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Former ECHS Athlete Saves Couple, Dog From Flooding

September 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Former ECHS Athlete Saves Couple, Dog From Flooding

Kenji “Flash” Bowen was just trying to find a safe way home Monday when he ended up saving three lives. The 2018 East Columbus graduate and football and baseball standout was driving home to Leland [Read More]

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Child Porn Suspect Charged

September 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Child Porn Suspect Charged

A Delco man is being held under $250,000 bond after he was indicted for allegedly instructing a woman to teach a four year old to perform a sex act in a video he planned to [Read More]

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Most Roads Open Here; Some Flooding Continues

September 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Most Roads Open Here; Some Flooding Continues

Seven secondary roads and part of N.C. 87 remain closed today after historic rainfall from a tropical low pressure system drenched the county. The storm would have been Tropical Storm Helene, had it held together, [Read More]

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CRHS Announces Closings

September 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CRHS Announces Closings

Columbus Regional will close all Columbus County health network clinics and the Donayre Cancer Care Center at 3 p.m. today (Monday) due to the storm. Leland clinics are already closed due to unsafe driving conditions. [Read More]

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Sub-tropical System Bringing Heavy Rain, Tornado Threat

September 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Sub-tropical System Bringing Heavy Rain, Tornado Threat

Bookmark this report for continuing coverage. The coastal low known as Tropical System Eight is bringing heavy rainfall to Columbus County, and could bring wind gusts to 60 miles per hour before day’s end. Tornado [Read More]

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Kent Place Cleared After Search

September 14, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Kent Place Cleared After Search

Authorities allowed Whiteville’s Kent Place Apartments residents to return to their homes around 8:30 p.m. tonight (Friday) after a search of one of the units by multiple agencies. Multiple emergency vehicles, along with local, state [Read More]

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The Good News for Sept. 13

September 13, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on The Good News for Sept. 13

The rainy weather cancelled or postponed a number of events – even football – in our area, but there’s still plenty going on, rain or shine. • The Southeastern Genealogical Society will meet Saturday at [Read More]

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Rain Alters Football Schedules

September 13, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Rain Alters Football Schedules

The Thursday night lights didn’t shine bright for two of the three county football teams that moved their games due to the forecast rain for tonight. Whiteville brought a win home Thursday from Clinton, dropping [Read More]

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Fourth Student Questioned After School Threat

September 13, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Fourth Student Questioned After School Threat

Yet another student is facing disciplinary action after the fourth prank threat against a county school in three days. The sheriff’s office said a seventh grader at East Columbus Junior-Senior High was overheard making alleged [Read More]

Leroy Moore Jr. (CCSO Detention)
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Moore Sentenced to Life in Retrial

September 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Moore Sentenced to Life in Retrial

Leroy Moore Jr. will spend the rest of his life in prison, after the jury in his retrial returned a guilty verdict today (Sept. 12). Moore was found guilty of first degree murder, possession of [Read More]

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State Says $554,000 in Benefits Stolen

September 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on State Says $554,000 in Benefits Stolen

More than $554,000 in food benefit dollars have been stolen from North Carolina’s Food and Nutrition Services participants since Aug. 18, according to a news release from the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). No [Read More]

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Teens Charged with Threatening Schools

September 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Teens Charged with Threatening Schools

Three teenagers have been charged with making threats against county schools in two separate incidents. Timya Riggins, 18, and Wesley Pridgen, 19, were taken into custody late this morning (Sept. 12) on charges of communicating [Read More]

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One Charged in Whiteville Shooting

September 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on One Charged in Whiteville Shooting

The shooting victim who crashed into a utility pole last week has been released from the hospital, and one suspect has been charged in connection to the case. Cameron Arthur Baldwin, 18, was apparently transporting [Read More]

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Lake Waccamaw Town Board Meeting for September 2024

September 12, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Lake Waccamaw Town Board Meeting for September 2024

The Lake Waccamaw Town Board Meeting September 10th 2024 Our Videographer is Darrell Jackson for CCN – Columbus County News and CCTV – Columbus County TV

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Grandmother Charged in Child Kidnapping

September 11, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Grandmother Charged in Child Kidnapping

A toddler who as the subject of a Brunswick County Amber Alert has been found safe, and her grandmother charged with kidnapping and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Jamie Lee Marlow, 49, of 210 [Read More]

The sheriff's office is searching for this man who allegedly left a Delco store without paying for $70 in fuel. (CCSO photo)
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CCSO Seeks Alleged Gas Thief

September 10, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCSO Seeks Alleged Gas Thief

The sheriff’s office is seeking a man who allegedly left a convenience store in Delco without paying for fuel Monday. The unidentified individual used a CashApp card to start a pump, the CCSO said, but [Read More]

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