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Parents and staff spent several tense minutes Friday after a report of possible violence at an area school. The sheriff’s office said the case was “unfounded.” Deputies were called to the West Columbus Elementary School just after 9 a.m. after someone called in a threat to the Cerro Gordo campus. No evidence of a threat was found, the report said.
The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) has been awarded a $9.6 million grant over the next five years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving the standard of life and quality of life for people around the world. This grant comes at a crucial time as the nation observes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month through January. According to federal...
Two gunmen allegedly blocked their victim in, riddled his car with bullets and fled the scene Saturday near Tabor City. Billy Lenny McCovers, 24, told deputies he was driving down Miller Road when a vehicle pulled out and followed him for a short distance before passing. A second vehicle then pulled in behind McCovers. When the three vehicles reached an intersection, the report said, suspects in both cars...