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Updated 1:17 p.m. A Whiteville man has been charged in Sunday’s killing on Dudney Lane. Williams Cody Inman, 28, is being held under no bond, charged with first degree murder and two counts of discharging a firearm into occupied property, according to detention center reports. He was arrested at the scene without further incident, the report said. Inman is alleged to have shot and killed David Ray Ivey,...
A Beaverdam man died while fishing in White Marsh near Whiteville Thursday morning. Charles D. Godwin, 72, was found floating under the bridge on U.S. 74, in the area near Red Hill Road known as the Beaver Ponds. Wildlife Enforcement Officer S. Hawrysch said in his report that Godwin and Robert Simmons were headed back upstream when Simmons pulled his boat to the south bank to take a...
Almost 24 hours after she disappeared, Jettie Edwards was found hiding in a large bale of hay near her home. ”She’s healthy and safe,” said Sheriff Bill Rogers just after 7:30 p.m. Jettie had taken shelter in her aunt’s horse barn, a short distance from the Deerfield community on Hallsboro Road South, Rogers said. Jettie, 15, vanished from her home around 9 p.m. Tuesday, wearing only jeans and...