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Lake Waccamaw will turn water off for a portion of the town water system for repairs Wednesday. The affected area is from 2310 Canal Cove Rd to the end of Waccamaw Shores, including Wooded Acres. Customers in the affected area will be under a boil water notice until Friday afternoon.
Two suspects are in custody on a panoply of charges after a three-county chase that began in Chadbourn. Christopher Steven Deaver, 35, and Haley Nicole Pittman, 29, were jailed Monday afternoon. Deaver gave his address as 52 Rossie Cherry Rd., Whiteville. He was held without bond, due to a parole violation. He was charged with felony possession of cocaine, felony fleeing to elude, driving while license revoked, reckless...
Community tips led to the arrest of another alleged drug dealer Sept.10, according to the sheriff’s office. James Nathan Stephens, 37, of 1412 Golf Course Rd., Whiteville, was arrested by Vice-Narcotics Detectives and the Special Operations Unit, according to aa release from the sheriff’s office. He was held under $250,000 secured bond on two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver the...