COVID cases continue rise in Columbus The ongoing pandemic registered another 30 new cases in Columbus County as of Thursday. The Health Department reported that the county’s total number of cases is now 592. Nine [Read More]
Students and adults can now find out some of what an impaired suspect experiences, thanks to a grant from the Good Shepherd Fund to the Columbus CountySheriff’s Office. Amanda Formyduval with the Good Shepherd Fund presented the [Read More]
Note: this section is still being developed. Please send your announcements to news@z2j.c7e.myftpupload.com. Columbus County Memorial VFW Post 8073 Second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. 906 E. Fifth Street, Tabor City Columbus [Read More]
A $5 service fee charged by the county water department will be on hold until officials can spread the word about the charge. The fee is charged if a customer requires a county water department [Read More]
City officials are looking into what caused an unoccupied home to burn Friday morning. The property at 220 W. Virgil Street sustained serious damage, but was not destroyed. A passerby asked a neighbor to call [Read More]
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Both of the surplus Highway Patrol helicopters assigned to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office are undamaged, and are expected to be flying this week. County commissioner Edwin Russ brief the commissioners on the status of [Read More]
Public attendance at County Commissioners will continue to be limited to online viewing, at least for the time being. At its July 6 meeting, the board turned down a request by Commissioner Ricky Bullard to [Read More]
It was a big weekend across Columbus County as the nation celebrated Independence Day. Saturday saw the first ever patriotic flotilla, also called the Trump Parade, at Lake Waccamaw. Organizers estimated between 100 and 200 [Read More]
Columbus and Horry counties have a history of cooperation between their sheriff’s offices, so when the South Carolina law enforcement agency heard Columbus County needed assistance, they stepped up. Horry County donated several thousand dollars [Read More]
A Columbus County K-9 officer rescued a toddler Tuesday after the child’s father led the deputy on a high speed chase. Multiple charges are pending against Austin Church, 39, who was arrested after wrecking his [Read More]
The man arrested for a 2018 armed robbery in Loris has been sentenced to five years in a federal prison. United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced that Fuquan Thompson, 52, of Loris, pleaded [Read More]
A man and woman were charged with possession of a sawed-off shotgun and other crimes after an altercation near Clarendon Monday, the sheriff’s office reported. Willie Jackson, 42, and Raven Peppers, 19, were each charged [Read More]
A Tabor City man was arrested early Monday morning after deputies allegedly discovered illegal moonshine whisky in his car. Jail reports show that Kelly Delane Mills, 48, of Mills Drive, was arrested at the intersection [Read More]
Columbus and Horry counties have a history of cooperation between their sheriff’s offices, so when the South Carolina law enforcement agency heard Columbus County needed assistance, they stepped up. Horry County donated several thousand dollars [Read More]
I was a lousy athlete, but I have always loved baseball. I was always a round little kid, then a somewhat round, clumsy teenager. I just didn’t have the speed or agility for most sports. [Read More]
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