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One person was slightly wounded when an altercation turned into a gunfight Saturday. The sheriff’s office said deputies responded around 10:26 to Spring Meadow Road, Whiteville. Four people were in the home at the time, the report said. A fight broke out, and the suspect allegedly fired a shot that grazed the victim’s leg. The suspect then fled the scene in a vehicle. The investigation is continuing. Copyright ...
Forest Service crews and local fire departments continue to deal with wildfires across the region, including a massive fire in Brunswick County. The Quarry Road fire near Shallotte began Friday and has destroyed two buildings and hundreds of acres of woodland, according to the NCFS. The fire was mapped at 283 acres, with about 80 percent containment today (July 13). A number of homes were evacuated and roads...
A side-impact collision took the lives of a Fair Bluff woman and her daughter this morning at Hinson’s Crossroads.Amanda Green, 29, and her daughter Arabella Powell, 11, died when their vehicle was struck in the driver side by another car.Patricia Ann Jackson of Fayetteville failed to stop at a stop sign at Rough and Ready Road and Hinson’s Crossroads Church Road, Sgt. Mark Gore of the Highway Patrol...