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CCN Radio News — Morning Report (October 31st, 2024)
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for October 31st, 2024 (Press Play for the Audio)
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Trunk or Treat Opportunities for Oct. 31
All events are scheduled for OCt. 31 (Halloween). Trinity Baptist Church at 201 South Thompson Street in Whiteville will host trunk or treat from 5 to 8 p.m. Whiteville Police and Whiteville Firefighters will sponsoring [Read More]
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CCSO Makes Sixth Trip to Help Storm Victims
The sheriff’s office has completed its sixth and last – for now – hurricane relief trip to the North Carolina mountains. Sheriff Bill Rogers said two tractor-trailer loads of local contributions were delivered to Riverside [Read More]
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Home Fire Under Investigation
No one was injured when a Peacock Road home was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The sheriff’s office reported that fire units were called to 15575 Peacock Road at 7:09 a.m. Cpl. Z. Moody of the [Read More]
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Commentary: Who Will We Endorse?
There’s always a lot of buzz and sometimes controversy regarding political endorsements during election season. This year everything seems a bit more strident, so the subject of promoting one candidate or another is bigger news [Read More]
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CCN Radio News — Morning Report (October 30th, 2024)
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for October 30th, 2024 (Press Play for the Audio)
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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report (October 29th, 2024)
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for October 29th, 2024 (Press Play for the Audio)
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Checkpoints Lead to Drug Arrests
Checkpoints led to drug charges in two separate cases Monday. James Walter Dicicco, 57, was released on a $50,000 secured bond after he was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell [Read More]
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Pot Plants, Automatic Pistol Seized From Felon
A Tabor City area man is in jail after he allegedly had a suppressed handgun converted to fully automatic as well as a marijuana growing operation in his home. Dustin Randall Duncan, 34, of 7922 [Read More]
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State Tops Three Million Early Votes
As of noon Tuesday (today), nearly 3.2 million voters had cast ballots in the 2024 general election in North Carolina, a turnout of 40.7 percent of registered voters, according to preliminary State Board of Elections [Read More]
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Early Voting Tops 33 Percent Here
More than one third of Columbus County’s registered voters had cast a ballot as of close of business Monday. The board of elections said 12,658 ballots had been filed out of more than 37,500 registered [Read More]
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CCN Radio News — Morning Report (October 29th, 2024)
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for October 29th, 2024 (Press Play for the Audio)
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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report (October 28th, 2024)
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for October 28th, 2024 (Press Play for the Audio)
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Boyfriend Charged in Killing
The victim of a shooting near Whiteville Saturday called 911 after she was assaulted. The woman later died at Columbus Regional. Frederick Smith, 71, was charged with murder and jailed just after midnight Sunday morning, [Read More]
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Troopers Investigate Two Fatals in One Hour Sunday
The Highway Patrol is seeking any information about a hit and run early Saturday that resulted in a fatality in Fair Bluff. Troopers were called to the scene of that incident a short time before [Read More]
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Local Man Dies in Prison Custody
An investigation is underway after a local man serving time for drug charges died Wednesday while incarcerated at Albemarle Correctional Facility. Curtis Levi Moore, 38, died at a hospital near the prison early Wednesday. A [Read More]