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Propane gas caused the explosion and fire that levelled part of Chadbourn’s Budget Inn early today (Wednesday). The only victim of the fire is in critical condition in the Chapel Hill burn center. Columbus County Fire Marshal Shannon Blackman said Chadbourn Police responding to a call about an explosion at 4:35 a.m. found the man in the doorway area of a common kitchen. Mayor Phillip Britt said CPD...
An armed Cerro Gordo drug dealer will serve 33 months in federal prison and three years probation. Brandon Jeffrey Miller, 26, was sentenced after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon and trafficking opiates. He was arrested Nov. 13, 2019, during a controlled buy at his Cherry Street home, Sheriff Jody Greene said in a press release. When Miller was arrested, he was carrying a...
Updated 4:45 p.m. The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether excessive force was used by a school resource officer who broke up a fight at South Columbus High School Tuesday. The SRO is on administrative duty during the investigation, Sheriff Jody Greene said. The SRO had to break up a fight between two male students in the cafeteria, Greene said. The deputy escorted the juvenile out...