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Since April 1, Columbus Regional has had more than 20 overdose patients come into the emergency department. Eight to 10 of those patients have died. “It’s shocking,” said hospital spokesperson Stephanie Miller. The trend began in the Chadbourn area, then patients from the eastern end of the county began coming in, Miller said. “Then we had six in one day.” The sheriff’s office was called to another unexplained...
Two men were arrested on multiple drug and weapon charges, and a woman is recovering from a gunshot wound after a dispute in Riegelwood Wednesday evening. Emily Partain, 25, was transported to New Hanover Regional with a small caliber gunshot wound to the leg. The wound was not life threatening. Deputies were called to the 400 block of Hufham Road around 7:20 p.m. after Partain was shot while...
Chadbourn Police and deputies jailed a Whiteville man on multiple charges after he allegedly had narcotics in his vehicle and spat on the arresting officers. Chadbourn Police and Columbus County deputies were operating a checkpoint at the intersection of elm Street and Strawberry boulevard when the incident occurred. Dennis Eric Foster, 27, approached the traffic stop, and officers detected the odor of marijuana in his vehicle. When the...