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Authorities allowed Whiteville’s Kent Place Apartments residents to return to their homes around 8:30 p.m. tonight (Friday) after a search of one of the units by multiple agencies. Multiple emergency vehicles, along with local, state and federal law enforcement officers entered an apartment at the complex this afternoon. The Marine Corps ordinance disposal unit from Camp Lejuene was also deployed. Columbus Street was blocked near the city hall...
Yet another student is facing disciplinary action after the fourth prank threat against a county school in three days. The sheriff’s office said a seventh grader at East Columbus Junior-Senior High was overheard making alleged threats by two other students on Sept. 9. The child was absent from school Sept. 10 and 11, the report said. Principal Sherone Hough made contact with the student Sept. 12, and he...
Leroy Moore Jr. will spend the rest of his life in prison, after the jury in his retrial returned a guilty verdict today (Sept. 12). Moore was found guilty of first degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, felony obstruction of justice, and two counts of solicitation to intimidate a witness. Superior Court Judge Jason Disbrow announced the sentence after the jury returned just after...