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Superior Court Judge Giles Clark, a fixture in courts in Bladen and Columbus for more than a half-century, died July 4 in Wilmington. Clark had been hospitalized while undergoing treatment for cancer at the time, according to his death announcement. Clark, 96, began his career on the staff of the N.C. Attorney General when he was admitted to the bar in 1958. He began private practice in Elizabethtown...
The suspect in three murders was arrested early today (July 4) in Wake County. Eric Lamont Martin, 18, was taken into custody in a joint operation by the Wake Sheriff’s Office, N.C. Dept. of Corrections, and U.S. Marshals, according to a press release from the WCSO. Authorities deployed drones and K9 teams in the hunt for Martin. Deputies learned Martin was in the area of Lamont Drive in...
The family of a Columbus County man killed in the line of duty in South Carolina has a mortgage free home. Devin Mason was a deputy with the Florence County sheriff’s Office when he was killed during a shootout with a felony suspect on July 1, 2025. He left behind his fiance’ Madison Church and their infant son, Brooks James Mason, along with his mother Shannon and stepfather...