Area Upfront News

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Sallie Kapps was of service to others through much of her life, including 35 years as a gift shop volunteer first at Loris Community Hospital, later after the facility became McLeod Loris.      Family and friends gathered Monday to celebrate Kapps for her 104th birthday, though that milestone is actually still a…

There were no students on Bus 97, assigned to South Columbus High School, when it slid partially into a ditch on Walter Todd Road at Peacock Road early Monday, Principal Adam Thompson said. An unusually soft road shoulder caused by overnight rain contributed to the mishap, which resulted in no injury and the bus safely…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Chris Nelson says he wants to bring sax to country music, and he took a big step in that direction during Saturday’s Carolina Country Music Awards in North Myrtle Beach.      A Loris resident recently relocated from North Carolina, Nelson and his band were honored with the Country Music Video of the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Two people are in custody in the January 23 murder of a Tabor City area teen, including a juvenile, as the victim has been identified.      Jeremiah Nyree Long, 18, died of gunshot injuries after being taken by ambulance to McLeod Loris hospital, a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office news release said.      Long…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Two men sought by police in connection with the murder of Columbus County resident Corey Adam Soles were in custody Wednesday morning.      Ryan James Porter, 26, of Tabor City; and Joshua Thomas Brown, 21, of Myrtle Beach; were both booked at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center near Conway by the…

     A risk for rough weather this afternoon (Jan. 25) has prompted cancellation of all after-school activities in the Columbus County Schools.      That decision by CCS leadership was announced by spokesperson Kelly Jones.

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A senior at South Columbus High School was killed in a shooting incident in the Dothan area on Monday, with a homicide investigation ongoing Tuesday.      Investigators were withholding the name of the 18 year-old victim Tuesday afternoon, “trying to make contact with additional family members,” Columbus County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Michele…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A pre-dawn derailment of six gravel carrying cars on an RJ Corman Railroad line caused countless of cars on US 701 south of Loris to slow, some with phones taking photos or video, but otherwise the community disruption Saturday seemed minimal.      There were no injuries, no fuel or hazardous materials involved…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A juvenile has been charged with murder, and an accessory to murder charge has been upgraded for a Green Sea woman in the death of Corey Adam Soles, whose body was found in the Galivant Ferry area on Jan. 10, an Horry County Police Department news release said Friday.      Eight people…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Green Sea woman already in custody in a missing persons cased that resulted in the discovery of an assault and death has now been charged as an accessory in his murder.      The woman’s son was also in custody Thursday as the victim was formally identified.      Corey Adam Soles, 29, of…