A power outage may or may not have been caused by someone shooting a transformer Friday. Brunswick Electric Membership crews contacted the sheriff’s department after responding to a power outage at 17509 Peacock Road, according [Read More]
Developing story A Whiteville High School student died and three other students were seriously injured in a crash on Sunset Drive today, less than an hour after school was dismissed for the year. Multiple law [Read More]
The man charged with killing a pregnant woman and her child could face the death penalty. District Attorney Jon David said today that Najee Dizon Leach, 31, was held under no bond on charges of [Read More]
Najee Dizon Leach was arraigned this morning on charges of murder, murder of an unborn child, and other felonies in Bladen County. Leach, 31, allegedly gunned down Bolivia Monique Williams Tuesday night on Dixon Road [Read More]
Robert Worley was dismissed as a magistrate today (June 6) by Superior Court Judge C. Ashley Gore. Citing conduct unbecoming an officer of the court, social media posts and concerns that he had intimidated law [Read More]
UPDATED at 4:33 p.m. A Riegelwood area man has been arrested on murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant woman. Najee Dizon Leach, 31, was taken into custody around 4 p.m. today (Wednesday), [Read More]
Saturday wrapped up three days of aggressive traffic enforcement coordinated by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, resulting in seven more fugitives being arrested and multiple traffic violations. Operation Heat Wave began Thursday and continued into [Read More]
One of the two people who died in a Wilmington wreck Sunday was an Evergreen native. Parker Elizabeth Nance, 22, and Jeanette Yoho, 59, both of Wilmington, died in a collision in the 6000 block [Read More]
Two shooting incidents were reported on Wright Road over the weekend, but one case was closed after witnesses refused to cooperate with law enforcement. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies were called to a home [Read More]
Four mobile testing labs and law enforcement from nine agencies issued 89 citations, charged one person with driving while impaired and arrested a wanted fugitive Thursday (May 30). Operation Heat Wave was coordinated by the [Read More]
Four vehicles sustained minor damage after a car got off the tracks at an automatic car wash in Whiteville. Whiteville Police Sgt. Scott Moody the incident was reported Thursday at 1:10 p.m. A BMW going [Read More]
Police investigating a call about a man waving a handgun found no suspect Saturday in Whiteville. Whiteville Police were called to Memory Twins Circle just before 11:30 p.m., according to a report. A 911 caller [Read More]
An early morning fire destroyed a mobile home near Farmer’s Union, and the Fire Marshal’s Office said the fire was intentional. It was the second fire at the home in less than a month. Firefighters [Read More]
Chadbourn Police charged a man with pretending to be a police officer and telling another man to leave a domestic dispute May 28. Warrants show that Shannon Dewayne Spaulding, 33, of 110 Hudson Dr., Whiteville, [Read More]
The victims in Wednesday’s collision in Roseland were a retired Randolph County deputy and his wife. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that John Davie Garner, 55, and his wife Alisha, 50, were killed in [Read More]
Two people died in a collision at Rough and Ready and Old Stake roads today (Wednesday). First responders said that a sport utility vehicle on Old Stake Road and an 18 wheeler on Rough and [Read More]
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