Wende Boyd News Today

A months-long firefight continued at Monday’s Loris City Council meeting, as a pair of Loris Fire Department supporters defended firefighters against claims by a couple who lost a home in a Dec. 14 blaze. Kenya Wright, the daughter of Loris Assistant Fire Chief Kent Wright, said the criticism of the department by Wendell and Wende Boyd of Conway is unwarranted.

A woman whose family home in Loris was destroyed in a Dec. 14 fire urged the city council on Monday to staff the fire station around the clock. Wende Boyd told the council that it took far too long for volunteer firefighters to arrive at the house on McQueen Street, despite it being located just 1,500 feet from the fire station.