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Canal Cove is closed where the canal drains into Lake Waccamaw.
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Road closed at Lake Waccamaw

February 23, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Road closed at Lake Waccamaw

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]

Tamika Ford and Mark Anthony Nelson (file photos)
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Camaro killing suspect had drugs, firearms, CCSO says

February 22, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Camaro killing suspect had drugs, firearms, CCSO says

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]

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Bandit with noodles and handgun sought

February 22, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Bandit with noodles and handgun sought

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]

East Bladen athlete Lamont Pridgen has died from bullet wounds he sustained in Whiteville Feb. 10.
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East Bladen football player shot to death here

February 22, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on East Bladen football player shot to death here

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]

A small gun
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Third suspect jailed in Craigslist killing

February 19, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Third suspect jailed in Craigslist killing

The sheriff’s office has arrested the third suspect in the Nov. 29 ambush that left a grandfather injured and his grandson dead. Christopher Jermaine Reaves Jr., 22, was arrested Thursday night on charges of murder, [Read More]

Rising water across the county is causing dangerous road conditions in many areas, such as this flooding along Peacock Road. (Submitted photo)
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Heavy rains bringing flooding to area

February 19, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Heavy rains bringing flooding to area

The water is rising fast across Columbus County.  In addition to five days of measurable rainfall over the past week, an additional two-plus inches have fallen in Columbus since Wednesday night, part of a winter [Read More]

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Cooper addresses COVID, storms

February 18, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Cooper addresses COVID, storms

Gov. Roy Cooper will hold a briefing at 2 p.m. on the state’s COVID-19 response and the winter weather. You can view the video here.https://www.ncdps.gov/news-conference

Alfonzer "Showtime" Blanks
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Blanks sentenced to federal prison

February 17, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Blanks sentenced to federal prison

A Whiteville man who was arrested in a drug raid last year has received federal prison time. Alfonzer Shavaar “Showtime” Blanks, 37, was sentenced to eight years in prison for possession of firearms during the [Read More]

Lois Weaver
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Above all else, she was a mother

February 16, 2021 Jefferson Weaver 1

 It surprises, even shocks, some people when they realize the woman in the black and white swimsuit pictures is my mother. Neither photo is objectionable, especially not by modern standards. In one, Miss Lois is [Read More]

Louise (Elliott) Davis
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Louise (Elliott) Davis

February 15, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Louise (Elliott) Davis

May 4, 1928 ~ February 15, 2021 Louise Elliott Davis, age 92 of Chadbourn, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 15, 2021 at her sister’s home. Louise was born on May 14, 1928, in Columbus County, to [Read More]

Harvey Gaston Jacobs
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Harvey Gaston Jacobs

February 15, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Harvey Gaston Jacobs

November 2, 1963 ~ February 11, 2021  Harvey Gaston Jacobs, age 57, of Bolton, N.C., died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.  Harvey was born on November 2, 1963 in Robeson County to [Read More]

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Edward (Ned) Council

February 15, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Edward (Ned) Council

June 24, 1929 ~ February 7, 2021 Edward (Ned) Council passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. He was born June 24, 1929 to the late John Monroe and Louise Land Council in Lake Waccamaw. He graduated from [Read More]

Roderick Terrell Powers (CCSO photo)
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Saturday chase through city ends in arrest

February 15, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Saturday chase through city ends in arrest

Multiple charges were filed against a Hamlet man after a high speed chase through Whiteville Saturday. Rodrick Terrell Powers, 30, of Perry avenue, Hamlet, was held under $7,500 secured bond on multiple traffic charges, failure [Read More]

Fredrica Turner Stell
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Fredrica Turner Stell

February 15, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Fredrica Turner Stell

October 27, 1926 ~ February 11, 2021  Fredrica Stell passed away peacefully on Feb. 11, 2021 during her 94th year of a glorious life.  She wanted folks to know that her death was not COVID-related.   Freddie, [Read More]

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Four positions open at shelter; alarm system installed

February 11, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Four positions open at shelter; alarm system installed

Updated with names of four former employees. Four employees have left or been fired from Columbus County Animal Control, forcing the shelter to temporarily cease intakes except for emergencies. The empty positions were posted on [Read More]

Tabitha Reaves
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Whiteville woman charged with vehicular death

February 11, 2021 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Whiteville woman charged with vehicular death

The Whiteville woman charged with felony hit and run in a Shallotte death was herself a shooting victim earlier in December. Tabitha Ann Reaves, 21, was arrested by authorities in Whiteville. She is being held [Read More]

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