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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.

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Shots send Nolan Park players scrambling

Two people were injured and two are in custody after gunfire from Sandy Ridge apartments broke up Dixie Youth baseball this evening. Whiteville Police Chief Douglas Ipock said the gunfire...

Jefferson Weaver
May 13, 2021
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Power outage in Hallsboro/Lake Waccamaw area, from Duke Energy.
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Power out to 1,500 residents

UPDATE: some customers now have power; trees blamed for outage.More than 1,500 Duke Progress Energy customers are without power this afternoon (Thursday).The outage was reported at 12:30 p.m., accordi...

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May 13, 2021
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Franklin to close downtown for drainage project

While it may cause a few weeks of headaches, officials hope a drainage project in Whiteville will have longterm benefits. South Franklin Street between Madison and Caldis will be closed...

Jefferson Weaver
May 12, 2021
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The sheriff's office is seeking the man shown in this surveillance footage from Fair Bluff.
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CCSO seeks Fair Bluff man

The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance identifying and contacting a man about a crime that occurred in Fair Bluff.  Detectives have not released any additional de...

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May 12, 2021
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Tri-County Task Force arrests 11

While the panic over fuel supplies maybe have kept some people home, there were still plenty of suspects on the road during the Mother’s Day weekend. On Friday, the Tri-County...

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May 12, 2021
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Sheep, sheepdogs and wolves

Since Jan. 1, 58 law enforcement officers have died doing their jobs in the United States.  Another 64 died on duty due to other causes, mainly COVID-19, 9/11 related cancer,...

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May 12, 2021
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County expands Hallsboro boil water notice

UPDATE: More areas were added to the notice late Tuesday night. A broken main on Red Bug Road left some county customers without water Tuesday, and affected other areas as...

Jefferson Weaver
May 11, 2021
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Yellow out of order bags cover gas nozzles at many stations across the area.
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Gas shortage causes runs on area stations

Gas stations across the area are seeing long lines, if they’re even open, due to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown. The pipeline feeds roughly half of the gasoline supply in North...

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May 11, 2021
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The Good News for the week of May 10

The sheriff’s office will be hosting a community emergency blood drive on May 11 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The drive will be held in the Sheriff’s office parking...

Jefferson Weaver
May 10, 2021
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Firefighters rescue baby raccoons

Three baby racoons are now in the hands of a rehabilitator after their home was burned. Firefighters from Klondyke and other departments were conducting a controlled burn May 1 near...

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May 10, 2021
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Pedestrian killed in Whiteville

UPDATE: Victim identified. The woman struck and killed on J.K. Powell Boulevard Saturday night has been identified.The Whiteville Police said Khadijah Bellamy, 26, was struck and killed by a vehicle...

Jefferson Weaver
May 8, 2021
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Spivey facing more charges

Former Police Chief Anthony Spivey is now facing additional charges in the ongoing investigation into missing evidence at the Chadbourn Police Department. Warrants show that Spivey was charged with ob...

Jefferson Weaver
May 7, 2021
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The plane that was "crashing" in the Green Swamp Tuesday was actually just making a refueling stop. (File photo)
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Plane crash was a pit stop

First responders from Columbus and Brunswick scrambled on a reported plane crash in the Green Swamp on Tuesday, but the crash turned out to be a pit stop.Brunswick 911 calls...

Jefferson Weaver
May 5, 2021
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New program can provide discounted Internet rates

North Carolinians can get critical help to pay for high-speed internet from a $3.2 billion federal program opening in May for families and households working, learning and shopping from home...

Jefferson Weaver
May 5, 2021
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The Good News for the week of May 1-7

 We all can use a smile sometimes. If you have a church announcement, event, festival, family or nonprofit yard sale, or just a happy story you want to share with...

Jefferson Weaver
May 5, 2021
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Letter to my father

Dear Papa, There are those who find it maudlin, if not morbid, to write to someone who has died; after all, the intended recipient doesn’t have a postal service, whichever...

Jefferson Weaver
May 4, 2021
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