Arrest Victory Whiteville Police arrest man Vikings baseball and softball beat St. Pauls wanted in shooting uuSEE SPORTS, 1B uuSEE SHOOTING, 5A The News Reporter Founded 1890. Published every Tuesday and Friday for the County of Columbus and her people. WWW.NRCOLUMBUS.COM Tuesday, April 16, 2019 $1 New hemp manufacturer eyes Tabor By Jenn Causey Tabor-Loris Tribune Hemp manufacturing may be coming to a former downtown Tabor City business site, with a critical fi rst step approved by the Tabor City Council last Tuesday. Council approved a recom- mendation from the town’s Plan- ning Board to amend the local zoning law to allow agricultural processing in Tabor City’s Cen- tral Business and Offi ce (CBO) zone. Chapman Family Properties LLC, a South Carolina corpora- tion registered in Greenville and operating on the Grand Strand, has its eye on the former W.F. Staff photos by Justin Smith A crowd of up to 200 people attended a Columbus County GOP rally in support of Jody Greene Saturday morning outside the courthouse annex. Th e business owners told town council they plan to extract CBD oil from hemp Speakers at Greene rally slam Democratic Party plants grown locally and organically, without pesti- and decry elections board decision on residency cides. By Allen Turner of the whole thing is they’ve got Cox building downtown, with
[email protected] nothing but sour grapes. The accusation that Jody doesn’t live plans to open a business extract- here is a bunch of hogwash.” ing oil from hemp plants. Own- ers Steve and Shelley Chapman A rally at the Columbus Coun- “They’re trying to steal it.