A warrant scammer conned a Riegelwood woman out of $16.400, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office said the woman, who is in her 40s, was contacted via phone by a caller who claimed t...
A Bolton woman was not seriously injured after a trespassing suspect shoved her to th ground June 16. The Gum Street residence called 911 after the incident. She told deputies she was checking her pro...
Multiple charges were filed against a suspect who allegedly stopped running from the law when he pulled into the driveway of random residence. Billy Jay Wright, 40, of 414 Country Village Rd., Whitevi...
Updated with corrections Deborah Tyson still waits for her daughter Amanda Grace Little to call, four years after the Whiteville-area woman disappeared in Duplin County. “She always called me, just to...
One of the three suspects charged in a Monday murder in New Hanover County is from Sandyfield. Skylar Marie Flores, 18, of 4004 Gen. Howe Hwy., is being held under no bond, charged with first degree m...
Roderick Terrell Pee is facing multiple charges after he allegedly tried to hit a Chadbourn Police Officer June 4, leaving the officer injured by flying debris. Pee, 18, turned himself in at the Colum...
A Whiteville woman is recovering after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times during a fight with another woman. Shaquana Lynee Willis, 32, was held under no bond. She is charged with assault with a...
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...