Billy Six was the second local firefighter to die in a motorcycle crash this year. Hallsboro firefighter Billy Six Saturday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash Sept. 1, becoming the se...
Whiteville Police arrested a male and a female for the save beating of a senior citizen Friday.John Lewis Hall Sr., 80, was found beaten and dumped in a canal in a remote location off Northeast Road b...
A lost bumper and using the name of a suspect already in jail led to a drug arrest and multiple charges in Chadbourn Sept. 2. Austin Daniel Cross II, 25, of Lumberton, was arrested on charges of cocai...
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 yard of her Whiteville home on Aug...
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 off...
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 from the ev...
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 Alcohol Law Enforc...
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 secured bond, according t...
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 Whiteville Police and Al...
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 City, was jailed under a $32,50...
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. Washingt...
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 counts of interfering with a jail spr...
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 arrested for possession of...
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 U.S. Marshals and Bladen County Sheriff’s...