Public Safety

Cocaine, marijuana, cash and firearms were confiscated Monday when the sheriff’s office raided a Sycamore Lane home during a rain storm. Thurman Delean Jenrette, 53, of 808 Sycamore, Whiteville, was held under $150,000 bond, the sheriff’s office said in a press release. He was charged with trafficking in cocaine; possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine and marijuana within 100 feet of a school; possession with...

A rundown home at the end of Crusoe Island Road was completely destroyed in a structure fire Jan. 24 — but no 911 calls were made about the blaze. Fire Marshal Shannon Blackman said there was no power to the property in the 2800 block of Crusoe Island Road. The home was in an isolated location, and had been the subject of multiple complaints to the sheriff’s office...

Traffic is finally clear on N.C. 410 north of Silver Spoon Road after a collision between a pickup and a logging truck. Trooper W. Bracey of the Highway Patrol said the crash was reported at 9:44 a.m. The driver of the pickup, a 79 year old male, apparently failed to stop at the stop sign at Arthur Collier and N.C. 410 North. He struck an empty logging truck...