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Child Safe After ‘Home Improvement’ Project

February 12, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Child Safe After ‘Home Improvement’ Project

A toddler is unhurt after getting his leg caught in a vent, thanks to deputies and rescue personnel. Deputies went to 2546 Georgia Pacific Road Tuesday at 5:45 a.m. after Diedra Jordan called 911 for [Read More]

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State Looks to Pause Seatrout Season

February 11, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on State Looks to Pause Seatrout Season

During its business meeting on Feb. 6, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission voted to notice a temporary rule that would close the recreational harvest of spotted seatrout in inland and joint (by hook-and-line) fishing waters [Read More]

The plane that was "crashing" in the Green Swamp Tuesday was actually just making a refueling stop. (File photo)
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Cropduster Fined For Columbus Incident

February 11, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Cropduster Fined For Columbus Incident

The N.C. Pesticide Board announced Friday that it had settled a case against a local cropduster. Hugh Cundiff, an apprentice spray pilot for Moore’s Aerial Applicators, was fined $1,200 because an application targeted at a [Read More]

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Provalus Grant, Street Project on Agenda

February 11, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Provalus Grant, Street Project on Agenda

Whiteville City Council tonight will discuss a new grant that will help bring 200 jobs to downtown, along with one of the last steps toward a major makeover for two streets that are notorious for [Read More]

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GALLERY: Night To Shine 2025

February 11, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on GALLERY: Night To Shine 2025

Western Prong Baptist Church was the setting for this year’s Tim Tebow Night to Shine. The prom style event is geared toward providing a fun and memorable celebration for special needs students and individuals of [Read More]

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Woman Jailed After Return Trip to Store

February 10, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Woman Jailed After Return Trip to Store

  A woman out on bond on trespassing charges was arrested Tuesday after allegedly stealing a drink from a store where she had previously been banned. Amber Muse, 48, was charged with misdemeanor larceny, second [Read More]

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Mortgage Fraud Investigated

February 10, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Mortgage Fraud Investigated

The sheriff’s office is investigating after someone illegally took out a mortgage on a Smyrna Road property. The victim of the fraud told detectives after he was notified by the Veterans Administration that someone had [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • Cards, Flowers and Broken Hearts

February 10, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Cards, Flowers and Broken Hearts

It was, ironically, Valentine’s Day when I once saw a broken heart worthy of the saddest country song. I do not know the young man’s name, or what ever happened to him, but he was [Read More]

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Two Jailed in December Shooting

February 7, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Two Jailed in December Shooting

Two suspects have been arrested for a shooting that injured one man in December. Chadbourn Police working with the sheriff’s office raided two homes Thursday, according to a press release from the CPD. Officers simultaneously [Read More]

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Two Jailed for Fentanyl, MDMA, Pot

February 7, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Two Jailed for Fentanyl, MDMA, Pot

Deputies working on speed enforcement Thursday arrested a man and a woman with five marijuana “joints” in an astray, MDMA pills and fentanyl at Boardman. Madison Dawn Singletary, 19, and Brantly William Hunt, 18, both [Read More]

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Fight Leaves One Brother Hurt, One Jailed

February 7, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Fight Leaves One Brother Hurt, One Jailed

An alleged illegal alien was jailed Thursday after a fight that left his brother hurt. Hermilo Nunez Gutierrez, 21, was held under no bond on an immigration detainer. He was charged with assault with a [Read More]

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Republican Precinct Meetings, Convention Set

February 7, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Republican Precinct Meetings, Convention Set

Republican Convention March 20; Precinct Meetings Set The Columbus County Republican Party precinct meetings are set for Feb. 18 and Feb. 20 at the county headquarters, 107B S. Madison St., Whiteville. The convention will be [Read More]

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Robeson Chase Ends at Boardman

February 7, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Robeson Chase Ends at Boardman

A shooting suspect is in jail after leading deputies and troopers on a chase into Columbus County, where he was trapped near Boardman. Justus Simmons, 41, allegedly reached for a firearm when he was finally [Read More]

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School Fight Leads to Pepper Spray, Bite, Charges

February 6, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on School Fight Leads to Pepper Spray, Bite, Charges

An argument that led to a teacher being shoved resulted in two students being pepper sprayed and facing juvenile petitions Monday. The sheriff’s office reported that School Resource Officer V. Lancaster was called to West [Read More]

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Child Support Leads to Chase

February 6, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Child Support Leads to Chase

A suspect fleeing a child support warrant faces multiple charges pending after allegedly striking a patrol vehicle Tuesday. Shikei Daniels, 27, of 127 E. Third Ave., Chadbourn, was held under $4,000 secured bond. Detention records [Read More]

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Crash Claims Clarendon Woman

February 6, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Crash Claims Clarendon Woman

The county’s second highway fatality took the life of a Clarendon woman on Tuesday. Mary Godwin, 68, died after running off the road and crashing into a culvert on Old Stake Road near Tabor City, [Read More]

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