Deputies following up on complaints about suspicious activity in Hallsboro arrested a man after an extended offroad chase Tuesday. Ricky Levell Mitchell, 34, was held under no bond on charges of felon...
Monday was a busy day for the sheriff’s office, as two departments made major narcotics arrests in two different parts of the county. Stefon Geathers, 38, of 4875 Old Lumberton Rd., Whiteville, was he...
Dry, windy conditions and low humidity have led emergency officials to discourage outdoor burning today (Tuesday). The advisory is not the same as a burning ban. No ban has been put in place, but cond...
Timothy Ray Cain II was found guilty this morning for the 2021 murder of Jacqueline “Lynn” Landreth of Clarkton. Cain was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole by Superior Court Judge Pa...
A chase involving a stolen vehicle in Scotland County came to an end near Boardman Thursday. Bryan Wade Gunter, 47, of Leesville, S.C., was jailed under a $275,000 secured bond, according to a release...
The man charged with shooting a dog in Vinegar Hill Jan. 17 has been charged with animal cruelty and possession of a firearm by a felon. Aquinta Shamar Simmons, 27, was arrested Thursday on charges of...
The sheriff’s office reported that four boys, ages 10 to 12, were photographed posing with what appeared to be a “weapon” on the campus of West Columbus School. The incident was reported at 1:57 p.m. ...
Police have charged a Clarkton-area man with an early morning shooting that hurt two men and scattered patrons of a Whiteville bar and grill. D’Angelo Tyrek Lacy, 23, was arrested Monday on charges of...
A woman arrested for driving while impaired Sunday near Bolton had three children in her vehicle. Samantha Fletcher, 42, of 710 N. Franklin St., Whiteville, was held under $1,000 secured bond for driv...
A Columbus County man convicted of raping a child under 13 and sentenced to life in prison may be paroled next year. Terry E. Smith, 67, was convicted of rape of a child under 13 in Columbus County Su...
Travelling to and from Wilmington will be more complicated starting today. The N.C. Dept. of Transportation said both east bound lanes of U.S. 74-76 at the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will close today (...
County leaders considered several alternatives to the plans for the original courthouse in Whiteville before settling on the one considered most consistent with a court order. One member of the board ...
Chauncey Askew was sentenced to to life sentences this morning (Jan. 25) for the killings of Jerome Parott and Trooper Kevin Conner. Askew was on trial for the 2016 shooting of Parrott in a Green Acre...
No one was hurt but a home on Wright Road was damaged by gunfire early Tuesday (today). Th sheriff’s office reported that someone opened fire on the home of Tamia Bellamy and Taniya Graham just after ...
A fight on Quail Drive led to a shooting Sunday. The sheriff’s office reported that a man called 911 after another man he knows came to his home and began arguing. The dispute between two men came to ...
Tabor City Police have charged a man with statutory rape, incest and first degree sex offense after he allegedly had sex with a teenager and a child related to him. Warrants show that Nestor Redonopal...