightclub gunfire near Loris early Sunday, and there are ties between a murder there and the killing of a man during a series of drive-by shootings in Longs less than an hour later, an Horry County Police Department spokeswoman said Wednesday evening. There have been no…
Read MoreWright named City Clerk/Treasurer
Story & Photo By JOYCE GRAHAM After serving as acting Loris City Clerk/Treasurer for the past six months, Kenya Wright was formally appointed to the permanent post during a special City Council session Thursday. Wright, who has served as the city’s Clerk of Court for more than seven years, will be paid $40,000 a…
Read MoreJunior firefighter among teens charged with arson
By DEUCE NIVEN Three young people, including a volunteer junior firefighter and a juvenile, have been charged in three separate arson cases that claimed two unoccupied homes north of Tabor City last week. Zachary Paul McPherson, 18, and Joshua Michael Sutton, 16, have each been charged with three felony counts each of burning an…
Read More