Public Safety

Breaking news Multiple fire departments and the N.C. Forest Service are on the scene of a working fire at the intersection of Grist and Braswell roads near Chadbourn. Hazmat crews have also been called to the property, which is used as a parking and cleaning area for railcars on the R.J. Corman line. This is a developing story and will be updated when more becomes available.

A woman who has been missing since Sunday night is being sought by the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office. Johanna Lee Marshburn, 40, is described as standing 4’11” tall, weighing 110 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen in the 10000 block of Stoney Brook Court. Marshburn was wearing jean shorts and a white T-shirt, with a blue hoodie tied around her waist. She was...

Charges are still pending against a Nakina man who allegedly stole a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office vehicle and led a high-speed chase into South Carolina June 26. Michael Terrill Hemingway, 29, is still in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Horry County. He faces charges in South Carolina of driving under the influence, littering, having an open container in a vehicle, shoplifting, and possession of a stolen...