More frontline essential workers in Group Three are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, and the health department will begin accepting appointments today for residents in Groups One, Two and Three. Frontline workers who are at [Read More]
Sheriff Jody Greene was named interim director of Animal Control Monday. The county commissioners, in a unanimous vote, approved putting the troubled department under the sheriff’s office while Director Loretta Shipman is on extended medical [Read More]
Developing story One man has been charged with the killing of a Clarkton woman missing since Feb. 8. Timothy Ray Cain II, of 641 Merritt Road, Chadbourn was charged with murder and armed robbery on [Read More]
For nearly a year, it lay waiting. Half-covered by rank grass, half-shaded by the scrub oaks and desperate pines, shielded from traffic by little more than a half-hearted blackberry bramble and a ditch, the jonquil [Read More]
Some water customers at Lake Waccamaw are under a boil water advisory this morning. Residents in the area of Cameron Street, Lake View Avenue, Central Avenue, Ash Street and Church Street are advised to boil [Read More]
The body of a missing woman was found off Klondyke Road Wednesday. Jacqueline Elaine “Lynn” Landreth, 37, was reported missing from her Rosindale Road, Clarkton hom on Feb. 8, according to a joint statement from [Read More]
The video that caused multiple complaints of elections tampering during the early voting period has been turned over to the District Attorney’s office. Brandon Patrick recorded the exchange between a poll judge, the caretaker and [Read More]
Two area hospitals are upping their game in regards to COVID-19 vaccinations.A recent directive from Gov. Roy Cooper prioritized teachers, education professionals and childcare workers for vaccinations. That anticipated increase in vaccinations was delayed due [Read More]
Citing improving numbers but cautioning Carolinians to be safe, Gov. Roy Cooper today announced the end to the nighttime curfew as well as loosened restrictions on some businesses.The new executive order – which has been [Read More]
Gov. Roy Cooper will hold a video update of the state’s COVID-19 efforts at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday). On Tuesday, State Sec. of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen hinted that some restrictions could be [Read More]
Rising COVID-19 cases at Whiteville High School have put the school back on virtual learning through March 9, and postponed two upcoming football games. The school system announced the change shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday [Read More]
A Wildlife officer investigating a stolen game camera helped deputies make a drug bust at Tabor Correctional Monday. The sheriff’s office reported that the Wildlife Officer asked for the assistance of a tracking dog after [Read More]
A busy road at Lake Waccamaw will be closed for an indefinite period after it was damaged by high water.Mayor Daniel Hilburn said on the Lake Waccamaw community Facebook page that Canal Cove Road is [Read More]
The suspect jailed for the Nov. 29 ambush killing of a Hope Mills man had “several” firearms, ammunition and narcotics in his Chadbourn home, the sheriff’s office said. Christopher Jermaine Reaves, 22, of 402 E. [Read More]
Police are searching for an armed robber who got away with cash and noodles Saturday in Tabor City. Tabor City police were called to the Food Lion at Tabor Crossing to investigate a reported armed [Read More]
An East Bladen High School football player has died 11 days after being shot twice in the back. The victim of a February 10 shooting has died. Lamont Pridgen Jr., 18, was shot in the [Read More]
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