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Major improvements will soon get underway for a busy, dangerous intersection in Eastern Columbus. The crossroads of N.C. 11 and N.C. 87 in Sandyfield has been the focus of engineers and first responders for nearly two decades, as increased tourist traffic and commercial trucks move through the area. Highway 11, also known as Gen. Howe Highway, is used by logging trucks and tractor trailers heading for International Paper...
UPDATE: An earlier version of this story contained incorrect and incomplete information. We apologize for the errors. Police have arrested the suspect in a June 24 murder on Ward Street in Whiteville. Kenneth Bernard Wooten, 24, was arrested July 3 for first degree murder and a probation violation, according to warrants and jail records. He is being held under no bond. His most recent address was listed as...
Whiteville Police have arrested a suspect in the June 6 shooting that left a man injured on Burkhead Street. Shaton O’Brian Shaw, 21, was arrested in a traffic stop July 4. He was arrested on an outstanding warrant for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, as well as a seatbelt violation and failure to stop for a red light. His bond was...