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A former member of the Bladen County Board of Education who nows lives in Columbus is facing charges of child sexual abuse in Columbus and Bladen counties. Keith Edward Locklear, 35, of Canyon Road, Clarendon, turned himself in Thursday and was released on $20,000 secured bond, pending a court appearance today (June 16). He faces four charges of indecent liberties with a minor, two charges of sexual battery,...
The Highway Patrol has identified the pilot and passenger of a plane that crash in Dothan Saturday. Philip Porter, 69, and his wife Cheryle, 66, died when their twin engine Beechcraft baron plows into a wooded area at more than 250 miles per hour just after 1 p.m. Porter had diverted from Grand Strand airport at Myrtle Beach due to storms in the area. The National Transportation Safety...
The pilot who crashed in Dothan today (Saturday) diverted from Grand Strand Airport due to heavy storms. Two people died when the Beechcraft Baron went down at a high rate of speed just north of the state line. Captain Robert Katz, a commercial pilot and flight instructor of more than 40 years, said in his opinion the crash was avoidable. “This pilot should not have attempted this approach...