Area Upfront News

Despite a very rough ride that appeared to include rolling at least once, the lone woman occupant of this Ford Explorer did not appear to have life threatening injuries, Loris Fire Department members on the scene of the Friday morning mishap said. Fire Chief Jerry Hardee said the SUV was apparently northbound when it drifted…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Pandemic considerations have delayed a formal decision on if, and how to hold the North Carolina Yam Festival at Tabor City.      In large the festival will return for 2021, festival directors decided this week, a news release from the festival said Thursday.     (Full disclosure, this writer is a member of…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Tabor City man died after being shot in the area of Bennett Loop near Loris early Wednesday afternoon.      Latarius Evans, 35, died of a gunshot wound or wounds, Horry County Deputy Coroner Michelle McSpadden said Thursday.      Horry County police were dispatched to a home on Bennett Loop just before 1…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a 2018 Loris area slaying this week, Quotase Jerome Jenrette of Clarendon has been handed a 25 year prison sentence.      Jenrette, 24, was convicted in the January, 2018 killing of Kendall Jamar Ray, 20, outside of his home on Bart’s Road near Loris, Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor…

Several low lying Tabor City streets were closed during an early- to mid-afternoon downpour, part of a front moving through the region on Tuesday. A motorist headed west in the 100 block of East 5th Street was turned around by the Tabor City Fire Department before reaching water too deep for it. East 4th, at…

     A leaking water line in Lake Waccamaw has forced a “System Pressure Advisory” from the town and prompted an early dismissal at East Columbus High School.      Students will be dismissed at noon from the school. See the system advisory here.

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A communications fiber line has been cut, isolating the county’s 911 center and possibly other county offices.      All 911 calls have been routed to a neighboring county, with 911 services and dispatching uninterrupted, Columbus County Staff Attorney and Deputy Clerk Amanda Prince said in a news release just before 2 p.m.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A police pursuit that began in Loris last Saturday and ended in Columbus County resulted in the arrest of man wanted by law enforcement on both sides of the state line.      Thomas Tony Bradley, 50, of Main Street, Loris, was apprehended by deputies from the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office after the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Parents and family of students returning by car to Williams Township School on Monday will encounter a new traffic pattern, apparently designed to reduce back-ups on US 701.      A photo illustration of the new traffic pattern was posted by the school on Facebook Friday.      All vehicles bringing students for drop-off will…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      It’s back to the classroom for students at Williams Township School effective Monday.      That decision from the Columbus County Schools was made Thursday, spokesperson Kelly Jones said. COVID-19 data at the school, and across the district, is “looking good,” with no expectation of any schools moving to distance learning for the…