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State rewards are being offered in two of four unsolved homicides in Columbus County. The Governor’s Office is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the murder of Cynthia Hansen in her Whiteville fitness studio. The same reward is still available for information about a second suspect in the July 3, 2021 triple-slaying at an illegal nightspot in Chadbourn known as the...
While there is a chance of rain Saturday night into Sunday, the forecast precipitation won’t be enough to alleviate the ongoing drought and resultant wildfire dangers. “We are going to need some rain with a name,” said Whiteville Emergency Manager Hal Lowder. The current rainfall deficit is severe enough that it might take a tropical system to break the dry spell, according to the National Weather Service. As...
One man has been charged after allegedly driving through a newly-planted cornfield. Eston Clint Nobles, 37, was charged with a single count of injury to crops and lands, according to Detention Center reports. He was released on $2,500 unsecured bond. Nobles listed his address as 272 Hewitt White Lane, Chadbourn. The sheriff’s office reported that Johnathan McPherson contacted authorities April 15 after discovering someone had driven through the...