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While renovations begin on the current N.C. DMV driver license office in Whiteville, customers will have to visit a temporary facility a few hundred feet away. The permanent office, at 917 Washington St. (U.S. Hwy 74/76 Bus., N.C. Hwy 130), in Whiteville, will indefinitely close at 5 p.m. on Sept. 25. Beginning Sept. 30, customers can visit the temporary office nearby at the American Legion Post 137 Building...
An early morning collision with a deer claimed the life of a Whiteville motorcyclist Saturday. Terry Walker, 55, of Whiteville was killed when his 2023 Harley Davidson struck a deer on U.S. 701 near Beaverdam Road, according to Sgt. Jeremy Freeman of the N.C. State Highway Patrol. Walker and a female passenger were thrown from the northbound motorcycle. The wreck was reported at 2:33 a.m. by another...
Prison officials and the Tabor City Police are investigating after an inmate apparently died by his own hand Sunday. Steven Liddick was found unresponsive in his cell at Tabor Correctional around 3 a.m., according to the Dept. of Adult Corrections (DAC). Prison officers and medical staff provided first aid while EMS was en route, but Liddell was pronounced dead on the scene. Liddell was placed in the prison...