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]
Narcotics, a stolen firearm, a stolen vehicle and more felonies sent a Clarkton man to jail Tuesday after a pursuit that ended in Pender County. Deron Dewitt Blanks, 39, of 6504 Hallsboro Road North, was [Read More]
Gov. Roy Cooper today added $5,000 to the reward for information leading to the whereabouts of a Clarkton man. Brandon Carl Wayne McDonald of Clarkton disappeared around 3 a.m. on March 25. He was last [Read More]
A man walking in the middle of the road was struck and killed just after midnight Tuesday. Interim Police Chief Ken Elliot said the man was killed while walking in the northbound lane of Brown [Read More]
A Leland woman was arrested in Columbus on a handful of charges, including exposing a teenager to drug activity. Arrest reports show Taleesha Angel Bryant, 22, of Northwest Road, Leland, was released $6,000 secured bond [Read More]
The first murder trial in Columbus County in more than a year begins Monday as the man accused of the brutal slaying of a senior citizen goes to court. Travis Mackenzie Rector, 24, is charged [Read More]
Heavy equipment that disappeared from a Clarendon construction site has been recovered near Four Oaks. Sheriff Jody Greene said in a press release that on Aug. 4, a Caterpillar mini excavator and Vermeer trencher were [Read More]
Julius Armani Miller has been named as the man shot to death in a triple-shooting near Chadbourn Tuesday.Miller, 20, was gunned down in a Dessie Road home around 11:30 p.m., according to the Columbus County [Read More]
One man has been charged after he allegedly assaulted one man, chased a woman, desecrated a graveyard, and then fought with deputies Wednesday. Paul Nobles, 34, of Davidson, was charged with assault and battery, resisting [Read More]
It’s far too often that defendants under the age of 21 appear on court dockets, but when Columbus County has another option out there to try to steer those kids in the right direction. Tony [Read More]
Five counties and multiple agencies came together to break open a major drug trafficking ring with major connections here, according to a release from the New Hanover Sheriff’s Office. Nearly a year after initiating an [Read More]
A chase that crossed the state line Saturday ended with the arrest of one theft suspect, and later led to another to jail. Thomas Tony Bradley, 50, of Main Street, Loris, was jailed here under [Read More]
Developing story One person was killed and two others injured Tuesday in a shooting on Dessie Road near Chadbourn. The sheriff’s office said in a press release that deputies responded to a call in the [Read More]
Fire crews were on the scene of a structure fire near Wooded Acres late Friday afternoon.No injuries were reported, but the building was destroyed. Lake Waccamaw and Hallsboro responded to the call.
A ruling that would have allowed 55,000 convicted felons to cast a ballot has been stopped by the State Court of Appeals. On Aug. 30, a three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court judges [Read More]
The sheriff’s office is looking for a missing man who left an Evergreen home yesterday and hasn’t been seen since. William Derrick Dixon, 64, is a Native American male, with salt and pepper hair and [Read More]
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