Public Safety

Columbus County was rocked by a cluster of amazing thunderstorms during the early morning hours of Thursday. These storms were associated with low pressure lifting northward along a frontal boundary draped south to north over the county. The axis of heaviest rain fell from the state line near Wright Road northward through Nakina, Hallsboro, Lake Waccamaw, and north into Bladen County. Doppler radar-estimated rain totals range from about...

Deputies arrested a Kelly resident Tuesday after he allegedly had 20 grams of marijuana and three guns at the Hallsboro community park. Jordan Tyree Johnson, 21, of White Oak Road, Kelly, was held under $5,000 secured bond, according to detention center reports. He was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver marijuana; maintaining a vehicle for drug activities; drug paraphernalia; possession of narcotic within 1,000...