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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.

Isaac Gene Miller
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Miller Murder Trial Continues Monday

Testimony will continue Monday in the first degree murder trial of Isaac Miller, charged with shooting his father in 2019. Miller, 27, allegedly shot Anthony Chestnut in their Jackson Street...

Jefferson Weaver
June 10, 2022
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Infant Found Safe; Father Still Sought

The four-month-old baby taken from a Loris-area home has been found safe. Horry County Police issued an alert late Thursday after Mason Bryant was taken from his home by his...

Jefferson Weaver
June 10, 2022
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Brightspeed Internet Coming to Columbus

A Charlotte based broadband company, Brightspeed, has announced plans to build a fiber optic network in North Carolina that will include Columbus County. It expects to have the project completed ...

Jefferson Weaver
June 10, 2022
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Hummer Driver Dies; Hallsboro Teen Killed in Maco

A South Carolina woman died after her Hummer SUV crashed into a Lees Lake home early Tuesday. Lori Copley, 59, of Camden, S.C. was driving east on N.C. 130 when...

Jefferson Weaver
June 10, 2022
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100 Deadliest Days

BAT-Mobiles To Hit All 100 counties The period from Memorial Day to Labor Day is referred to as the “100 deadliest days” on North Carolina highways. Impaired drivers, speeding and...

Jefferson Weaver
June 9, 2022
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Heavy Rains Bring Flooding

Heavy rains Wednesday blocked portions of N.C. 904 East near Fowler Town Road and elsewhere, creating detours and headaches for motorists.Swamp Fox Highway, Will Inman Road, Fowler Town Road and...

Jefferson Weaver
June 8, 2022
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Alleged Child Rapist Faces Weapon, Attempted Escape Charges

An inmate facing charges of child molestation and attempting to escape is now facing additional weapon and escape charges. Gerson Daniel Brown, 25, of 844 Whitehall Road Whiteville, was charged...

Jefferson Weaver
June 8, 2022
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Williams to Speak at Thomas Graduation

High school graduation is a special time in a youngster’s life, but the achievement is even more notable since the Covid pandemic.  To mark the occasion at Thomas Academy, Elizabethtown-based...

Jefferson Weaver
June 8, 2022
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Randleman Defeats WHS for Championship

Courtesy NCHSAA BURLINGTON – For the first time in the 2022 playoffs, the Randleman Tigers gave up a run, falling behind Whiteville 3-0 in the first inning of Game 2...

Jefferson Weaver
June 6, 2022
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Bolton Man Back in State Custody

UPDATE, 4:50 p.m.The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Team has captured James Jacobs and is turning him over to the Department of Corrections. Jacobs was found hiding in a...

Jefferson Weaver
June 6, 2022
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Boat Safety Urged After Man Drowns While Saving Son

For the second time in 28 days, firefighters and rescue crews recovered a drowning victim at Lake Waccamaw Saturday. Shane Donovan Hunt, 33, went over the side of his family’s...

Jefferson Weaver
June 6, 2022
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Man Drowns Saving Child

The second drowning victim in a month has been recovered from Lake Waccamaw.The 33 year old man went into the water to save his nine year old son after a...

Jefferson Weaver
June 4, 2022
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Mercy Rule Ends Game One, 10-0

Whiteville’s Wolfpack was handed a heartbreaker of a loss tonight as Randleman won the first game of the 2A playoffs, 10-0. The Pack couldn’t match the bats of the Tigers,...

Jefferson Weaver
June 3, 2022
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The WHS Wolfpack baseball team is on its way to the state championship series in Burlington. The first game is tonight at 7.
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Pack Heads for Randleman Showdown

Whiteville’s own “Sultans of Swat” are on the way to Burlington to face undefeated Randleman for the state 2A baseball championship.The Wolfpack was escorted through Whiteville today...

Jefferson Weaver
June 3, 2022
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Lake Chief Looks to PWC to Speed Response

After a recent drowning, Lake Waccamaw Fire Chief Brandy Nance decided wants her search crews to be able to focus on rescue, rather than recovery. To that end, Nance hopes...

Jefferson Weaver
June 2, 2022
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Drone photo showing extent of Wednesday's fire near Cerro Gordo. (Courtesy Jason Durdle)
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Railbed Fire Cause Unknown

Firefighters from four departments and the N.C. Forest Service battled 95-plus degree heat when they tackled a stubborn blaze along the railroad tracks Hinson’s Crossroads Thursday. “They were out the...

Jefferson Weaver
June 2, 2022
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