Public Safety

A teenager is facing charges after allegedly joking that he had a bomb in his backpack at West Columbus High School. The threat came just days after an anonymous call about a bomb on the West Columbus School campus led to the school being closed for several hours and classes being delayed. The sheriff’s office was called at 9:15 a.m. on March 6 after the 15-year-old male is...

Whiteville Police arrested a man who was stabbed Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a former girlfriend. Sherman Deandre Evans, 45, of 5979 Pleasant View Church Rd., Nichols, S.C., was held under no bone according to detention center reports. He was charged with breaking and entering to terrorize or injure, larceny, assault on a female and domestic violence. Whiteville Police reported that they were called to Columbus Regional to...