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Madison Street between Clay and Webster streets in Whiteville will be blocked for several hours today (Monday) while a “widowmaker” tree is cleared. Whiteville Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder said the city has had multiple calls about the tree, which has damaged several others and leaned even farther after high winds this weekend. It has been a threat for some time, Lowder said, and was briefly mentioned in...
Christopher Heimnick is being held under $1.5 million secured bond on charges of arson and first degree murder. The Sheriff’s Office said Heimnick was charged after the structure fire that left Wendell Smith dead on Manley Smith Road in Nakina Saturday. A woman in the house escaped injury. March 10 – Murder Charge Pending in Saturday Arson
The state anticipates resting its case against Darius Washington Thursday or Friday, District Attorney Jon David said. After four weeks of testimony, prosecutors have two more witnesses to call in the brutal 2019 slaying. Prentis Deshawn McDuffie and Washington were arrested in February 2020 for the triple slaying. Investigators said Alexis Ciprian Trujillo, 5; his mother Nancy Trujillo Espinoza; and Leonel Ciprian Noyola were killed in the Sept....