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Deputies, Whiteville Rescue and Animal Protective Services worked together to save a puppy that allegedly overdosed with his owner Friday. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies were called to 8 Bryson Drive around 7:30 p.m. for a possible overdose. They found a 50-year-old male and a puppy unconscious inside the home. “Without hesitation, deputies began administering emergency medical aid to both the male and the puppy,” she sheriff’s...
Trees were damaged, power was knocked out and some minor roof damage was reported Friday evening when a line of storms rolled through Columbus County, producing three tornado warnings and one unconfirmed tornado between Evergreen and Cerro Gordo. An earlier, incorrect report indicated that tornado watches had been issued for the area. Severe thunderstorm watches began being issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) around 4:30 p.m., but...
A Bolton man is being held under no bond after allegedly killing another man in Sandyfield Tuesday. Quashaun Freeman, 28, was taken into custody in a Raleigh apartment complex Thursday, Sheriff Bill Rogers said in a video statement posted to social media. Freeman was armed at the time of his arrest. Freeman is alleged to have shot and killed Jonathan Baldwin, 31, during an altercation at a Sandyfield...