Area Upfront News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE      Additional early closings related to a severe weather threat have been announced as the timing window has diminished.      Southeastern Community College will close at 2 p.m., as will Horry County offices, while Columbus County government offices close at 2:30 p.m., all to resume normal hours Friday.      Timing of the most…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      It’s back to class, on campus, five days a week for many middle- and high-school students in the Columbus County Schools beginning April 12, spokesman Kelly Jones announced Tuesday.      Students currently enrolled in the hybrid learning program, spending two days each week on campus, will return to full-time learning.      “We will…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      More than 3,000 COVID-19 vaccines will be available in Columbus County later this week, more than 1,000 for an event Saturday in Tabor City, 1,000 more in a drive-through clinic at Southeastern Community College.      Vaccines will vary, including the Pfizer vaccine at Saturday’s clinic at the Tabor City District Court Building…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Tabor City area native and veteran of the N.C. Department of Transportation has been named its new Division 6 engineer.      Drew Cox was named to the post this week, a NCDOT news release said, and will oversee 360 employees responsible for maintaining 13,000 lane miles of roadway across the five-county…

     Game two for South Columbus High School’s varsity football squad is tonight with West Bladen High visiting the OK Corral.      Kick-off is at 7 p.m., and the game may be viewed on YouTube through Columbus Career & College Academy’s broadcasting program. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:30 pm.      To view the game, click here.      Look for…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An arrest Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene said “saddens me” involved a deputy assigned as a bailiff, charged early Wednesday with felonies that allege he provided a marijuana and a pornographic image to another person.      Bradley Scott Rockwell, 48, was charged with sale and delivery of a schedule 6 controlled substance,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Mass vaccination events in Columbus and Horry counties are coming soon, some local pharmacies are staging clinics, as the Carolinas and the nation are beginning to see some light at the end of the pandemic total.      Five-day face-to-face instruction is being rolled out in the Horry County schools while COVID-19 numbers…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Gunfire that critically injured a Tabor City area man, shot in the head inside his home, has resulted in the arrest of his girlfriend six weeks after a man was charged.      Tara McPherson Little, 49, of Swampfox Hwy East, Tabor City, was charged Friday with assault with a deadly weapon with…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Chief Anthony Spivey of the Chadbourn Police Department is “on leave with pay” as city government looks into “concerns about the leadership of the department,” Mayor Phillip Britt said Saturday.      Lt. Ken Elliott is currently Interim Chief, Britt said, assuming leadership as Spivey’s status changed on Friday.      “We are conducting an…

     Varsity football kicks off for the very delayed 2020 season tonight at South Columbus High School, a week after the scheduled opening game with West Bladen was scuttled due to a potential COVID-19 exposure by some Stallion team members who also play basketball for the school.      East Bladen is scheduled for the 7 p.m. game…