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Whiteville City School Board chair Kandle Rogers has been charged with assault. Rogers was served with a summons today (Friday) after an incident that occurred during Thursday’s flooding. Rogers is alleged to have grabbed a Whiteville city worker who was placing barricades on Madison Street to block traffic while waters were rising about three blocks down from Rogers’ restaurant and on the block behind the restaurant. The employee,...
Whiteville City Manager Darren Currie said officials expected some flooding with Hurricane Idalia. “With all the work the city has been doing, there are still going to be situations like tropical systems that bring flooding,” he said Thursday. “We were ready for some flooding, but we really did not expect something like this.” Whiteville has aggressively pursued grants for flood remediation since before Hurricane Matthew caused millions of...
Developing story Two individuals were found dead in an outbuilding in Riegelwood this morning. The sheriff’s office is investigating after a call came in around 8 a.m., according to a social media post. We’ll bring you more as soon as updates become available.