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Officials and residents across Columbus are bracing for yet another round of winter weather, and this one appears to be targeting areas missed by last week’s storms. Potentially heavy snow, 20 mile-per-hour winds and zero-degree windchills led the National Weather Service to issue a Winter Storm Watch for the southeast this morning (Thursday) to go into effect Friday. Conditions are expected to deteriorate Friday night, with a possible...
A Bladenboro man has been charged with murder after the death of a reported romantic partner. Thomas Latrevis Howell, 36, of the Bladenboro area, is being held under no bond, charged with first degree murder, the Bladen Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies were called to Tina’s Lane in the Clarkton are around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic disturbance. While en route they were notified that Alisha Jones had...
Zion Britt was back in custody less than 48 hours after being mistakenly released from the Columbus County Detention Center. Britt had been transferred to the Columbus County Detention Center for safekeeping and was being held in connection with a 2021 homicide. Britt, 26, of Lumberton was captured around 5 a.m. this morning (Thursday) at the Motel 6 on Lackey Street in Lumberton, according to the Robeson County...