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Whiteville City Manager Sean Martin, Deputy City Manager Colburn Brown, Fire Chief David Yergeau and City Councilman Josh Harris toured a fire truck manufacturer in Wisconsin this week. The trip to Wisconsin was not funded by the City of Whiteville, Martin said in an email. He did not immediately respond when directly asked who paid for the trip. A spokesman for another manufacturer said it is not uncommon...
Deputies who stopped a woman for speeding on U.S. 74 confiscated a large quantity of illegal narcotics Sept. 14. Keoni Mauricia White, 33, was held under $90,100 secured bond, according to jail records. She was charged with two counts of trafficking in opiates, felony possession of cocaine, possession of oxycodone and clonazepam, possession of drug paraphernalia, simple possession of suboxone, resisting an officer, and failure to appear on...
The man charged with shooting a Columbus County deputy Wednesday is being held under no bond. William Robert “Robbie” Smith Jr., 48, was arrested after an 11-hour manhunt off Shackletown Road in Delco. He faces charges of attempted first degree murder, assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and probation violation. Smith appeared virtually in court this morning...