Public Safety

Whiteville Fire, Rescue and Police are on the scene of a collision at the intersection of J.K. Powell and Hay Street.Traffic is being detoured onto Madison, which is currently being blocked off so authorities can keep traffic flowing from the U.S. 701 Bypass to U.S. 701 Business.We will have more on this as it becomes available.

Multiple felonies were levelled against a Riegelwood man Sunday after he allegedly stabbed and beat a woman, then fought with deputies placing him under arrest. Howard Leroi Bernard, 43, was placed under $10,500 secured bond with a domestic violence hold after the incident. He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a female, assault on a government official, resisting an officer, and misdemeanor possession of...