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Another Burger King restaurant, this time in Whiteville, was damaged by fire Friday morning. Whiteville Fire Marshall Hal Lowder said staff at the Columbus Corners BK called 911 at 6:32 a.m. They discovered smoke and flames while opening the eatery for the morning. The fire was apparently in the hood system, and spread into the ceiling and elsewhere, Lowder said. An estimate of damages was not available. No...
Updated Jan. 17 10 a.m. Two people were charged with larceny after allegedly stealing a burn barrel near Tabor City. Tara Little McPherson, 52, of 10625 Swamp Fox Hwy. Eat, Tabor City, and Steven Best, 53, of 1088 Vinson Blvd., Brunswick, were charged with misdemeanor larceny and released on $2,500 secured bond each, according to detention records. Alicia Hinson contacted the sheriff’s office Tuesday after seeing a man...
A road crew picking up trash along Pine Log Road Monday found part of a handgun, a sheriff’s report said. Cpl. Z. Morris of the sheriff’s office responded to the call in the 2000 block just before noon. The inmate crew from the Columbus County Detention Center was collecting trash form the roadside when one of them found the slide and barrel from a Taurus G23 handgun. A...