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An early morning wreck in Tabor City claimed the life of a Holly Ridge man. Phillip Ray Grant, 60, crossed the center line and struck a commercial vehicle head-on just before 5 a.m. on May 5. A Tabor City police report showed that Grant was heading east on U.S. 701 when the crash occurred. Grant was driving a 2006 Toyota automobile that collided with a 2024 Freightliner owned...
A shoplifter allegedly assaulted two Dollar General employees May 8 before fleeing the scene. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies were called to the Dollar General on Cronly Drive in Delco around 9:15 a.m. Staff at the store said a woman entered the store and allegedly tried to shoplift several items, according to the report. When she was confronted by the employees, the report said the woman “became...
Twelve law enforcement officers from Columbus County will be honored at the sheriff’s office memorial park Friday as part of National Police Week and Peace Officer’s Memorial Day. The earliest recorded death of a local LEO – the killing of Constable Jesse Simon Long – was never solved. In the first decade of the 20th century, constables in North Carolina were somewhere between deputies and the elected sheriff...