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One Dead, One Hurt in Saturday Night Shooting

October 7, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on One Dead, One Hurt in Saturday Night Shooting

A Farmers Union man is dead and another is recovering after they apparently shot each other Saturday night in Farmers Union. Harry Hardie Jr., 37, was dead on the scene when deputies arrived at 126 [Read More]

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Driver Dies After Impalement

October 3, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Driver Dies After Impalement

The driver of a box truck has died after he was impaled on a tree trunk Wednesday. Acme Delco Riegelwood Fire Rescue Chief Steve Camlin said a logging truck was turning off N.C. 87 into [Read More]

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Convenience Store Closes Due to Crime

September 26, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Convenience Store Closes Due to Crime

A busy convenience store in Whiteville has closed its doors due to crime in the area. Workers began emptying fuel tanks and packing up stock at the Speedway at  207 N. Powell Boulevard Monday. By [Read More]

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Heroin, Cocaine, Pot Send Man to Prison

September 26, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Heroin, Cocaine, Pot Send Man to Prison

Johnathan Terrille Jordan will spend the next 10 to 23 years in prison on drug trafficking charges. Jordan, 36, was found guilty on two counts each of trafficking opioids and heroin, plus possession of drug [Read More]

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Wife, Husband, Ex-wife Charged in Murder

September 25, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Wife, Husband, Ex-wife Charged in Murder

Emily Sandlin has been charged with accessory in the May killing and disappearance of Shanna Perry.  Sandlin, 46, is being held under $10,000 secured bond. She is charged with communicating threats and being an accessory [Read More]

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Ex-wife Charged as Murder Accessory, Helped Hide Victim

September 24, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Ex-wife Charged as Murder Accessory, Helped Hide Victim

The ex-wife of a murder suspect was arrested this morning and charged as an accessory in the murder of Shanna Perry, the pregnant Delco woman who vanished in May. Lance Arrington Sandlin IV, 47, was [Read More]

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Man Charged in May Disappearance, Murder

September 23, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Man Charged in May Disappearance, Murder

Lance Arrington Sandlin IV has been charged with murder of a woman who has been missing since May. Sandlin, 47, was arrested this evening and booked just before 8 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office. [Read More]

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Brunswick County Man Sentenced for Liquor Bottle Murder

September 23, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Brunswick County Man Sentenced for Liquor Bottle Murder

An Oak Island man was sentenced to 16 to 20 years in prison for beating and stabbing his girlfriend to death with a liquor bottle. Kevin Vaughn of Oak Island pled guilty to second degree [Read More]

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‘…Raining So Hard the Turtles Were Evacuating’

September 18, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on ‘…Raining So Hard the Turtles Were Evacuating’

Steve Camlin knew Monday’s near-tropical system was going to be bad when he saw snapping turtles going for higher ground. “The incidents started after lunch,” he said. “It was raining so hard the turtles were [Read More]

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Child Porn Suspect Charged

September 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Child Porn Suspect Charged

A Delco man is being held under $250,000 bond after he was indicted for allegedly instructing a woman to teach a four year old to perform a sex act in a video he planned to [Read More]

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Sub-tropical System Bringing Heavy Rain, Tornado Threat

September 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Sub-tropical System Bringing Heavy Rain, Tornado Threat

Bookmark this report for continuing coverage. The coastal low known as Tropical System Eight is bringing heavy rainfall to Columbus County, and could bring wind gusts to 60 miles per hour before day’s end. Tornado [Read More]

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Kent Place Cleared After Search

September 14, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Kent Place Cleared After Search

Authorities allowed Whiteville’s Kent Place Apartments residents to return to their homes around 8:30 p.m. tonight (Friday) after a search of one of the units by multiple agencies. Multiple emergency vehicles, along with local, state [Read More]

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Fourth Student Questioned After School Threat

September 13, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Fourth Student Questioned After School Threat

Yet another student is facing disciplinary action after the fourth prank threat against a county school in three days. The sheriff’s office said a seventh grader at East Columbus Junior-Senior High was overheard making alleged [Read More]

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Moore Sentenced to Life in Retrial

September 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Moore Sentenced to Life in Retrial

Leroy Moore Jr. will spend the rest of his life in prison, after the jury in his retrial returned a guilty verdict today (Sept. 12). Moore was found guilty of first degree murder, possession of [Read More]

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Teens Charged with Threatening Schools

September 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Teens Charged with Threatening Schools

Three teenagers have been charged with making threats against county schools in two separate incidents. Timya Riggins, 18, and Wesley Pridgen, 19, were taken into custody late this morning (Sept. 12) on charges of communicating [Read More]

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One Charged in Whiteville Shooting

September 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on One Charged in Whiteville Shooting

The shooting victim who crashed into a utility pole last week has been released from the hospital, and one suspect has been charged in connection to the case. Cameron Arthur Baldwin, 18, was apparently transporting [Read More]

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