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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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 tran...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...