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Developing storyOne person was shot to death at a home near Chadbourn today (Thursday). The incident occured at a home near the intersection of Rough and Ready Road and N.C. 410. Chief Deputy Aaron Herring said the sheriff’s office and medical examiner are on the scene. The shooting occurred around 4:30 p.m. The victim’s name has not been released. The killing is the fourth homicide in Columbus this...
Local schools and the sheriff’s office were taking steps to prevent mass shooting incidents like the one in Texas well before Tuesday’s tragedy in the Uvalde elementary school. A lone gunman armed with a rifle killed 19 second, third and fourth graders before being shot by a Border Patrol agent Tuesday. The mass killing is the second largest elementary school shooting in the country’s history. The largest killing...
• The Board of Education reports that damages are less expensive than originally thought. Although it won’t cost quite as much to repair Thursday’s senior prank damage at East Columbus, 24 students have been suspended. The large group of students entered a back door at East Columbus Junior Senior High School early Thursday, pouring maple syrup, cooking oil and honey throughout the building. Multiple rolls of toilet paper...