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Year-long Investigation Leads to Child Abuse Charge A Whitehall Road man was arrested Monday after he allegedly fractured his child’s skull in 2023. Joey Russ, 40, of 3233 Whitehall Road, Whiteville, was placed under a $5,000 secured bond on a single charge of felony intentional child abuse, causing serious injury, according to Detention center records. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reported that a social worker contacted deputies on...
Multiple sources have confirmed that Antonio Jamal Maultsby Jr. was the child killed on Braswell Road Saturday. The boy’s obituary said he would have turned eight years old March 29. At least six other people, including a toddler, were in the home when young Antonio was shot to death Saturday night. The report from Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said the boy died at Columbus Regional. The incident was...
Wildfire conditions are increasing across the area, according to the National Weather Service and the N.C. Forest Service. Dry, windy conditions are expected to increase in the next 24 hours. combined with low humidity and a surplus of forest fuels, conditions are favorable for wildfires, according to the Forest Service. Humidity is expected to drop to 20-30 percent today, and strong southwest winds will speed the drying process....