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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Both Carolina’s reported COVID-19 new case records on Friday, prompting pleas from health leaders North and South to issue pleas for the public to use mask and social distancing precautions.      Four new coronavirus deaths involving Horry citizens were reported Friday as the county’s streak of days with more than 100 newly…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 cases continue their relentless rise in Columbus and Horry counties as a feared nationwide winter surge has materialized.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus reports 90 new COVID cases since Monday Another 113 coronavirus cases for Horry in a day, 15 from Loris, GS areas…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Gunfire into a car at an intersection just outside of Tabor City critically injured a Whiteville woman Wednesday night, Maj. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said Thursday.      Tabitha Reaves, 21, of Villa Drive, Whiteville, was shot while her BMW was stopped at the stop sign at NC 904…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “Alarming” COVID-19 trends in North Carolina have prompted a partial curfew order effective Friday.      Meanwhile coronavirus numbers are growing at a Whiteville nursing home and across the border Horry County has recorded a full week with more than 100 new case confirmations each day.      This post will cover these topics and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A second suspect has been charged with murder and related crimes in a church yard shooting that left a Hope Mills man dead, his grandfather seriously injured.      Tamika Shatavia Ford, 29, of Peacock Road, Tabor City, was arrested Friday, charged with the same crimes as Mark Anthony Nelson, 24, of Queens…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 cases are soaring in Horry County, continuing to rise but at a slower rate in Columbus, state and local health agency reports indicated Monday.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus reports 74th COVID death, 62 new infections Horry coronavirus cases soar, nearly 190 new Monday…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A second Tabor Correctional Institution inmate has died of COVID-19 associated illness, the NC Department of Public Safety reported Friday.      His death took place at a hospital, where he was being treated after testing positive for the coronavirus, the DPS reported. He had “pre-existing medical conditions.”      “His death is saddening,” state…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 infections appear to be slowing in Columbus County, picking up steam in Horry, recent state and local data including a Columbus Health Department news release Thursday indicate.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: A COVID death, 58 new cases since Monday in Columbus Horry coronavirus cases…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE      Victim’s of Sunday’s shootings on Sellers Town Road that left one man dead, another critically wounded, have been identified by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. – – –     Tristan Lavonne Stavee, 23, died on the scene of the shooting in the 100 block of Sellars Town Road, just off…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 has claimed two lives in Columbus County in the past week, two more in Horry in the past two days, as coronavirus cases continue to climb.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Two COVID deaths, 262 new cases in a week in Columbus Two Horry coronavirus…