CCN Daily News Briefs for July 10, 2025

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News Briefs for July 10, 2025

The former publisher of bladenonline.com is in jail under no bond on a charge of murder. Charlotte Smith, 45, of Elizabethtown, is alleged to have shot her husband Daine multiple times Tuesday. He died en route to an area hospital.

Fair Bluff NC Annual Watermelon Festival will be on Saturday, July 26. The day will begin at 7:00 a.m. with watermelon contest registration and vendor setup. Alyssa Strickland will sing the ‘National Anthem’ at 8:55 a.m., and the parade will begin at 12:30 p.m. For the full list of festival events, visit  https://columbuscountynews.com/2025-fair-bluff-watermelon-festival/ 

A local woman was arrested after allegedly filing a false report about a sexual assault. Emma Paige Ward, 21, of Fair Bluff Road, Tabor city, was charged after she allegedly told deputies she was sexually assaulted by a man she knew.

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