Public Safety

An avid church member and former substitute teacher has died from injuries sustained in a traffic crash on U.S. 74-76 Wednesday. Bernice “Mickey” Little McKeithan, 90, was airlifted after a wreck near the N.C. 11 intersection, according to Acme Delco Riegelwood Fire Chief Steve Camlin. The driver of the second vehicle was transported by ambulance to New Hanover with non-life threatening injuries.Mrs. McKeithan later died of her injuries...

One man is in critical condition after a shooting Saturday night in Whiteville. Det. Sgt. Scott Moody said Whiteville Police were called to West Lewis Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard at 8:58 p.m. after a call about shots being fired in the area. Officers found Demez Thompson suffering from a gunshot wound.Thompson was transported to New Hanover Regional, where he is listed in critical condition, Moody said....

DEVELOPING STORY:The man wanted for killing his girlfriend in Pender County was killed by U.S. Marshals in a shooting incident at the Whiteville Walmart around 2:30 p.m. Thursday (today).Initial reports are that no officers or passerby were hurt in the shooting. Family members confirmed on social media that William Dean Hewett, 54, was killed in the shooting. Hewett was wanted for the first degree murder of Brandy Price....