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Jefferson Weaver

Jefferson Weaver is editor and publisher of Columbus County News. He can be reached at 910.234.6991, 910.632.4965 or by email at CCn.JWeaver@gmail.com.

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Deputies Breach Door to Arrest Woman

Deputies were forced to break through a door on a Five Points home Tuesday after a woman refused to surrender on outstanding charges. Renee Michelle McKinnies, 28, was charged with resisting an office...

Jefferson Weaver
July 26, 2023
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Woman Arrested for Damaging, Sitting on CCSO Car

A Lumberton area woman was jailed Tuesday after allegedly using a trashcan to attack a sheriff’s office patrol car. Hannah Locklear, 39, of Virgie Road, was held under $2,500 secured bond, according t...

Jefferson Weaver
July 26, 2023
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Jefferson Weaver • Am I The Only One?

I’m not even sure I had heard of Jason Aldean before the other day, when the left decided he was a bad person. Like many of you, I immediately searched his “controversial” song, and watched the “insen...

Jefferson Weaver
July 25, 2023
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Tint Violation Leads to Drug Citations

A Georgia man was issued multiple citations Friday after he was stopped for a window tint violation,  and found with a concealed handgun, a large quantity of male enhancement drugs and steroids in his...

Jefferson Weaver
July 25, 2023
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Lewis Earns Instructor Tab

Columbus County Deputy Ricky Lewis is the newest graduate of the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Effort) Officer Training Program. Lewis completed the course at the N.C. Justice Academy in Salemburg, atte...

Jefferson Weaver
July 25, 2023
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Early Friday Death Called Homicide

The man found dead at a Cemetery Road home Friday morning was apparently murdered, according to the sheriff’s office. Tracey Taylor, whose age was not listed, was found dead by a deputy investigating ...

Jefferson Weaver
July 25, 2023
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Last Minute Filings Fill Races

A flurry of last minute filing Friday left no vacant slots on municipal ballots in Columbus County, although a number of seats are unopposed. Bolton, Chadbourn, Cerro Gordo, Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw,...

Jefferson Weaver
July 25, 2023
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Tabor City to Get New Sidewalks to Lake

More sidewalks are on the horizon for Tabor City. Rep. Brenden Jones the town will see $250,000 in sidewalk improvements, with construction beginning in 2025. The N.C. Department of Transportation ann...

Jefferson Weaver
July 24, 2023
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City, County Investigate Deaths

The sheriff’s office and Whiteville Police are investigating two unexplained deaths. A body was found at 6:32 a.m. in the 800 block of Cemetery Road in Riegelwood, the sheriff’s office reported. No ad...

Jefferson Weaver
July 21, 2023
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Breaking News: Firefighters Battle Blaze in Downtown Fair Bluff

Firefighters from across Columbus County are battling a structure fire in downtown Fair Bluff. The fire appears to be in at least one of the flood-ravaged buildings that is set for demolition as part ...

Jefferson Weaver
July 19, 2023
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Jefferson Weaver • The Real Endangered Species: Common Sense

It was a lovely spring day, and I thought it might be my last. I was trapping beavers for a landowner so he could make some improvements on the property. The day was warm, I was already sweating, so I...

Jefferson Weaver
July 19, 2023
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Update: Husband’s Bond Up to $2M; Wife Critical After Beating

Updated 3 p.m. July 20 Felony charges have been filed against an Evergreen man who allegedly assaulted his wife  for an “extended period of time,” according to the sheriff’s office. The victim in the ...

Jefferson Weaver
July 19, 2023
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Municipal Filing Underway; Deadline Friday

Municipal filing ends at noon Friday in Columbus County. As of 3 p.m. today (July 18), several races still have no names on the ballots. Bolton, Chadbourn, Cerro Gordo, Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw, Sand...

Jefferson Weaver
July 18, 2023
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Sargent is New Nursing Chief at CRHS

Columbus Regional Healthcare System announced Monday that Megan Sargent is the new Chief Nursing Officer for the hospital. In a press release, CRHS said Sargent was born and raised in a small town in ...

Jefferson Weaver
July 18, 2023
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Pedestrian Dies in Sandyfield Crash

A Sandyfield woman became the county’s 11th highway death Saturday when she stepped into the roadway at the intersection of N.C. 11 and N.C. 87. Sgt. K. McVicker of the Highway Patrol said Shirley Fog...

Jefferson Weaver
July 17, 2023
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Body Found in Dothan Identified

  The sheriff’s office has identified the dead man found in Dothan on Friday. The body of Carl Dean Lewis, 53, was found in a vacant lot off Dothan Road, Sheriff Bill Rogers said. Deputies were d...

Jefferson Weaver
July 15, 2023
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