Public Safety

One man is dead and another was hospitalized after a midnight shooting in Chadbourn Thursday. Mayor Phillip Britt said more details will be released Friday. Britt said the Chadbourn Police and State Bureau of Investigation are trying to confirm if the shootings were related. Police were called right after midnight, Britt said. Police have not released the name or location of the shootings. Anyone with information about the...

Firearms, tobacco and cash were the targets of three alleged thieves arrested after a string of break-ins in western Columbus. Shawn Demarques Doe, 18, a 14-year-old and a suspect who is 15 face multiple felony and misdemeanor charges. Doe lives in Cerro Gordo, according to jail reports. The three allegedly broke into a number of vehicles and the Cerro Gordo Tiger Mart between Aug. 9 and Aug. 15,...

A deputy escaped injury, a Boonville man went to jail, and a dog is in the Animal shelter after an incident at Green Acres early Wednesday. John Joshua Timmons, 36, is being held under a $51,000 secured bond. He was charged with assault on a government official, fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, drug paraphernalia, and animal cruelty. His address was listed on jail reports as...