The first murder trial in Columbus County in more than a year begins Monday as the man accused of the brutal slaying of a senior citizen goes to court. Travis Mackenzie Rector, 24, is charged with the...
Heavy equipment that disappeared from a Clarendon construction site has been recovered near Four Oaks. Sheriff Jody Greene said in a press release that on Aug. 4, a Caterpillar mini excavator and Verm...
Julius Armani Miller has been named as the man shot to death in a triple-shooting near Chadbourn Tuesday.Miller, 20, was gunned down in a Dessie Road home around 11:30 p.m., according to the Columbus ...
One man has been charged after he allegedly assaulted one man, chased a woman, desecrated a graveyard, and then fought with deputies Wednesday. Paul Nobles, 34, of Davidson, was charged with ass...
It’s far too often that defendants under the age of 21 appear on court dockets, but when Columbus County has another option out there to try to steer those kids in the right direction. Tony Ship...
Five counties and multiple agencies came together to break open a major drug trafficking ring with major connections here, according to a release from the New Hanover Sheriff’s Office. Nearly a year a...
A chase that crossed the state line Saturday ended with the arrest of one theft suspect, and later led to another to jail. Thomas Tony Bradley, 50, of Main Street, Loris, was jailed here under $29,000...
Developing story One person was killed and two others injured Tuesday in a shooting on Dessie Road near Chadbourn. The sheriff’s office said in a press release that deputies responded to a call ...
Fire crews were on the scene of a structure fire near Wooded Acres late Friday afternoon.No injuries were reported, but the building was destroyed. Lake Waccamaw and Hallsboro responded to the call....
A ruling that would have allowed 55,000 convicted felons to cast a ballot has been stopped by the State Court of Appeals. On Aug. 30, a three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court judges or...
The sheriff’s office is looking for a missing man who left an Evergreen home yesterday and hasn’t been seen since. William Derrick Dixon, 64, is a Native American male, with salt and pepper hair and a...
A Whiteville man died Monday after he was partially ejected in a single vehicle crash near Brunswick. Highway Patrol Sgt. B. Ezzell said Claudio Salvador Saballos, 41, was not wearing a seatbelt when ...
Crime roundup for Aug. 31 • Deputies arrested a Burgaw man after he allegedly stabbed and cut a man near Whiteville Monday. Dallas Vance Shepard, 30, is being held under $25,000 secured bond on ...
Ignoring the state’s helmet law ended badly for a South Carolina man Tuesday. Sgt. Brian Campbell of the Tabor city Police was on patrol along Pireway Road when he said he spotted Gavin Christopher Ba...
For the second time a building site on Big Island Road in Old Dock has been robbed of tools and other supplies while a couple attempts to build their dream home. Dustin and Amber Nealey took to ...
Traffic was tangled on N.C. 87 near Sandyfield Monday when a van crossed the centerline and collided with a loaded logging truck, killing the van driver. Dennis Emmett Carver of Riegelwood was dead on...