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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for August 19, 2025
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Articles by Jefferson Weaver
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SCC Offers Free Student Haircuts
Southeastern Community College’s Cosmetology Salon and Spa will give free haircuts to students heading back to school this fall. Head Cosmetology Instructor Eli Murillo is looking forward to helping children “feel special and great” when [Read More]
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Commissioners Send PUDs Back to Planning Board
After multiple questions from residents, county commissioners Monday sent two rezoning requests back to the planning board for more work, and ordered the county staff to begin work on repealing the planned unit development ordinance. [Read More]
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CCN Radio News — Morning Report for August 19, 2025
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Mill Branch Man Jailed on Child Sex Charges
State and federal agents, working alongside the sheriff’s office, arrested an alleged child sex offender today (Monday). The State Bureau of Investigation said Dusty Paul Matthews is being held under no bond, facing five counts [Read More]
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Wrong-way Driver Gets Directions to Jail
Deputies arrested a man Saturday after he allegedly went the wrong way on a busy highway, then refused to cooperate with law enforcement. Shannon Worrell, 52, of 719 Whitehall Rd., Whiteville, was released on $500 [Read More]
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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for August 18, 2025
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Whiteville Bandit Faces Charges from 2014
A convicted felon who robbed three Whiteville retailers in 2014 and fled to Florida is back home, awaiting trial. Andre Alexander Freeman, 36, was released by Florida authorities into custody of Whiteville Police Aug. 7, [Read More]
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Councilwoman Holden Charged with DWI
Updated 4 p.m. Aug. 18. Whiteville City Council woman Helen B. Holden was arrested this morning (Sunday) for driving while impaired. Holden, 49, was released on $1,500 unsecured bond, according to Detention Center records. Her [Read More]
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Motorcyclist Dies in Delco
The county’s seventh highway fatality this evening (Saturday) claimed the life of a Spring Lake man. William Washington Jr., 50, was driving his 2015 Harley Davidson at a high rate of speed when he rear [Read More]
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Service Honors Lake Youth
Landyn Jacobs was remembered tonight (Saturday) with a sunset service at Elizabeth Brinkley Park. The rising East Columbus High School senior died Thursday in a single vehicle wreck on Canal Cove Drive at Lake Waccamaw. [Read More]
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The Good News – Weekend Audio 🔊 Report for August 16, 2025
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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for August 15, 2025
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Public Hearings Monday on Two Developments
Two planned unit developments are scheduled for public hearings Monday at the county commissioners meeting. The proposed Coleman Tract will be the site of a planned unit development with 190 single family and duplex homes, [Read More]
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USDA Urges Public to Watch for Invasive Beetle
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared August as Tree Check Month for Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB). August is the best time of year to check for adult beetles that have emerged from trees. [Read More]
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Probationer Awaiting Trial Arrested Again
Citizen complaints about drug sales in Bladenboro led to the arrest of a convicted felon who was awaiting trial on other charges today (Aug. 15.) Charles Matthew Outlaw, 43 of 100 Lewis St., Bladenboro, was [Read More]