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Image below may be too disturbing to some viewers. Authorities are searching for the person who apparently left a puppy to smother in a plastic bag at the Whiteville city limits. Chuck Britt found the puppy Saturday near the White Marsh on Jefferson Street, where the road shifts from four to two lanes. In a Facebook post, Britt said the puppy had the remains of a plastic bag...
Deputies allegedly found a felon with multiple firearms and marijuana when they raided a home in Buckhead July 9. Joseph Wayne Hunt, 26, was wanted for breaking probation, according to the Bladen Sheriff’s Office. He had been on the run for several months when authorities determined he was at 758 Jacobs Loop Road, near the Columbus line. Deputies had received numerous complaints about drug sales form the home...
One suspect has been jailed in the June 16 shooting of another man at a club near the county line. Shamar Devone Keaton, of 63 Buck Keaton Way, East Arcadia, is being held under a secured bond on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury. He was also charged with possession of a stolen firearm, possession with intent to manufacture,...