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Cleanup in preparation of Saturday’s run honoring Trooper Kevin Conner has led to traffic headaches on the bridge bearing his name. The Conner Memorial Bridge one the U.S. 701 Bypass in Whiteville has been closed most of the day while crews spruce the area up in preparation for Saturday’s event. The trooper was killed in the line of city during a traffic stop south of Whiteville in October...
International Paper at Riegelwood was briefly locked down Tuesday after an armed woman in a stolen car allegedly fired shots on the plant property and fled. Joanna Brooke English, 38, of Kidder Street, Wilmington, is being held under $13,000 secured bond, detention records show. She faces charges of simple assault. Assault with a deadly weapon, communicating threats, failure to appear, possession of a stolen vehicle, larceny of a...
Someone damaged a “pride” banner and more that $1,000 worth of displays at a Whiteville area home over the weekend. Ricky Barger told the sheriff’s office that a blowup Christmas tree and Halloween dog, lights and a blowup “pride” banner were found vandalized at his home at 256 Golf Course Road Sunday. The report did not give details about the banner or the other items. The property was...