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Home Damaged in Drive-by Shooting

January 23, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on 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 Bellamy and Taniya Graham just [Read More]

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Fight Leads to Shooting

January 23, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on 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 arguing. The dispute between two [Read More]

Nestor Redonopalmoa (CCSO Detention Center)
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Suspect Charged with Raping Girls

January 23, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on 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. Warrants show that Nestor Redonopalmo, [Read More]

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Grants Offered to Help Shelters

January 23, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Grants Offered to Help Shelters

Grants are available from the state to help with local animal shelters. The Animal Welfare Section of the Veterinary Division of the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting applications from local governments [Read More]

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

January 23, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on 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 Tiffany Powers Monday in Bladen [Read More]

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County Schools Bans Bags, Standing at Games

January 23, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on 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 games, and is not a [Read More]

Chauncey Askew (CCSO)
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Askew Avoids Death, Pleads in Two Murders

January 22, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on 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 in his trial for the [Read More]

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Woman Charged with Statutory Rape

January 20, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Woman Charged with Statutory Rape

Multiple sex charges sent a Chadbourn-area woman to jail Thursday. Tiffany Charmin Norris, 35, of 1455 Shade Fisher Rd., was arrested after an investigation by the sheriff’s office. Warrants show she is charged with three [Read More]

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Mail-in Ballots Go Out Friday

January 18, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Mail-in Ballots Go Out Friday

Absentee by mail ballots go out Friday for the March 5 primaries, and voters are being reminded of several changes instate law for mail-in ballots. The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is Feb. 27. [Read More]

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Byrd Calls for ‘Alternative’ Uses for Courthouse

January 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Byrd Calls for ‘Alternative’ Uses for Courthouse

County Commissioner Giles “Buddy” Byrd on Tuesday demanded the board vote on other uses for the old county courthouse before it reopens this summer. The project is expected to be completed in April, and open [Read More]

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Event Focuses on Stalking

January 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Event Focuses on Stalking

Families First hopes a Thursday event will bring more awareness to stalking. “Making the Invisible Visible” is from 6-8 p.m. at San Jose Restaurant in Whiteville. The bar outreach event will feature insights and information [Read More]

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Man Accidentally Shoots Self Friday

January 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Man Accidentally Shoots Self Friday

Deputies were called to a Sam Potts Road home Friday after a man accidentally shot himself. Robert Marvin Hinson, 77, was shot while answering the door just after 9 p.m., the sheriff’s office said. Hinson [Read More]

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School Threat ‘Unfounded’

January 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on School Threat ‘Unfounded’

Parents and staff spent several tense minutes Friday after a report of possible violence at an area school. The sheriff’s office said the case was “unfounded.” Deputies were called to the West Columbus Elementary School [Read More]

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SBI Awarded Grant for Human Trafficking

January 16, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on SBI Awarded Grant for Human Trafficking

The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) has been awarded a $9.6 million grant over the next five years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving the [Read More]

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Suspects Sought in Car Shooting

January 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Suspects Sought in Car Shooting

Two gunmen allegedly blocked their victim in, riddled his car with bullets and fled the scene Saturday near Tabor City. Billy Lenny McCovers, 24, told deputies he was driving down Miller Road when a vehicle [Read More]

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Scenes From Saturday’s MLK Day March

January 15, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Scenes From Saturday’s MLK Day March

Photos by Darrell Jackson Saturday saw an enthusiastic crowd honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in downtown Whiteville. The annual march, sponsored by the Whiteville Alumni chapter of  the Phi Beta [Read More]

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