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Travelling to and from Wilmington will be more complicated starting today. The N.C. Dept. of Transportation said both east bound lanes of U.S. 74-76 at the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will close today (Jan. 29) at 7 p.m. The closure is expected to last through March 31. The westbound lanes will not be impacted during this time. Closing both lanes of the bridge is necessary, as contract crews...
County leaders considered several alternatives to the plans for the original courthouse in Whiteville before settling on the one considered most consistent with a court order. One member of the board is still not satisfied with the board’s decision. At the Jan. 17 commissioners meeting, County Commissioner Giles “Buddy” Byrd requested that County Manager Eddie Madden provide a detailed list of alternative proposals discussed in a meeting of...
Chauncey Askew was sentenced to to life sentences this morning (Jan. 25) for the killings of Jerome Parott and Trooper Kevin Conner. Askew was on trial for the 2016 shooting of Parrott in a Green Acres home that was used as a pool room. At the conclusion of that trial, he was scheduled to be tried for the 2018 killing of Conner. Since he was 16 at the...