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...
Developing story Whiteville Police are investigating a shooting at Covey Run II apartments Thursday around 5 p.m. One person sustained a minor neck injury from a stray bullet, according to police. Mul...
Whiteville Police have charged a man after he allegedly forced another man to perform a sex act. Jeremy Tyler Hilburn, 30, of 131 Mill Pond Rd., Lot 131, Whiteville, is being held under no bond. Deten...
One person was airlifted after a water rescue near Nakina Wednesday. Nakina Fire and Rescue said in a social media post that the department was called to the 2100 block of River Road around 8 p.m. Nak...
UPDATED 4:45 p.m. May 27 with additional information. The man who pleaded guilty to the motor vehicle death of a Whiteville firefighter has been charged with stealing a roadside monument to the victim...
A Chadbourn-area woman allegedly beat a disabled child with a baseball bat and other blunt objects, according to arrest warrants. Tammie Bennett Rutledge, 62, was held under $10,000 secured bond, char...
An admission that only methamphetamine, not fentanyl, would be found in a vehicle led to the arrest of a wanted man Monday. Jonathan Kellihan, 33, of 412 Evergreen Baptist Church Road, was held under ...
Rabies vaccinations will be available for free Saturday from 2-6 p.m. in Delco. The second free clinic for the year is being held at Brown’s Outdoor Headquarters, 25409 Andrew Jackson Hwy. East (U.S. ...
An early morning structure fire required equipment and personnel from eight fire departments Sunday morning (today). North Whiteville VFD was called to the home on U.S. 701 Business near the county co...
Jury selection begins next week in the brutal 2023 slaying of a Tabor City area woman. Brandon Wayne Mincey, 44, was indicted by a grand jury for the first degree murder of Alissa Lee. The victim’s bo...