Area Upfront News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Jerry Hodges, a veteran firefighter with nearly four decades of service behind him before his retirement at the end of 2018, died Sunday at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 83.      Hodges’ body was taken from Loris to Inman Ward Funeral Home in Tabor City on board a Tabor City Emergency Service…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE: 5:30 p.m.      Winds were picking up, trees, limbs and power lines coming down across Columbus and Horry counties after Hurricane Ian came ashore in Georgetown Friday afternoon, and began moving in a line expected to take it through Florence, then Charlotte, storm remnants expected into central North Carolina Saturday morning.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE/Late Thursday afternoon      Columbus County has declared a state of emergency, that action from commissioner’s chair Ricky Bullard Thursday afternoon follows similar action in Horry County on Wednesday.      Government offices in the Tabor-Loris Community and beyond will be closed tomorrow, including those for Tabor City, Loris, Columbus County, and Horry County.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE      Investigators have determined the motorcycle involved in a deadly crash in Tabor City on Saturday was one reported stolen from Fort Bragg in July, Maj. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said.      That motorcycle was a 2020 Suzuki GSX R-600, police have determined, not a different make and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Development is coming to the Dothan area, big time Columbus County Planning Director Gary Lanier says, and other county leaders are taking steps to prepare.      A series of grant application resolutions adopted by county commissioners Monday will, if approved, set the stage for significant water improvements to the area, including a…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Efforts to secure more than $1.7 million in grant funding to address housing needs, the downtown business incubator project, and to study needed downtown drainage improvements were approved during a fast-paced meeting of the Tabor City Council on Tuesday.      A pair of budget amendments were also approved, funding repairs to the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A search warrant served in Nakina resulted in the arrest of a Tabor City man on drug related charges, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reports.      Tamol Sophion Washington, 32, of James Street, Tabor City, was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and marijuana, maintaining…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Monkeypox is in Columbus County, its first case of the contagious disease confirmed Tuesday. Health Director Kim Smith said.      Smith said the test result was expected. Earlier Tuesday she said a combination of symptoms and interview answers from the person tested for Monkeypox made a positive test more likely than not.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Three men are being sought for the armed robbery of a rural Dollar General store near Tabor City on Friday, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reports.      Deputies responded to the store just after 9 p.m., and found that two employees and three customers were in the store when the men entered…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Tabor City woman is being held without bail in the July 28 shooting of a co-worker at a North Myrtle Beach restaurant that resulted in the Loris man’s death.      Lafredia Corlet Todd, 34, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.      Quentin Johnson, 26, was…