Trial was scheduled when pandemic hit The alleged killer of a beloved local music teacher likely won’t go on trial this year. Carol Greer was stabbed to death in the...
Drugs, stolen firearms, five suspects picked up in second drug raid on home. Five suspects were arrested after the second investigation into alleged drug activity on Northwood Drive. The sheriff’s...
If you see firefighters around the courthouse Friday, don’t be alarmed. The Whiteville Firefighters Association will be holding its Fill the Boot campaign from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Proceeds...
Two of the handguns stolen during a Whiteville break-in last year were recovered last week, according to Whiteville Police. Lt. Andre Jackson said one handgun was found when WPD and...
A man and woman were arrested on multiple fraud charges last week, according to the sheriff’s office. Ryan Anthony Rabon and Christy Cribb Hilbourn were arrested after they allegedly...
A Gillard Road woman was jailed Wednesday on multiple narcotics charges, according to the sheriff’s office. Complaints from the community led the sheriff’s office to conduct surveillance on Jacq...
A police chase in Chadbourn ended in drug charges during the early morning hours of Aug. 22. Davin Jan-Michael Zimmerman, 46, of Durham and New Jersey, was held under $25,000...
UPDATED 2 p.m. Handgun was stolen in Whiteville store heist last year. Three suspects, a handgun stolen from a local store and a “significant” quantity of drugs were seized by...
Two containers of a substance believed to be marijuana and a firearm sent a Tabor City man to jail Wednesday. Zachary Dashad Green, 22, of 120 Jamaica Queen Lane, Tabor...
A combined effort by Columbus and Bladen county investigators led to the arrest of three narcotics suspects Thursday (today). Deputies executed a search warrant on two residences on Booker T....
McPherson was in jail for his role in an assault on a woman and her three-legged dog. A prisoner at the Columbus County detention Center has been charged with two...
The routine search of a prison employee heading to work turned up a bag of tobacco Aug. 20, according to the Columbus County sheriff’s office. juJuan Lowell Lambert, 33, was...
An apparent roommate of a Durham man found dead in the Cape Fear River has been arrested for the killing. Jim Robert Goins, 41, was arrested in Wake County by...
Updated 11:45 a.m. Thursday Betty Smith Bryant, 63, has been charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to the home, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. The...
Jewelry and cash were taken from a Gilliard Road woman in an alleged robbery Aug. 25. Deputies responded to the home near Chadbourn on a disturbance call. Kayla Todd told...
A detective working on another investigation ended up literally chasing down a new case just after midnight Monday morning. Det. Paul Rockenbach was on Seven Creeks Highway in Nakina when...