The victim in Thursday night’s shooting on Wagon Wheel Drive near Evergreen has been identified as Kaylee Fowler, 17. Miss Fowler was allegedly shot to death around 9 p.m. by her father, Jeffrey Fowler, 56. [Read More]
The alleged shooter in Thursday’s murder of a 17-year-old girl is in New Hanover Regional after being shot. Sheriff W.A. “Bill” Rogers said Jeffery Fowler is considered the main suspect in the 9 p.m. shooting [Read More]
The reward for information leading to the arrest of Antonio Maultsby Jr.’s killer stands at $2,600. Two more individuals added to the $1,500 reward offered yesterday (Wednesday) by the sheriff’s office. The donors asked that [Read More]
The sheriff’s office will pay a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the death of Antonio Jamal Maultsby Jr. Young Antonio would have turned eight years old next week. [Read More]
High winds, dry conditions and plenty of fuel have increased the fire danger for the entire state of North Carolina today. The N.C. Forest Service and National Weather Service issued a fire hazard advisory Monday. [Read More]
The sheriff’s office and other agencies joined forces March 14 for a major checking station at Haynes Lennon Highway and Princess Ann Road near Chadbourn, netting 31 violations in three hours. “The goal of this [Read More]
Two men ended up going to jail after a fight in Riegelwood March 15. The sheriff’s office was called to 18 Country Club Trail just after 1 p.m. to a report of an affray. Kenneth [Read More]
Year-long Investigation Leads to Child Abuse Charge A Whitehall Road man was arrested Monday after he allegedly fractured his child’s skull in 2023. Joey Russ, 40, of 3233 Whitehall Road, Whiteville, was placed under a [Read More]
Multiple sources have confirmed that Antonio Jamal Maultsby Jr. was the child killed on Braswell Road Saturday. The boy’s obituary said he would have turned eight years old March 29. At least six other people, [Read More]
Wildfire conditions are increasing across the area, according to the National Weather Service and the N.C. Forest Service. Dry, windy conditions are expected to increase in the next 24 hours. combined with low humidity and [Read More]
At least six other people, including a toddler, were in the home where a seven year old boy was shot to death Saturday night. The report from Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said the boy died [Read More]
Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for the suspects who shot and killed a seven year old boy Saturday night. Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers said several people were standing in the yard of a [Read More]
An eight year old child was struck by gunfire during a drive-by shooting on Braswell Road near Chadbourn Saturday evening. Emergency radio traffic indicated the child was transported to Columbus Regional. The sheriff’s office is [Read More]
Firefighters are mopping up after a fire destroyed the WTXY 103.9 FM broadcasting facility tonight (Saturday). The building on Virgil Street beside Central Baptist Church in Whiteville housed the transmitters and other equipment, WTXY General [Read More]
A thrown bottle earned not one, but two bursts of gunfire Monday. Logan Blake Prince, 20, called 911 around 9 p.m. to report the shootings. Prince told deputies that a man he knew was driving [Read More]
No one was injured but a Hallsboro man was left homeless Monday night after a singlewide trailer burned on Pierce Cemetery Road. Dep. Fire Marshal Jonathan Juhl said Curtis Wright was not home when the [Read More]
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