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A Whiteville whitetail deer is free and clear after some help from firefighters this morning. Whiteville Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder said emergency crews were called to a Fuller Street home this morning (Wednesday) after the yearling buck got stuck in a metal fence. ”He was apparently trying to get through and couldn’t quite make it,” Lowder said. Residents called 911 after finding the exhausted, frightened deer. Fire...
Kenneth Bernard Wooten will spend the next 30 years in prison for shooting and killing a man in 2023. Wooten, 35, was found guilty of second degree murder in Columbus County Superior Court today (Oct. 13). Chief Resident Superior Court Judge C. Ashley Gore sentenced Wooten. He was defended by Junius B. Lee. Heather Payne Brittain prosecuted the case. Wooten was sentenced as a violent felon. He still...
Dylan Fowler will serve 64 to 89 months in prison for providing the drugs that killed a Brunswick County man in 2024. Fowler, 34, pled guilty to death by distribution of a controlled substance in Brunswick County Superior Court Oct. 7, according to a press release from District Attorney Jon David. Court records show he was originally charged with second degree murder; sale and delivery of fentanyl and...