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The sheriff’s office will pay a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the death of Antonio Jamal Maultsby Jr. Young Antonio would have turned eight years old next week. He was shot to death just before 9 p.m. Saturday at a home on Braswell Road near Chadbourn. The child was struck twice in the chest, and pronounced dead at Columbus Regional. Sheriff...
High winds, dry conditions and plenty of fuel have increased the fire danger for the entire state of North Carolina today. The N.C. Forest Service and National Weather Service issued a fire hazard advisory Monday. Despite soaking rains of recent weeks, rapidly drying conditions have been created just in time for the spring fire season. No burn ban has been issued for Columbus County, although Brunswick issued a...
The sheriff’s office and other agencies joined forces March 14 for a major checking station at Haynes Lennon Highway and Princess Ann Road near Chadbourn, netting 31 violations in three hours. “The goal of this enforcement effort was to ensure compliance with motor vehicle codes and to reduce motor vehicle accidents, injuries, and death associated with impaired driving,” Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers said in a press release....