Area Upfront News
Food Lion suspect, robbery spree accomplice, found dead in Florence motel
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A suspect in the armed robbery of the Food Lion in Tabor City last month, and her alleged accomplice in nearly two dozen hold-ups in three states, died in a Florence motel as local and U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force members attempted to serve multiple warrants, Maj. Russell Conway of the…
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccination clinic in Riegelwood has Wednesday appointments
COVID-19 vaccinations will be given in Riegelwood Wednesday, and appointments are available for anyone 16 and older for the first dose Pfizer vaccines. For details see the flyer below.
Read MoreUpdate: Remains of missing western Horry woman believe found in Marion County
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE: Tuesday morning Remains believed to be those of missing western Horry County woman Mary Ann Elvington were found in Marion County Monday evening, news releases from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Horry County Police Department said. Those remains were located in the Zion community near Marion in Marion…
Read MoreCOVID vaccines available at CC Health today, Thursday
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com COVID-19 vaccine appointments are available today and Thursday at the Columbus County Health Department. To schedule an appointment for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine call 910-640-6615 extension 7072 or 7074.
Read MoreLoris man charged with sex crimes with minor
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Warrants alleging sexual exploitation of a minor have been served on a Loris man, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Friday. Harry Herman Henry, III 36, was charged with three counts involving sexual exploitation of a minor, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Mount Pleasant Police Department…
Read MoreWilliams School staff called heroes after a mom is charged with child abuse
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Attentive staff at Williams Township School are being called heroes after the arrest of a parent on child abuse charges, Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene said in a news release Thursday. Christina Angelique Formyduval, 37, of Will Inman Road, Tabor City, was charged Wednesday with three felony counts of intentional child…
Read MoreVaccination timeline accelerated in NC
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com More North Carolinians will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations on March 31, all adults in the state will be on April 7, Gov. Roy Cooper and state Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D., announced Thursday. A second phase of adults in Group 4 of the state’s eligibility plan…
Read MoreCOVID capacity restrictions eased in NC; second week of no virus deaths in CC; area cases remain stable
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest executive order will ease some COVID-19 restriction in North Carolina, as data shows improvements in the state including now coronavirus associated deaths in Columbus County for the second consecutive week. Across the state lane in Horry County there is conflicting state data on COVID’s toll on Horry…
Read MoreUPDATE: Come on down, 60 COVID vaccines left in Tabor City before 5 p.m.
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com 5 p.m. post More than 1,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have been given in Tabor City since 9 a.m. Saturday, but 60 were left shortly before 5 p.m. and there was no line. StarMed staff and volunteers don’t want to take any of the vaccines back, and are encouraging anyone who wants…
Read MoreSet fire
Firefighters responding to a Miller Road house at about 1:30 a.m. Friday found the single-story structure filled with what is believed to have been an intentionally set fire, Columbus County Fire Marshal Shannon Blackman said. “It was arson,” Blackman said. “There hasn’t been power to the house since 2017, no reason for it to start.”…
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