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Traffic enforcement kept deputies busy over the weekend, resulting in several unrelated arrests for narcotics and a stolen catalytic converter. The sheriff’s office reported that the HEAT Team was ope...
Friday night’s Fair Bluff Reunion with Pizazz has been pushed back to April, but the Watermelon Festival is still on schedule. The concert was the kickoff for the Watermelon Festival Saturday. Organiz...
Jennifer Scurdato has pleaded guilty in Columbus Superior Court for the second degree murder of Norm Foggan in April 2022. Scurdato, 40, was sentenced Friday to 94 to 125 months in prison. Deputies we...
Updated 1:50 p.m. July 25 A Bolton man is being held under $1.5 million secured bond on dozens of charges of possessing and sharing child pornography. Some of the videos involved infants. Aaron Hunter...
Spaghetti models, homemade graphics and clickbait are not good sources of emergency tropical storm information, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. “The misinformation was absolutely rampan...
While both city school board candidates and one in the county are unopposed, two hopefuls have filed for the county school board seat held by Randy Coleman. Randy Coleman announced early this month th...
A teenager has been charged in the county’s fourth fatal car crash this year. Nathan Hester, 18, of Whiteville, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after he was released from an area hospita...
Demolition is underway on the Williams Township School gymnasium. The building will be replaced with a new, larger facility with additional learning space and flexibility for other programs. The gym w...
Dash cam footage led to two suspects facing charges for allegedly throwing rocks at moving cars, causing thousands of dollars in damages. Cameron Austin Rockwell, 24 and a 17 year old juvenile male al...
Courtesy of Amanda Irwin Boys and Girls Home One of the oldest cottages at the Boys and Girls Home has been renovated and reopened to help meet the expanding need for foster care. On July 15, Rotary C...
A suspect who allegedly ran over a deputy’s foot with his car while escaping a traffic stop was arrested the next day – when he might have gotten away with a warning ticket. Antonio DeWayne Goodman, 3...
Authorities are searching for a black man in dark clothing who robbed the Fair Bluff Dollar general Sunday. The sheriff’s office reported that the unknown man came into the store around 10 p.m., went ...
The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program is reminding drivers to slow down, buckle up and never drive distracted or impaired. The Highway Patrol, Highway Safety commission and other law enforcement ...
Someone cut 16 catalytic converters worth $12,800 from the Research Station near Whiteville. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies were called to the USDA Crops Research Station on Border Belt D...
A nationwide outage was caused by a software glitch that led to problems with computer systems across the country today (Friday), including some emergency and bank networks. Locally, county and munici...
Whiteville City Council on Tuesday will hear an update on the current hurricane season and several ongoing projects. Steve Pfaff of the National Weather Service Wilmington office will brief the board ...