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Breaking News: WTXY Transmitter Destroyed in Fire

March 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Breaking News: WTXY Transmitter Destroyed in Fire

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]

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Thrown Bottle Answered by Gunshots

February 28, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Thrown Bottle Answered by Gunshots

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]

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Hallsboro Home Destroyed in Fire

February 27, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Hallsboro Home Destroyed in Fire

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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Home Destroyed in Hallsboro Fire

February 26, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Home Destroyed in Hallsboro Fire

The single resident of a home in Hallsboro escaped but his home was destroyed in a structure fire tonight (Monday). Multiple fire departments were called to the singlewide trailer on Pierce Cemetery Road before 7 [Read More]

Nicholas J.c. mitchell (CCSO Detention)
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Murder Suspect Indicted on Birthday

February 26, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Murder Suspect Indicted on Birthday

Nicholas J.C.  Mitchell turned 18 on Thursday, and was indicted for first degree murder as an adult. Mitchell and Kenneth Bernard Wooten are alleged to have shot and killed Michael Jason Scott, 54, on Ward [Read More]

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Two Hurt in Accidental Discharge

February 26, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Two Hurt in Accidental Discharge

Two people were transported to Loris Hospital after they were accidentally shot Sunday. Tabor City Police reported that they were dispatched to Forest Glen apartments just before 1 p.m. A resident met police on the [Read More]

Andy Gene Strickland (CCSO Detention)
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Charges Filed in Third County Sex Offense Case

February 22, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Charges Filed in Third County Sex Offense Case

For the third time in less than 30 days, the sheriff’s office has arrested a suspect for child sex abuse. Andy Gene Strickland, 68, was arrested by Greenville, S.C. Police Feb. 20, according to a [Read More]

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Bladen Man Pleads in Tar Heel Murder

February 21, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Bladen Man Pleads in Tar Heel Murder

David Earl Wilkins will spend 35 to 43 years in prison for the 2022 murder of a Tar Heel area man. District Attorney Jon David said Wilkins pled guilty Monday in Bladen County Superior Court. [Read More]

James Kirk Harrelson
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Alleged Rapist Tied, Gagged Child

February 21, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Alleged Rapist Tied, Gagged Child

A Delco girl was allegedly bound and gagged before being raped by a Winnabow man, according to the sheriff’s office and warrants. James Kirk Harrelson, 39, is being held under $150,000 secured bond on two [Read More]

Davon long, JaQuavious Bellamy, and Rajon Reaves with the weapons seized by arresting deputies. (CCSO photos)
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Three Jailed in TC Case; More Details Released

February 20, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Three Jailed in TC Case; More Details Released

Three suspects have now been charged with resisting an officer after an incident involving a stolen truck and firearms Saturday. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office was searching for 2005 Dodge truck stolen in South Carolina [Read More]

The Nolan Park complex surrounds Sandy Ridge Apartments on three sides.
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Jury Selection Underway in Sandy Ridge Murder

February 20, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jury Selection Underway in Sandy Ridge Murder

Jurors may be seated as early as Wednesday in the first degree murder trial of Leroy Moore Jr. Moore, 38, is alleged to have shot and killed Tony Baker during a shootout at the Sandy [Read More]

Hugo Gaspar (CCSO photo)
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Gaspar Wanted in Texas for Sex Crimes

February 20, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Gaspar Wanted in Texas for Sex Crimes

The registered sex offender and convicted felon caught Friday in Riegelwood was reportedly reaching for a firearm in his vehicle when he was arrested by deputies. Hugo Alberto Bautista-Gaspar is now facing deportation after being tried [Read More]

Hugo Gaspar (CCSO photo)
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Armed Sex Offender Jailed Friday

February 19, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Armed Sex Offender Jailed Friday

Deputies arrested a registered sex offender with a concealed handgun in his truck Friday.  Hugo Alberto Bautista Gaspar, 40, with addresses in Riegelwood and Rose Hill was arrested on Old Stage Road. He was charged [Read More]

Day Hardwick (CCSO Detention photo)
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Arson Charged to Nakina Man

February 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Arson Charged to Nakina Man

State Forest Service officials have charged a man for setting a Feb. 4 brushfire. Darcy Ty Hardwick, 23, was released on an unsecured bond on a single charge of setting fire to grass, brush or [Read More]

Darrell and Aaron Gore
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Father and Son Jailed for TC Thefts

February 15, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Father and Son Jailed for TC Thefts

Tabor City Police have charged a father and son with several larcenies. Warrants show that Darrell Wayne Gore, 55, and Aaron Hunter Gore, 25, were charged with breaking, entering, and larceny after a series of [Read More]

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Teen Leads 100-MPH Chase from Bladen

February 14, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Teen Leads 100-MPH Chase from Bladen

Juvenile petitions are pending after a teenager allegedly stole a car in Elizabethtown and led law enforcement on chase that ended in Johnston County. Bladen Sheriff James McVicker said in a press release that a [Read More]

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