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Gerald, Vescovi expected to advance to Loris council run-off

March 27, 2024

By JENN BOYD tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      A political newcomer and Loris City Council veteran are headed for an April 9 runoff to fill a vacancy on the panel following Tuesday’s special election.      Kelli Gerald claimed 145 votes in her first bid for public office, ahead of former council member Jan Vescovi with 128 votes, unofficial totals from…

Council OK’s purchase for future town hall

March 12, 2024

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Town Council members have approved a $585,000 purchase of the former Tabor City Family Medicine offices on Pireway Road with plans to make it a new Town Hall.      Council approved the purchase Tuesday following a closed session, four months after approving a 180-day option on the property.      Al Leonard, who was…

Molding mess

March 11, 2024

A flatbed truck overturned on US 701 Bypass at Complex Street in Tabor City Monday morning, leaving a pallet full of molding, some damaged, on the pavement. No other vehicle was involved, and the driver suffered an apparent minor injury in the crash, shortly before 11 a.m., said Capt. Christopher Hilburn of the Tabor City…

Killer Beaz comedy buzzing at The Ritz Friday

March 6, 2024

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Truett S. Beasley Jr. has never been to Tabor City, but the comic better known as Killer Beaz says he knows small towns, and he’s looking forward to his performance here Friday.      His 8 p.m. performance will last about 90 minutes. Doors at The Ritz Center on Hickman Road open at…

His brain was hurt, but service is his passion

February 28, 2024

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Deborah Connor feared she has lost her son, critically injured in an auto crash nearly two decades ago.      A new father just beginning his adult life, Jason Andrew Nealey was motionless in a hospital bed, machines keeping him alive, the prognosis was grim.      “He had a severe brain injury,” Connor, 60,…

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