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 men came to ...
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 Redonopal...
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 a...
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 B...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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, a...
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 i...
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. Hi...
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 Columbu...
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 dedicate...
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 v...
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 cha...
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) on Friday announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), the state’...