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Deputies were called to a Sam Potts Road home Friday after a man accidentally shot himself. Robert Marvin Hinson, 77, was shot while answering the door just after 9 p.m., the sheriff’s office said. Hinson had a firearm in his hand as he opened the door, and the weapon discharged, striking him in the thigh. EMS transported Hinson to Columbus Regional for non-life threatening injuries. An update on...
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...