One man died after multiple shots were fired at a troubled Whiteville apartment complex Monday. Tony Jayshawn Baker, 23, died at New Hanover Regional, according to Whiteville Police. He was at least the fourth person [Read More]
Three men were shot near Second and Lewis Streets in Tabor City Saturday, just blocks from the Yam Festival. Tabor City Police Major Russel Conway said two of the victims were airlifted. One man had [Read More]
Citizen complaints led the sheriff’s office to raid three trouble spots on Dessie Road near Chadbourn Friday. One suspect collided with a patrol vehicle while trying to evade arrest, according to a press release from [Read More]
The body found in an abandoned home near Bladenboro has been identified as Samantha Christina White. White, 26, was last seen Oct. 6 in Bladenboro, according to Mac Warner of the Bladen Sheriff’s Office. White [Read More]
The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing teenager. Raul Francisco Iglesias, 17, was last seen Oct. 11 on Silver Spoon Road. He left the home on foot heading toward Toon Road, the [Read More]
Whiteville Police have arrested a Florida man for the robbery of Fowler’s Jewelry last week. Jesmain Burnette was arrested by Whiteville detectives and the Clearwater, Fla., police. He is being held under no bond pending [Read More]
Former Animal Control Director Joseph David Prince was served today (Thursday) with a single misdemeanor warrant for failure to keep trust funds separate. He was released on a unsecured $1,000 bond. A grand jury handed [Read More]
The man charged with killing two motorists and injuring two more saw his bond raised to $1.2 million today in Columbus County superior Court. Jacob Taylor Sax, 25, of Mebane was arrested after he was [Read More]
One man has been charged in the five-car crash that killed two men Monday in Whiteville. Jacob Taylor Sax, 25, of Mebane has been charged with two counts each of misdemeanor death by vehicle and [Read More]
A bandit dressed like a construction worker robbed Fowler’s Jewelry in Whiteville Monday while officers were responding to a five-car, two-fatality crash just blocks away. Police said the suspect, a black male entered the store [Read More]
It took two officers and a Taser to stop an alleged pizza thief in Tabor City Monday. Lloydian Lee Little, 42, was turned over to Horry County Police to face charges after the incident. Lee’s [Read More]
Multiple vehicles were involved in a crash in Whiteville Monday. Kenneth Goben and Javier Pena were killed in the crash. Two other victims were airlifted to New Hanover Regional, according to the Whiteville Police. The [Read More]
Whiteville Police jailed a woman after she allegedly shot a man, then spat on the arresting officer responding to the call. Chiquita Jwander Powell, 33, of 222 W. Virgil St., Whiteville was arrested Thursday on [Read More]
Tucker Mackenzie Rector has been found guilty of first degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The jury in the case returned the verdict just after 2 p.m. [Read More]
Lukim Lamont Pittman will serve 81 months in federal prison for selling drugs and a Glock handgun to undercover informants. Eastern District U.S. Attorney G. Norman Acker announced this morning (Friday) that Pittman received the [Read More]
William Dewayne Simmons will go to trial next month for the 2018 murder of an Evergreen man. Carlos David Alfonso Jr. was found in a ditch along N.C. 410 near the Bladen County line at [Read More]
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