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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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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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August 26, 2020
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Dothan Road home burned; suspect charged

Updated 11:45 a.m. Thursday Betty Smith Bryant, 63, has been charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to the home, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. The...

Jefferson Weaver
August 26, 2020
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She ain’t like that no more

She looked far healthier than when I saw her the first time, or later when I saw her photo, wearing a yellow smock on my daily jail report. She made...

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August 25, 2020
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Woman claims she was robbed by couple

Jewelry and cash were taken from a Gilliard Road woman in an alleged robbery Aug. 25. Deputies responded to the home near Chadbourn on a disturbance call. Kayla Todd told...

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August 25, 2020
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Boil order lifted for District IV

The boil water advisory has been lifted for the county’s Water District IV, which includes the Riegelwood Sanitary District.The advisory was issued Tuesday after periods of low pressure in the...

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August 25, 2020
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ATV chase ends with trip to jail

A detective working on another investigation ended up literally chasing down a new case just after midnight Monday morning.  Det. Paul Rockenbach was on Seven Creeks Highway in Nakina when...

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August 24, 2020
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Body from river identified

UPDATE: Monday 2:58 p.m. Bladen County authorities have identified Kenneth Ross Covell, 54, as the body found in the Cape Fear River near Golf Course Road.The body of the suspected...

Jefferson Weaver
August 22, 2020
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