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A Tabor City area woman has lost custody of her son and is facing multiple criminal charges after allegedly neglecting the infant while she smoked crack cocaine. Kayla Hope Tyndall, 27, is held under $10,000 secured bond, charged with negligence of a child causing serious injury, misdemeanor child abuse, misdemeanor larceny, and more than 20 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. Her address was listed on jail...
Press Release October 8, 2024 Water Quality Issues & Boil Water Advisory Due to emergency repairs to the Public Water Supply System, a Boil Water Advisory has been issued for customers within Columbus County Water and Sewer District IV. Staff are working diligently to repair service to customers. The areas affected include all customers from 2696 General Howe Hwy to 3830 General Howe Hwy, Salter Road, Cemetery Road,...
An eight-month-old child was hospitalized Friday with an infection from a surgical incision, a broken bone and cocaine in his bloodstream Social workers and the sheriff’s office were contacted after the child was transferred from McLeod Loris to New Hanover Novant, according to the report. The child has undergone an operation for an abcess in his groin, and a surgical drain inserted in the incision. The drain had...