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Whiteville Emergency Management Director Hal Lowder speaks with officers Wednesday after a potential suicide was stoped at Walmart. (Ben Proctor)
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WPD officers stop possible suicide

November 30, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

Whiteville Police managed to prevent a suicide Wednesday at the Walmart parking lot. Major William Hinz said Officer Michael Strickland was dispatched to assist EMS on a call about a man lying in the parking [Read More]

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SRMC virtual tree lighting Thursday

November 30, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

The annual lighting of the Christmas Tree on top of Southeastern Regional Medical Center will be held on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. on Facebook as a live event athttps://fb.me/e/1Rhw7I5x4. The tree is provided [Read More]

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Concerned Bikers Toy Run Saturday

November 30, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

Santa will have help from some elves in leather jackets Saturday. The 22nd annual Concerned Bikers Association Toy Run will begin at 9 a.m. at the Walmart parking lot in Whiteville. Registration is from 9-10 a.m., [Read More]

Life in Columbus

Ruthene Sellers Barnhill

November 30, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

Ruthene Sellers Barnhill, age 85, of Whiteville, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 at Liberty Commons, Whiteville. She was born in Columbus County on Oct. 30, 1935 to the late Rufus Sellers and Callie Brigman Sellers.  [Read More]

Crime

One dead, one airlifted after Sellerstown shooting

November 30, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

UPDATED at 10:25 One man was killed and another shot in the face on Sellerstown Road near Chadbourn Sunday night, Sheriff Jody Greene said. The wounded individual was transported to Columbus Regional by Whiteville Rescue. [Read More]

Shawn Murchison
Crime

Felon charged in Fair Bluff shooting incident

November 25, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

Fair Bluff Police have captured the man alleged to have fired a number of shots after a dispute Nov. 14. Shawn Jarmie Murchison, 33, was placed under a secured bond on charges of possession of [Read More]

Charles Alan Bowen
Crime

Bolton man charged in two assault, damage cases

November 25, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

A Bolton man faces a slew of felony charges, including property damage and assault after several incidents, including one where a Molotov cocktail was left at the scene.  Arrest reports show Charles A. Bowen, 30, [Read More]

Dvid Harold Wilson
Crime

Assault victim assaults medics, report says

November 25, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

A man who called 911 after an alleged assault was charged with injuring the emergency workers trying to help him.  David Harold Wilson was held under a secured bond on two charges of assaulting emergency [Read More]

Jefferson Weaver
Commentary

A mindset, not a meal

November 25, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 1

It took a weekend of fouled plans, a flat tire and a mother-in-law’s injury to realize again why I should be thankful. Nothing had worked out quite like I planned for either Saturday or Sunday. [Read More]

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CRHS limits visitors; Cooper warns of rising cases

November 23, 2020 Jefferson Weaver 0

Columbus Regional has tightened restrictions on visitors, as Gov. Roy Cooper tightened mask requirements and warned of harder restrictions to come if COVID cases continue to rise. “I have a stark warning for North Carolinians [Read More]

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