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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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Municipal elections Tuesday

  Tuesday is the last chance for voters in most area municipalities to elect mayors and board members. Every town except Lake Waccamaw has seen a low turnout for municipal election early voting, ...

Jefferson Weaver
November 1, 2021
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The Nolan Park complex surrounds Sandy Ridge Apartments on three sides.
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New residents, visitors banned from Sandy Ridge

After four murders in two years and dozens of violent crimes, a superior Court Judge on Friday granted a nuisance abatement order against Sandy Ridge Apartments in Whiteville. Whiteville Police and Al...

Jefferson Weaver
November 1, 2021
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Woman hit in Friday shooting

One woman was shot at the Whiteville San Jose restaurant Friday night, according to Whiteville Police. in a press release, WPD said the woman was transported to New Hanover Regional Health Center with...

Jefferson Weaver
October 30, 2021
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The Good News for Oct. 30-Nov. 6

Trick-or-treaters are heading out to collect some goodies in Columbus County this weekend, and they will not be disappointed. This year there are opportunities all weekend long to give those costumes ...

Jefferson Weaver
October 29, 2021
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St. Pauls woman’s body identified

The State Medical Examiner has confirmed that the body found off a Rowland road was Jessica Lawrence. Deputies and search crews  found Lawrence’s remains Monday during a ground search off To...

Jefferson Weaver
October 28, 2021
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Deputies locate fugitive in eight minutes

The suspect in an attempted murder in South Carolina was located by Columbus County Deputies in eight minutes Monday. Anthony Wade Lamb, 32, of Timmonsville, S.C., was arrested at a home near Tabor Ci...

Jefferson Weaver
October 28, 2021
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Arrest made in September slaying

Developing One man has been jailed in the September shooting that left a Chadbourn man dead and two other people injured. Chief Deputy Aaron Herring of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said ...

Jefferson Weaver
October 28, 2021
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Roundabout dropped at Peacock

The four-way stop at Peacock Road and Chadbourn Highway will remain in place. Andrew Barksdale of the N.C. Department of Transportation said public comments about the proposed roundabout at the inters...

Jefferson Weaver
October 28, 2021
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The pumpkin and the princess

I shall never know who the Evil Princess was, nor does it really matter. The spooky old house where she went to the door is gone now, replaced by something more terrifying, a parking lot that takes up...

Jefferson Weaver
October 27, 2021
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Blue buckets on Halloween denote a child with autism, especially one who is non-verbal.
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Blue pumpkin buckets for Halloween

As you head out the door with a costume clad character of your child’s choosing, you may stop to pick up an orange bucket or bag on your way. You never really stop to think about the color of this ite...

Jefferson Weaver
October 27, 2021
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Christy Harrelson with some of her decorations, waiting for early trick or treaters.
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Lake resident won’t let surgery stop Halloween

  Christy Harrelson is an energetic mother and grandmother who absolutely loves Halloween.  Her home, located at 1905 Lakewood Avenue in Lake Waccamaw, is decorated with pumpkins, hay, cobwebs, a...

Jefferson Weaver
October 26, 2021
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Tony Jayshawn Baker is the fourth person who has been shot to death at Sandy Ridge Apartments since January 2019.
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One dead in latest Sandy Ridge shooting

One man died after multiple shots were fired at a troubled Whiteville apartment complex Monday. Tony Jayshawn Baker, 23, died at New Hanover Regional, according to Whiteville Police. He was at least t...

Jefferson Weaver
October 26, 2021
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UPDATE: Three wounded, two hospitalized, car found

Three men were shot near Second and Lewis Streets in Tabor City Saturday, just blocks from the Yam Festival. Tabor City Police Major Russel Conway said two of the victims were airlifted. One man had a...

Jefferson Weaver
October 23, 2021
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The Good News Oct. 23- 29

  Fall fun is in store all week long for Columbus County. Festivals, haunted houses, and spooky trails kick off the holiday season as we say goodbye to the month of October.   • The&nbs...

Jefferson Weaver
October 22, 2021
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Nass' service dog, Trump, at on the porch of Gwen's Cafe in Hallsboro. (Alexandra Nass photo)
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Dogowner threatens to sue cafe

A misunderstanding led to a viral social media post attacking a local restaurant over alleged treatment of a veteran and what she calls her service dog.  Alexandria Nass, a four-year veteran of t...

Jefferson Weaver
October 20, 2021
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Yam Man Tiger Lovette and Cooperative Extension Director Dalton Dockery with some of the yam plants that have been loving nurtured by children since last spring. Judging of the junior yam farmers' work begins Friday night at the Tabor City Library (File photo)
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Yam Festival to go big or go home this year

The North Carolina Yam Festival was largely canceled last year due to the COVID 19 pandemic, but this year “Tater City” will go all out for the big yam day.   At 10 a.m. Saturday a parade wi...

Jefferson Weaver
October 20, 2021
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