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Paul Rockenbach, Whiteville’s new police chief is tired of cold weather. “I’m super excited to be coming to Whiteville,” the former Columbus County homicide investigator said. “I’ve had my fill of minus thirty degree weather.” Rockenbach spent much of the last two years in South Dakota as the chief of counterintelligence in the Office of Special Investigations at Ellsworth Air Force Base. “I’m looking forward to coming to...
The victim of a Friday stabbing didn’t know who assaulted him, why or exactly where, officials said. Deputies were called to 737 Hoover Road in East Arcadia just before 11 p.m. Friday, according to the report with the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. Gyrell Munn, 50, was being treated in an ambulance when deputies arrived. Munn told deputies that he did not know who had stabbed him, or what...
A student at South Columbus High School is being questioned after an alleged threat of mass violence” Sunday. The sheriff’s office reported that County Schools Supt. Eddie Beck contacted detectives Sunday after the juvenile reportedly sent a threatening message using a school-issued computer. School officials made contact with the suspect’s mother, who secured the machine until deputies arrived. “The student was reportedly upset after being placed in a...