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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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Two Country Boys handguns recovered

Two of the handguns stolen during a Whiteville break-in last year were recovered last week, according to Whiteville Police. Lt. Andre Jackson said one handgun was found when WPD and...

Jefferson Weaver
August 31, 2020
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Sally Mann, Ann Rockwell and Diane Soles talk about Soles' plans for a new home.
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Class of 74 helps alumni in need

Diane Pratt Soles lost her home to fire on Aug. 3, but her best friend and fellow classmates from Whiteville High stepped up Saturday to help her get a fresh...

Jefferson Weaver
August 31, 2020
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Man, woman charged in check scheme

A man and woman were arrested on multiple fraud charges last week, according to the sheriff’s office.    Ryan Anthony Rabon and Christy Cribb Hilbourn were arrested after they allegedly...

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August 31, 2020
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Drugs, cash and a .380 handgun were confiscated after an early morning raid near Chadbourn. (CCSO Photo)
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Complaints lead to raid

A Gillard Road woman was jailed Wednesday on multiple narcotics charges, according to the sheriff’s office.  Complaints from the community led the sheriff’s office to conduct surveillance on Jacq...

Jefferson Weaver
August 28, 2020
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Durham man jailed after Chadbourn chase

A police chase in Chadbourn ended in drug charges during the early morning hours of Aug. 22. Davin Jan-Michael Zimmerman, 46, of Durham and New Jersey, was held under $25,000...

Jefferson Weaver
August 28, 2020
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Solons to discuss more rural internet funds

Sen. Danny Britt is among the North Carolina legislators supporting additional funding for the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program in the September session. Legisla...

Jefferson Weaver
August 28, 2020
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Whiteville High case leads to 14 under quarantine

After a student tested positive for COVID-19 at Whiteville High School last week, 13 others WHS students are in a precautionary quarantine. Dr. Marc Whichard, superintendent for the city school...

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August 28, 2020
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Drugs, paraphernalia nd this stolen Glock 45 were seized during an arrest Thursday in Whiteville.
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‘Substantial amount’ of narcotics, stolen firearm recovered; three jailed

UPDATED 2 p.m. Handgun was stolen in Whiteville store heist last year. Three suspects, a handgun stolen from a local store and a “significant” quantity of drugs were seized by...

Jefferson Weaver
August 28, 2020
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Speeding leads to gun, drug, failure to appear arrest

Two containers of a substance believed to be marijuana and a firearm sent a Tabor City man to jail Wednesday. Zachary Dashad Green, 22, of 120 Jamaica Queen Lane, Tabor...

Jefferson Weaver
August 27, 2020
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The Columbus County Health Department has multiple resources for dealing with COVID-19 on its social media platforms.
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County COVID count at 1,090; 933 recoveries, 51 deaths

One more person has died from COVID-19 in Columbus County, bringing the death toll to 51. The report released by the county Health Department (today) Thursday said that Columbus has...

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August 27, 2020
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Agents from Bladen and Columbus counties arrested three suspects in a raid outside Clarkton Thursday morning.
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Joint effort jails three in Clarkton

A combined effort by Columbus and Bladen county investigators led to the arrest of three narcotics suspects Thursday (today). Deputies executed a search warrant on two residences on Booker T....

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August 27, 2020
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Nathaniel Keith McPherson
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One charged with damaging sprinklers at jail

McPherson was in jail for his role in an assault on a woman and her three-legged dog. A prisoner at the Columbus County detention Center has been charged with two...

Jefferson Weaver
August 27, 2020
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Prison employee arrested for contraband

The routine search of a prison employee heading to work turned up a bag of tobacco Aug. 20, according to the Columbus County sheriff’s office. juJuan Lowell Lambert, 33, was...

Jefferson Weaver
August 27, 2020
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WHS alumni step up for classmate who lost home

An Elizabethtown with roots in Columbus lost her home to fire Aug. 3 is getting some help from her high school class mates. Diane Pratt Soles lost power in her...

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August 26, 2020
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Emergency preparations: Prepping for your pets

Every pay period, (based on a two-week pay period) we are suggesting items to pick up for your emergency kit in the event of a hurricane. By now you should...

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August 26, 2020
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One charged in East Arcadia murder, body disposal

An apparent roommate of a Durham man found dead in the Cape Fear River has been arrested for the killing. Jim Robert Goins, 41, was arrested in Wake County by...

Jefferson Weaver
August 26, 2020
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