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The sheriff’s office has completed its sixth and last – for now – hurricane relief trip to the North Carolina mountains. Sheriff Bill Rogers said two tractor-trailer loads of local contributions were delivered to Riverside Baptist Church in Burnsville and a distribution center in Bakersfield. He said that he was amazed at the outpouring from Columbus County’s donors. “The generosity we’ve seen from Columbus County has been overwhelming,”...
No one was injured when a Peacock Road home was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The sheriff’s office reported that fire units were called to 15575 Peacock Road at 7:09 a.m. Cpl. Z. Moody of the sheriff’s office reported that a resident told investigators that the fire started due to an electric heater that ignited a resident’s bed. Damages were estimated at $50,000. The fire is under investigation by...
Checkpoints led to drug charges in two separate cases Monday. James Walter Dicicco, 57, was released on a $50,000 secured bond after he was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver marijuana, possession of opiates, stolen goods, and maintaining a vehicle for drug activities. His address was listed as 813 Village St., Bladenboro on detention center records. Larry James Lewis III, 25,...