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Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for the suspects who shot and killed a seven year old boy Saturday night. Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers said several people were standing in the yard of a mobile home on Braswell Road when an unknown shooter in a vehicle opened fire. Multiple shots were fired, with several rounds entering the home. The boy sustained two gunshot wounds, Rogers said. EMS...
An eight year old child was struck by gunfire during a drive-by shooting on Braswell Road near Chadbourn Saturday evening. Emergency radio traffic indicated the child was transported to Columbus Regional. The sheriff’s office is investigating.
Firefighters are mopping up after a fire destroyed the WTXY 103.9 FM broadcasting facility tonight (Saturday). The building on Virgil Street beside Central Baptist Church in Whiteville housed the transmitters and other equipment, WTXY General Manager Jeff Allen Jones said. The station’s studio is on Madison Street in downtown Whiteville. Fire Marshal Hal Lowder Jr. said the cause of the fire is currently under investigation. The building was...