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A man was struck and killed Thursday near Council in Bladen County, and investigators have no information who he was or what hit him. First responders were called to the scene on N.C. 211 at 8:28 a.m., the Highway Patrol said. The individual was found dead near the eastbound lane. The vehicle that struck the man apparently left the area. Anyone with information on the possible identity of...
A Superior Court judge denied bond for Eric Lamont Martin Jr. this morning (July 6). Martin faces a charge of first degree murder in Columbus County and another in Halifax County. He was arrested Saturday in Wake County during a joint effort by the U.S. Marshals, Wake County Sheriff’s Office and N.C. Dept. of Corrections. Martin was booked into the Columbus County Detention Center Sunday just before 8...
Superior Court Judge Giles Clark, a fixture in courts in Bladen and Columbus for more than a half-century, died July 4 in Wilmington. Clark had been hospitalized while undergoing treatment for cancer at the time, according to his death announcement. Clark, 96, began his career on the staff of the N.C. Attorney General when he was admitted to the bar in 1958. He began private practice in Elizabethtown...