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Gloria Jean Owens Musselwhite

January 26, 1945 – January 7, 2025   Gloria Jean Musselwhite, 79, of the Hinson’s Crossroads Community, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in...

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January 8, 2025
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First Road Fatality of 2025

Carolina Green, age 16, has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after Columbus County’s first road fatality of the year took the life of a Clarendon woman Monday. Misty Cribb,...

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January 8, 2025
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News Briefs for January 8, 2025 Christopher Edwards has been arrested on multiple felonies after a 120 mile per hour chase that left a deputy’s car damaged. Edwards fled the...

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January 8, 2025
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Poultry Farmers Advised to Monitor Flocks

Commercial and backyard poultry farmers are being advised to monitor their flocks after a layer operation in Hyde County tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. This was the first...

Jefferson Weaver
January 8, 2025
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Second Generation Hunt Takes Seat in Raleigh

Note: this is an edited version if a previous story that contained an error. Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt presided over the opening session of the N.C. State Senate Jan. 8...

Jefferson Weaver
January 8, 2025
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WRC Urges Caution Around Winter-Weary Bears

It’s that time of year, again: bears are seeking places for long winter naps, and sometimes they find human habitation rather inviting. The Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) advises the public...

Jefferson Weaver
January 8, 2025
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Chase Leads to Drugs, Charges

The suspect in a New Year’s Eve shooting incident is in custody after a 112 mile per hour chase that left a deputy’s car damaged. Christopher Dentoui Edwards, 31, of...

Jefferson Weaver
January 8, 2025
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Weather Update – Wednesday January 8, 2025

  Greetings friends and neighbors, welcome to your CCN Daily Weather Update for Wednesday January 8, 2025.  This is a longer one, folks, but stick with me as I break...

Christopher Cawley
January 8, 2025
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Bladen County First Confirmed Rabies Case of 2025

Bladen County confirmed a raccoon on Sholar Road is the first rabies case of the year. The deceased animal was revived by Animal Control and sent to the state lab...

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January 7, 2025
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News Briefs for January 7, 2025   Christopher Edwards has been arrested on multiple felonies after a 120 mile per hour chase that left a deputy’s car damaged. Edwards fled...

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January 7, 2025
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Roy Edison Hewett

January 31, 1956 – January 7, 2025 Roy Edison Hewett, 68, of Whiteville, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2024, at his home. Roy was born on January 31, 1956,...

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January 7, 2025
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Linda Collins Avant

March 12, 1944 – January 7, 2025 Linda Collins Avant, 80, of Evergreen, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 in the Lower Cape Fear Angel House in Whiteville. Linda...

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January 7, 2025
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Mildred Virginia (Baldwin) Maultsby

March 27, 1937 ~ January 2, 2025 (age 87) Mildred Virginia Baldwin Maultsby, 87, formerly of Whiteville, died Thursday, January 2, 2025, at Piedmont Hospital in Athens, GA. The funeral will be 12:00...

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January 7, 2025
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Pauline (Carmichael) Godfrey

December 12, 1958 ~ January 7, 2025 (age 66)   Pauline Carmichael Godfrey, 66, of 105 Forest Edge Circle, Tabor City, NC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at home. The...

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January 7, 2025
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James Franklin Roberts Jr.

August 13, 1946 ~ January 3, 2025 (age 78) James Franklin “Jimmy” Roberts, Jr., 78, of Whiteville, passed on Friday, January 3, 2025, in Columbus Regional Healthcare.  He was born August ...

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January 7, 2025
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Season’s End

I kept watching the clock, but I knew in my heart there wasn’t time. It was the last day of deer season, which in my business really just means it’s...

Jefferson Weaver
January 7, 2025
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