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Inmate Finds Handgun Parts
A road crew picking up trash along Pine Log Road Monday found part of a handgun, a sheriff’s report said. Cpl. Z. Morris of the sheriff’s office responded to the call in the 2000 block [Read More]
PUBLIC SAFETY
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Mother and Son Arrested in Drug Raid
Deputies and Chadbourn Police arrested a mother and son early Wednesday after the pair allegedly ran a family-based drug enterprise. The months-long investigation, which involved the sheriff’s office Special Operations Division and Chadbourn Police, came [Read More]
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Family Robbed Saturday
Two masked bandits allegedly robbed an Arn Ward Road family Saturday. The sheriff’s office reported that the victims were confronted by two men with a firearm. One victim was physically restrained and forced to hand [Read More]
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Navassa Plant Manager Pleads in Pollution Case
Barry Darnell White, 63, pled guilty Tuesday to knowingly discharging tert-Butyl alcohol and other pollutants into the Cape Fear River in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. White did so while employed by American [Read More]
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First 911 Call for 2025
Whiteville Police had the first 911 call for law enforcement for 2025. Meisha Robinson Contact Whiteville Police at 2:00 a.m. Jan. 1, 2025 to report her car had been stolen. The last call investigated by [Read More]
Health
Boil Water Advisory Riegelwood District
A boil water advisory has been issued for customers in the Riegelwood Sanitary District. Residents may see brown or discolored water, and any water intended for consumption should be boiled. Acme-Delco-Riegelwood Fire crews are [Read More]
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Second Sandyfield Suspect Sentenced
The second gunman in a shootout that wounded a pregnant woman will serve just short of six years in federal prison. Robert Jamar Avant, 33, formerly of Huffman Street, Chadbourn, pleaded guilty to being a [Read More]
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Second Gunman from the 2021 Shootout to Serve Six Years in Federal Prison
The second gunman in a 2021 shootout that injured a pregnant woman will serve just short of six years in federal prison. Robert Jamar Avant, age 33, pleaded guilty to being a felon in [Read More]
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Two Charged in Reynolds Road Shootout
Two suspects have been arrested in the Dec. 26 shooting that damaged a home, storage building and car near Tabor City. Treavon Ronderius Smith, 30, of 101 Sandy Place Dr., Tabor City was arrested Jan. [Read More]
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First Road Fatality of 2025
Carolina Green, age 16, has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after Columbus County’s first road fatality of the year took the life of a Clarendon woman Monday. Misty Cribb, age 35, was killed when [Read More]
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WRC Urges Caution Around Winter-Weary Bears
It’s that time of year, again: bears are seeking places for long winter naps, and sometimes they find human habitation rather inviting. The Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) advises the public that black bears in North [Read More]
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Chase Leads to Drugs, Charges
The suspect in a New Year’s Eve shooting incident is in custody after a 112 mile per hour chase that left a deputy’s car damaged. Christopher Dentoui Edwards, 31, of 3332 Swamp Fox Hwy., Tabor [Read More]
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Mother Dies, Three Transported in Monday Wreck
The first highway fatality of the year in Columbus claimed the life of a Clarendon woman this morning. Misty Cribb, 35, of Cribbtown Road, died after her 2010 Dodge was struck head on by a [Read More]
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Vandals Raise Confederate Flag on City Property
Someone raised a variant of the Confederate flag on the pole at the Whiteville city entry. The flag was removed by Whiteville Police, Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder said. “This was not done by the [Read More]
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Animal Cruelty Open Investigation
The Columbus County Sheriff’s office and Animal Protective Services were called about an alleged case of animal abuse Christmas Eve. A woman reported that she was prevented from retrieving two dogs from her previous residence [Read More]
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Clyde Norris Road Home Struck by Gunfire
Multiple shots damaged two cars, a home and a storage building Monday night. No one was injured in the 9:30 p.m. shooting, the sheriff’s office reported, but a Chevrolet automobile and two structures sustained extensive [Read More]