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It’s that time of year, again: bears are seeking places for long winter naps, and sometimes they find human habitation rather inviting. The Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) advises the public that black bears in North Carolina are in their “winter homes,” which could be anything from a pile of brush, a hollowed-out tree, a rock cavity, an excavation under a fallen tree or even under the deck or...
The suspect in a New Year’s Eve shooting incident is in custody after a 112 mile per hour chase that left a deputy’s car damaged. Christopher Dentoui Edwards, 31, of 3332 Swamp Fox Hwy., Tabor city, is being held under $50,000 secured bond, the sheriff’s office said in a press release. He was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, reckless driving, two counts of misdemeanor littering, speeding,...
The first highway fatality of the year in Columbus claimed the life of a Clarendon woman this morning. Misty Cribb, 35, of Cribbtown Road, died after her 2010 Dodge was struck head on by a 2013 Jeep driven by Carolina Green, 16, of Chadbourn. Sgt. K. McVicker of the Highway Patrol said Green was heading north on Peacock Road when she crossed the centerline shortly before 7:45 a.m....