Multiple shots damaged two cars, a home and a storage building Monday night. No one was injured in the 9:30 p.m. shooting, the sheriff’s office reported, but a Chevrolet automobile and two structures ...
A single vehicle crash led to a standoff and an apparent suicide Monday on Country Club Road near Whiteville. The sheriff’s office said the victim, who was 53, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunsh...
Someone stole a storage building from a Bolton home December 20. The building was valued at $2,000. An unoccupied building was reported damaged by fire on Ronald Lane near Chadbourn the same day. On D...
Conway Police are asking for the public’s help locating 16 year old Kenche Denise Green. The African American girl was reported missing this morning from Duckett Street around 1240 a.m. Kenche is five...
A convicted felon caught with a handgun will be sentenced in March. Bobby Jaquane Toon, 31, was arrested in January 2024 after fleeing from law enforcement. He was charged with possession of a firearm...
An unwanted puppy now has a new home after being tossed from a vehicle and eventually ending up in police custody Saturday. Whiteville Police Sgt. Brianna Blanks was on patrol Saturday when a passerby...
Zerion Marcos Franklin has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release after stealing over $750,000 in treasury checks. Franklin was also ordered to pay restitution to...
Robeson County deputies arrested a Pembroke teacher and foster parent on multiple child sex offenses Saturday. Paul Nelson Locklear, 53, was arrested in Columbus County by Robeson investigators. The R...
President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 convicted murderers Monday (Today), including three tied to high profile cases with regional connections. Biden issued the commutations as incomi...
Suspect photos and charges added. Deputies arrested 20 suspects Dec. 16 in a broad sweep in what the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office named Operation Nutcracker. The “crime suppression warrant ...
A stolen property investigation led to a major drug bust in Nakina Dec. 5, and more charges are pending. The sheriff’s office reported that detectives executed a search warrant on Nucket Lane, Nakina ...
A grassfire led to the discovery of a break-in and vandalism of a home Tuesday. Linda Campbell contacted the sheriff’s office after she went to the home on J.D. Cartrette Road after being called about...
While there was evidence there are no suspects in a drive-by shooting that damaged several homes on Godwin Trail Tuesday. Deputy T. Stewart was dispatched to the Chadbourn-area property just before no...
A shooting in the Green Acres community has resulted in a life sentence for a Columbus County man. Marty Devane Soles, 28, formerly of Sandy Drive, Tabor City, was found guilty of first degree murder,...
Five people have now been charged in a stolen property and drug ring in Nakina. Skylar Long, Jonathan Cumbee, Teresa Hursey, Linda Gore and Jonathan Dorsch face a variety of felony charges ranging fro...
Drones and search crews tracked down a 15-year-old boy who allegedly kidnapped his girlfriend Tuesday. The youth has been referred to the Dept. of Juvenile Justice on charges of first degree kidnappin...