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Flooding Causes Delays, Closures; Tree Damages Car

October 13, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Flooding Causes Delays, Closures; Tree Damages Car

From six to nine inches of rain across central and southern Columbus is leading to delays, closures and cleanup this morning. Sheriff Bill Rogers reported more than a dozen water rescues between Sunday afternoon and [Read More]

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Flash Flooding Damages Three Rescue Vehicles

October 12, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Flash Flooding Damages Three Rescue Vehicles

Updated and corrected information at 9:45 p.m. Two rescue vehicles were wrecked and third was damaged as heavy rains brought flash flooding to much of Columbus today (Sunday). Radio traffic indicated that a Tabor City [Read More]

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Weekly Podcast: The Columbus Connection – GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Don Brown

October 10, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Weekly Podcast: The Columbus Connection – GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Don Brown

On this week’s Columbus Connection, Jefferson sits down with GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Don Brown. They go through a wide range of topics in this extended edition of the Connection. You’ll want to listen to [Read More]

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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for October 10, 2025

October 10, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for October 10, 2025

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Tennis Roundup: South Brunswick Blanks Knights 9-0; Pack Wins

October 10, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on Tennis Roundup: South Brunswick Blanks Knights 9-0; Pack Wins

Tennis Roundup: South Brunswick Blanks Knights 9-0; Pack Win In Dublin, South Brunswick defeated West Bladen 9-0. South Brunswick is now 10-0 in the Southeastern Conference and 13-2 overall. West Bladen falls to 5-4 in [Read More]

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Area Volleyball Conference Championships: Cougars top Knights; Gators Blank Eagles

October 10, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on Area Volleyball Conference Championships: Cougars top Knights; Gators Blank Eagles

In Dublin, West Bladen not only lost to South Brunswick, but also lost a chance to clinch a tie for the Southeastern Conference Championship Thursday, falling 3-0 to the Cougars. West Bladen finished second with [Read More]

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Council to Consider Two Road Changes Tuesday

October 10, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Council to Consider Two Road Changes Tuesday

Lower speeds on South Madison and no parking on part of Franklin Street are on the agenda Tuesday for Whiteville City Council. The N.C. Dept. of Transportation (NCDOT) has asked that the city support dropping [Read More]

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Whiteville Man Charged with Child Porn

October 10, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Whiteville Man Charged with Child Porn

Whiteville Police have arrested a man on charges of possessing and duplicating child pornography. Bryson Benjamin Jonston, 22, was arrested Monday on one count each of second and third degree sexual exploitation of a minor [Read More]

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Drone Spotted Over Prison

October 10, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Drone Spotted Over Prison

No contraband was found but an early morning drone flight over Columbus Correctional caught the eye of law enforcement Tuesday. The sheriff’s office said that prison officials spotted to drone around 7 a.m. and contacted [Read More]

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CCN Radio News — Morning Report for October 10, 2025

October 10, 2025 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on CCN Radio News — Morning Report for October 10, 2025

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Naked Man Arrested While Fighting ‘Snakes’

October 9, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Naked Man Arrested While Fighting ‘Snakes’

Deputies arrested an impaired, naked man Oct. 5 who said he was being bitten by snakes. Troy Edward Adkins, 54, of 99 McKeithan Dr., Whiteville, was charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure, and intoxicated and disruptive. [Read More]

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Johnson Convicted in Clarkton Triple Slaying

October 9, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Johnson Convicted in Clarkton Triple Slaying

The man who shot four people in a Clarkton home in 2020, killing three, will spend the next 66 to 87 years in prison. Taureen Reshaul Johnson, 41, was found guilty of three counts of [Read More]

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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for October 9, 2025

October 9, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for October 9, 2025

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Early Voting Starts Oct. 16; Registration Ends Friday

October 9, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Early Voting Starts Oct. 16; Registration Ends Friday

Voter registration ends tomorrow (Oct. 10) for the November municipal elections. Early voting begins Oct. 16, and anyone who wishes to vote but has not registered may cast a provisional ballot during the early voting [Read More]

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Area Soccer Roundup: Eagles, Pack, Gators Win; Stallions, Vikings Fall

October 9, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on Area Soccer Roundup: Eagles, Pack, Gators Win; Stallions, Vikings Fall

In Elizabethtown Wednesday, East Bladen recovered from a slow first half start to beat North Duplin 3-1. The Eagles (5-2-1, 8-5-3) got goals from Jayce Hatcher, Layden Scott, and Damian Sanchez. “I challenged the guys [Read More]

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Wolfpack Swats East Bladen 8-1 In Tennis

October 9, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on Wolfpack Swats East Bladen 8-1 In Tennis

ELIZABETHTOWN — Whiteville defeated the Lady Eagles of East Bladen 8-1 in tennis Wednesday. The Wolfpack have improved vastly during the season, but Coach Serena Smith was gracious in the victory. “It was a very [Read More]

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