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Deputies had to put out two fires before arresting a man Saturday for allegedly threatening his mother. James Earl Whitman, 41, was released on a $1,500 unsecured bond on charges of communicating threats and burning personal property. Jail reports gave his address as 119 Fairfield Dr., Whiteville. Deputies were called to 199 Fairfield just before midnight Saturday, the report said. Deputy J. Bland immediately used a fire extinguisher...
A School Resource Officer is back at work after she was assaulted while breaking up a fight at West Columbus High School Friday. Dep. V. Lancaster sustained a head injury and is expected to recover, according to the sheriff’s office. At approximately 9:30 am, SRO Sergeant Pam Bryan received a call from Columbus Central reporting a fight in progress , in the hallway of West Columbus High School...
The state is offering a reward for information about a 1994 murder in Elizabethtown. Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday (today) that the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) will pay up to $25,000 for new information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Martha Maxwell, 51. On Jan. 20, 1994, Maxwell was found stabbed to death in her home on...