Area Upfront News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Columbus County’s Coronavirus COVID-19 risk remains low, but public health, government and business leaders planning for any local impact met in Whiteville Thursday afternoon.      County Health Director Kim Smith led discussions with more than 60 representatives from various local governments, public safety agencies, industry, and at least one pastor.      Smith described…

    A bass tournament at Lake Waccamaw this weekend will raise funds to aid the family of retired Tabor City Fire Department member Phil Cox, event organizer Levern Bass said.      Bass said he has scheduled the event prior to the March 7 death of Cox, who had been battling cancer, and that the event will…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Spring field trips and other out-of-county travel by students and staff in the Columbus County Schools has been cancelled due to concerns over COVID-19, the coronavirus outbreak, a notice from the school district says.      Athletic events within the Sandhills region will continue, at least for now, the notice said, with change…

By TARA JACOBS sports@tabor-loris.com      A familiar face in this region’s prep gridiron world has been named the new Head Football Coach at Green Sea Floyds High School.      Joey Price was named to the post by the Horry County Board of Education Monday, and will succeed Donnie Kiefer in the post. Kiefer, who led the Trojan…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Presumptive positive cases of the Coronavirus COVID-19 in South Carolina has prompted McLeod Health to offer free virtual screening through its McLeod Telehealth App.      Anyone experiencing fever, sore throat, cough, or shortness of breath, can access a virtual screening with a trained medical professional, a news release from the Florence based…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      On the day his firefighting brothers and sisters held a fund raising dinner veteran Tabor City Fire Department member and community leader Phil Cox’s battle with cancer ended at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center.      First responders from multiple agencies escorted Cox from the Myrtle Beach hospital to Inman-Ward Funeral Home late…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A shooting in rural Horry County near the Columbus County border early Wednesday claimed a Loris area man, Horry County Deputy Coroner Michelle McSpadden confirmed late Wednesday night.      Cory Long, 36, died at McLeod Loris Hospital, where he was taken following the shooting off of Wright Road, east of Tabor City,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE Jennifer Sahr, charged with homicide in the Baby Boy Horry case from 2008, was arrested in the Myrtle Beach area Tuesday afternoon, less than four hours after the charge against here was released by the Horry County Police Department. Sahr was taken into custody by members of the Carolina Regional…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Detectives are asking for help identifying a “deceased black male” found near the roadway in the Green Acres Community east of Tabor City Monday night.      Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division detectives have taken charge of the investigation, and have classified the death as suspicious, a news release from Sheriff…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      His body still missing, the step-mother of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch stands charged with his murder and related crimes involving his disappearance five weeks ago, El Paso, Colorado Sheriff Bill Elder said during a news conference there Monday afternoon.      Letecia Leann Stauch, 36, was arrested in Horry County about 8 a.m. Monday,…