Whiteville Police investigating a trespassing report Thursday arrested a man with two handguns, one of which had been illegally converted to a full-automatic weapon. Jesus G. Rojas, 23, of 52 Caswell ...
In less than an hour Friday, Brandon Wayne Mincey was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Mincey, 44, was on trial for nearly three weeks in the d...
Closing statements are underway today (June 12) in the first degree murder trial of Brandon Wayne Mincey. Mincey, 44, is accused of killing Alissa Lee and disposing of her body off Heartbeat Bridge in...
Detectives are searching for an 18-year-old suspect in a shooting Thursday night on Berry Lane near Whiteville. Eric Martin Jr. has been identified as the suspect in the killing of Raphael Gowans, acc...
UPDATED June 12 at noon. Multiple victims helped put an alleged child molester behind bars Thursday. Jeromy Lee Blanton, 44, of Loris, is being held under no bond. He faces seven counts of statutory r...
Pine straw is a traditional groundcover for flower beds and landscaping – but it’s also a dangerous fire hazard. Last week’s Sawmill Apartments fire has been linked to a cigarette tossed into the pine...
Five ankle monitors owned by a bail bonding company are missing and presumed stolen, and a $1,000 reward is being offered for their return. Mark Cartret of Around the Clock Bail Bonding said the monit...
Seven families were displaced Friday when a major fire swept through a building at the Sawmill Apartments in Whiteville. City Fire Marshal Hal Lowder said the 3:30 p.m. fire was accidental, and was ca...
A Chadbourn Police sergeant is recovering from serious injuries sustained while using Stop Sticks on a chase suspect Thursday. Mayor Phillip Britt said Fair Bluff Police were attempting to stop a vehi...
Developing story Multiple fire departments are fighting a structure fire at Sawmill Apartments in Whiteville. At one point the fire sent dense black smoke across U.S. 701 and onto Madison Stree...
Reported cases of white-collar crime, which includes fraud, embezzlement and extortion, rose between 2020 and 2024, according to a report released today by the NC Department of Public Safety’s Crimina...
Five devices used to modify firearms into fully-automatic weapons were among the contraband seized during a raid in Whiteville today (June 2). Whiteville Police Chief Paul Rockenbach said in a press r...
Leland Police have arrested the suspect in Thursday’s drive-by shooting in Whiteville. Javion Delton Evans, 22, was arrested Sunday in Leland. He was held without bond pending transfer to Columbus Cou...
Deputies arrested two men in separate felony cases during proactive patrols in the Boardman area. The sheriff’s office said Damian Kelly Thompson, 38, of Wilmington was spotted near the Sun-Dew in Boa...
Authorities on both sides of the state line are searching for a woman reported missing from Horry County. Her husband is in jail in New Hanover County on unrelated charges. Cyrena Anderson, 48, is a w...
Bitcoin transactions and online activity led to the arrest of a Whiteville man on child porn charges Thursday. Michael Deshawn Smith-Green, 38, of 101 Stanley Street, was jailed under a $5,000 secured...