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Kendrick Lee Dakota Hunt (CCSO Detention)
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Fourth Chadbourn Theft Suspect Caught

Chadbourn Police and Columbus County deputies have captured the last of four suspects who ran out of fuel while trying to escape police. Kendrick Lee Dakota Hunt, 26, of Lumberton, was held under $27,...

Jefferson Weaver
June 13, 2024
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West Columbus Sports Camps Set

School may be out but sports camps are in at West Columbus. June 17-19 is the West Columbus Youth Baseball Camp. Coach Connor Grainger will lead the camp, which will focus on the basics of throwing, c...

Jefferson Weaver
June 12, 2024
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St. James VBS June 24-28

St. James Missionary Baptist Church will hold Vacation Bible School June 24-28. Dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m., and sessions last until 8 p.m. nightly. Everyone is welcome. The church is located a...

Jefferson Weaver
June 12, 2024
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Jefferson Weaver • His Name Was Woody

His name was Woody. He never got to run a deer, tree a coon or trail a rabbit. He never got to chase a ball, bark at a cat, or follow a little kid on a bicycle heading out for adventures. He never got...

Jefferson Weaver
June 12, 2024
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Christopher LaClaire, Cassandra LaClaire, and Chastity Locklear (CCSO Detention Center)
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Alleged Shoplifters Arrested After Empty Tank Ends Chase

Update 12:05 p.m. – Mayor Phillip Britt said the fourth suspect is in custody. Three suspects are in jail after allegedly running out of gas while running from the law. Casandra Lee Laclaire, Christop...

Jefferson Weaver
June 12, 2024
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Patrols Net Drugs, Firearms

Patrols near Green Acres and Tabor City turned up four firearms and multiple illegal drugs Friday in two separate cases. Deputies on patrol in the Green Acres community saw a Chrysler automobile fail ...

Jefferson Weaver
June 11, 2024
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Bullethole in Zartman vehicle. Nakina shooting . LEO
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Deputies Back on Duty; Probe Continues

Five deputies have been restored to patrol duty as an investigation into a shooting continues. Henry Allen Zartman, 66, of South Carolina, died in the 10:45 p.m. incident, according to the State Burea...

Jefferson Weaver
June 11, 2024
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Jordan Tyree Johnson (CCSO)
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Bond Revoked After Second Drug Arrest

Bond was revoked for a Kelly man arrested for a second time in Columbus County  on drug charges. Jordan Tyree Johnson, 21, of 1131 White Oak Rd., Kelly, was held on charges of maintaining a vehicle fo...

Jefferson Weaver
June 11, 2024
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Vigil Tonight for Teen; Others Recovering

Friends, family and classmates of Kaiden Powell will gather tonight at Whiteville High School to remember the athlete who died in a car crash minutes after school dismissed Friday. Kaiden Powell, 16, ...

Jefferson Weaver
June 11, 2024
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Child Hit in Friday Shooting

A child was shot and injured Friday after someone opened fire on a home near Whiteville. The sheriff’s office is investigating three separate reports of gunfire damaging property over the weekend. Aro...

Jefferson Weaver
June 10, 2024
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Bulletholes Found in Transformer

A power outage may or may not have been caused by someone shooting a transformer Friday. Brunswick Electric Membership crews contacted the sheriff’s department after responding to a power outage at 17...

Jefferson Weaver
June 10, 2024
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Boil Advisory Lifted

City of Whiteville water customers no longer need to boil their water. ”Based on the laboratory analysis of water samples collected from the City of Whiteville on June 7, 2024, water users are hereby ...

Jefferson Weaver
June 8, 2024
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The Good News for June 7

This weekend — Saturday is the big missions fundraiser in Tabor City. There will be barbecue and music at the Ritz Center. Plates are $10, and whole butts are $40. IOf you didn’t preoroder, you ...

Jefferson Weaver
June 7, 2024
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Friends, family and school personnel gathered outside the Columbus Regional Emergency Department waiting for news of the wreck victims.
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Wreck Kills WHS Teen; Three Injured

Developing story A Whiteville High School student died and three other students were seriously injured in a crash  on Sunset Drive today, less than an hour after school was dismissed for the year. Mul...

Jefferson Weaver
June 7, 2024
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Addiction Treatment Group Expands Hours

Coastal Horizons is expanding its Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) to include nighttime services, making it only the second program of the kind in the state. Coastal Horizons has been offering daytime O...

Jefferson Weaver
June 7, 2024
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Pressure Drop Leads to Boil Advisory for City

Whiteville water customers are under a boil advisory while repairs are made to the city water system. Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder said city officials opted to manually restore pressure, rat...

Jefferson Weaver
June 7, 2024
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