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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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Jefferson Weaver • February, Most Foul

I hate February. It wasn’t even February yet when I had my latest reminder, although the scurvy, splintered, spindly, slimy Month of Gloom loomed ominously omnipresent across the calendar and...

Jefferson Weaver
January 31, 2024
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D'Angelo Lacy (Columbus County Detention Center)
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WPD Charges One in Block’s Shooting

Police have charged a Clarkton-area man with an early morning shooting that hurt two men and scattered patrons of a Whiteville bar and grill. D’Angelo Tyrek Lacy, 23, was arrested...

Jefferson Weaver
January 30, 2024
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Samantha Fletcher (CCSO)
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Woman Charged with DUI, Endangering Children

A woman arrested for driving while impaired Sunday near Bolton had three children in her vehicle. Samantha Fletcher, 42, of 710 N. Franklin St., Whiteville, was held under $1,000 secured...

Jefferson Weaver
January 29, 2024
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Terry Smith (NCDOC)
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Rapist Could Get Parole

A Columbus County man convicted of raping a child under 13 and sentenced to life in prison may be paroled next year. Terry E. Smith, 67, was convicted of rape...

Jefferson Weaver
January 29, 2024
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Wilmington Bridge Closes Today

Travelling to and from Wilmington will be more complicated starting today. The N.C. Dept. of Transportation said both east bound lanes of U.S. 74-76 at the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge...

Jefferson Weaver
January 29, 2024
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Columbus Animal Protective Services needs adopters for loving pets like this little fellow. (APS photo)
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County Joins Free Spay/Neuter Program

Low-income residents of Columbus County may qualify for a new, free program to help reduce the number of unwanted dogs and cats. Sheriff Bill Rogers said Animal Protective Services has...

Jefferson Weaver
January 29, 2024
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The Good News for Jan. 27

•  Saturday, Jan. 27,  is FAFSA day  for students across North Carolina. Southeastern Community College will be sponsoring a student aid event from 9 a.m. until noon. Students are advised...

Jefferson Weaver
January 26, 2024
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Emails Reveal Alternate Courthouse Ideas

County leaders considered several alternatives to the plans for the original courthouse in Whiteville before settling on the one considered most consistent with a court order. One member of the...

Jefferson Weaver
January 25, 2024
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Chauncey Askew (CCSO)
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Askew Gets Two Life Sentences

Chauncey Askew was sentenced to to life sentences this morning (Jan. 25) for the killings of Jerome Parott and Trooper Kevin Conner. Askew was on trial for the 2016 shooting...

Jefferson Weaver
January 25, 2024
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Jefferson Weaver • Where the Cardinals Dance

The rainbands were still blowing across the long lane to our house, more reminiscent of a late summer storm than winter. I was thinking to myself how we had dodged...

Jefferson Weaver
January 24, 2024
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Home Damaged in Drive-by Shooting

No one was hurt but a home on Wright Road was damaged by gunfire early Tuesday (today). Th sheriff’s office reported that someone opened fire on the home of Tamia...

Jefferson Weaver
January 23, 2024
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Fight Leads to Shooting

A fight on Quail Drive led to a shooting Sunday. The sheriff’s office reported that a man called 911 after another man he knows came to his home and began...

Jefferson Weaver
January 23, 2024
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Nestor Redonopalmoa (CCSO Detention Center)
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Suspect Charged with Raping Girls

Tabor City Police have charged a man with statutory rape, incest and first degree sex offense after he allegedly had sex with a teenager and a child related to him....

Jefferson Weaver
January 23, 2024
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Demecus McMillan (left) was found guilty on Monday fo the shooting death of Christopher Clemmons (right) (BCSO photos)
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Murderer Sentenced in 2021 Kelly Shooting

 A Duplin County man who kidnapped his estranged wife and killed another man will spend 27 to 34 years in prison. Demecus McMillan, 29, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge...

Jefferson Weaver
January 23, 2024
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County Schools Bans Bags, Standing at Games

Bags, pocketbooks, backpacks and standing at all county sporting events are no longer allowed. Count Schools Spokesman Kelly Jones said the new policy is designed to improve safety at ball...

Jefferson Weaver
January 23, 2024
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Chauncey Askew (CCSO)
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Askew Avoids Death, Pleads in Two Murders

Chancy Askew will not face the death penalty for the 2018 killing of Trooper Kevin Conner. Askew entered a guilty plea today in Brunswick County Superior Court as testimony began...

Jefferson Weaver
January 22, 2024
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