Area Upfront News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A significant fire erupted in a two-story apartment building at 4269 Thomas Street in Loris Thursday morning.      Loris Fire Department was supported by Horry County Fire Rescue and the Tabor City Fire Department, with the fire under control sometime after 9 a.m. An aerial truck was used as part of the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Objections from four neighbors to a proposed 92-home subdivision just east of Tabor City did not persuade the Tabor City Council Tuesday to deny zoning amendments that appear to pave the way for the project.      Council’s vote minutes after a nearly half-hour legislative hearing on the proposal came on a motion…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Another step towards what could be Tabor City’s biggest subdivision ever takes place before the Tabor City Council in less than two weeks.      A “legislative hearing” to review “future land use map and zoning map amendment” is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, at the beginning of council’s regular…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A guilty plea in the 2019 murder of Mitchell Allen Smith near Tabor City will leave Lakeithy Gene Keller in prison from nearly 16 to almost 20 years.      Keller, 48, entered the guilty plea in Columbus County Superiour Court Monday morning, a news release from District Atorney Jon David said. Keller’s…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      In his first year as Warden at Tabor Correctional Institution, Jamie Bullard has been named the 2022 North Carolina Warden of the Year.      Bullard’s selection was for “his extraordinary and proactive efforts to improve one of the largest prisons in the state,” a NC Department of Adult Correction news release said.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A vehicle pursuit that apparently began near Loris ended well into Tabor City Monday afternoon when a small car crossed a curb, skirted a deep hole, and skidded to a stop just feet away from an exterior wall at the Marathon convenience store adjacent to the State Employees Credit Union.      That…

Story, Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      One of the state’s, and likely the nation’s longest serving educators, Everlene Davis was named Tabor City’s Outstanding Citizen of the Year during the 77th annual banquet of the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Tuesday.      Miranda Herring Thompkins received Volunteer of the Year during the catered dinner at…

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Chicken bog and WLSC radio, words synonymous with Loris, each received recognition from the Horry County Historic Preservation Commission last week.      Commission and community leaders gathered at the Loris Library for dedication of an historic highway marker celebrating the importance of Chicken Bog on the community, and at the radio station…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      International news came home to the Tabor-Loris Community Saturday as US military jets shot down what the government identified as a spy balloon from China.      That balloon had apparently crossed the country, coast to coast, its presence made public earlier in the week as it floated over military installations in Montana,…