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Jefferson Weaver

Jefferson Weaver is the Managing Editor of Columbus County News and he can be reached at (910) 914-6056, (910) 632-4965, or by email at jeffersonweaver@ColumbusCountyNews.com.

Granvel Eric Adams (CCSO)
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One Charged for Underage Porn

An alleged case of teen sexploitation has landed a man in the county detention center. Granvel Eric Adams, 52, was held under a $10,000 secured bond on the single county...

Jefferson Weaver
June 28, 2023
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One Arrested After Fight, Shooting

One man was shot in the head and another is jail after an incident Tuesday on Georgia Pacific Road. Deputies were called to contract Lumber in the 1900 block of...

Jefferson Weaver
June 28, 2023
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The Field of Pain and Sorrow

The things I take for granted are things they never knew. I am writing these words in a comfortable, air conditioned office, despite the thermometer soaring to sinful levels. I...

Jefferson Weaver
June 28, 2023
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Traffic Detoured on Madison

Traffic on part of Madison Street in downtown Whiteville is being detoured to Lee due to “construction issues” on a building in the 700 block today (Wednesday). Vehicle traffic is...

Jefferson Weaver
June 28, 2023
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Truck Used in Fair Bluff Assault

Three men were injured Monday after a fourth individual allegedly assaulted them with a truck. Howard Alton Snowden, 65; Patrick Fax, 50; and Tracy Washington, 38, were working on a...

Jefferson Weaver
June 27, 2023
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Former State Representative, Business Leader Dies

Local leader Dewey Lewis Hill passed away today (Tuesday). Hill, 97, served ten terms in the state house, representing Columbus and Brunswick counties, from 1992 until 2012. As a young...

Jefferson Weaver
June 27, 2023
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Woman Charged in DSS Fight

A woman who refused to leave the county Social Services office until she “got some electricity” was arrested after fighting with deputies Thursday. Teresa Michelle Troy, 42, of 2607 Tom...

Jefferson Weaver
June 26, 2023
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Suspect in Two Murders Beaten in County Jail

The man charged in two separate murders – one committed while he was out on bond – was assaulted by two other inmates in the county detention center June 22....

Jefferson Weaver
June 26, 2023
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UPDATED: One Dead in Saturday Shooting

Police are investigating a homicide in Whiteville. Major William Hinz of the Whiteville Police said the call went out around 2:30 Saturday afternoon. A white male was reported shot on...

Jefferson Weaver
June 24, 2023
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Home Demolished in Flood Program

A Whiteville house went under the excavator Monday and Tuesday as part of the city’s flood hazard mitigation buyout program. The property at 705 S. Franklin Street was heavily damaged...

Jefferson Weaver
June 23, 2023
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Pulp Road Fire Cools; Monitoring Continues

With an average of an inch of rain falling every day this week, resources are backing of the Pulp Road Fire in the Green Swamp Preserve. The almost 16,000 acre...

Jefferson Weaver
June 23, 2023
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Jefferson Weaver • Searching for the Soul in a Stick

I knew and dreaded that flapping sound, and immediately began looking for a safe place to change a flat tire. It was hot, almost nastily so, and I gave up...

Jefferson Weaver
June 21, 2023
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County Schools Name Four New Principals 

Columbus County Schools has named four new principals for the district. Herman Bland of Chadbourn Elementary, Christian Godwin of Columbus Career and College Academy, Kalee Hill of Hallsboro Artesia E...

Jefferson Weaver
June 21, 2023
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Board Nixes $650,000 Request

County commissioners on Monday turned down a request for an additional $650,000 for the sheriff’s office, even though Sheriff Bill Rogers asked to table the proposal. “This is just not...

Jefferson Weaver
June 20, 2023
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Three Juveniles Eyed in Vandalism, Gun Thefts

Three juvenile males are being sought by the sheriff’s office after two homes were burglarized and multiple firearms stolen Monday. One of the houses was heavily vandalized as well as...

Jefferson Weaver
June 20, 2023
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Shooting Victim Found in Peacock Road Home

Deputies found a man shot to death in a home on Peacock Road at midnight Monday. The sheriff’s office responding to a shots fired call a few minutes after 12...

Jefferson Weaver
June 20, 2023
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