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Whiteville Police Chief Douglas Ipock announced Tuesday that he will retire next year. “It’s hard,” Ipock told the city council. “You have become my family.” The Craven County native came to Whiteville in 2019, having worked the rest of his career with the New Bern Police Department. He was officially sworn in the following February, Ipock ushered in a long list of changes for WPD. In addition to...
Two men were airlifted after a collision between a tractor trailer and a farm truck Tuesday. Trooper Hernandez of the Highway Patrol said the wreck on Old 76 at Porter Swamp happened when a truckload of sweet potatoes failed to stop at an intersection and drove into the back of an 18-wheeler. The tractor trailer was knocked off the road. The highway was closed for hours while the...
A Southport man caught attempting to have sex with a child will spend 30 years in prison, the district attorney’s office said. Clayton Eagle entered a guilty plea today (Nov. 12) to ten counts of statutory rape of a child under 12 years of age. Eagle was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Tiffany Powers in a Brunswick County courtroom. Eagle was arrested after a witness walked in on...