Public Safety

The passenger in a single car crash in Tabor City this evening (Thursday.) Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said the driver of the vehicle was airlifted to a trauma center. The crash occurred on North Lewis Street near Water Street. Tabor City Police Chief Donald Dowless said the deceased was identified as Kristina Mae Jacobs. Kelonte Stanley was transported by helicopter in serious condition. Tabor City Police...

Witnesses at Williams Country Kitchen observed the victim jump from the vehicle on U.S. 701. William Jacoby Singletary has been found guilty of second degree murder. A Columbus County jury handed down the verdict Thursday morning before Superior Court Judge Claire Hill. The decision took less than two hours. Singletary will spend 31 to 38 years in prison. In April 2020, Columbus County deputies responding to a call...

The fate of William Jacoby Singletary is in the hands of a jury. The Bladenboro man is on trial for first degree murder for the 2020 killing of Monalisa McMillian. The Whiteville woman was shot and pushed from a moving car going over the speed limit near Williams Township School.Singletary, 31, was arrested near the scene after he wrecked his car. Deputies and troopers recovered cocaine and marijuana...