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70-year-old from Whiteville dies in head-on collision
WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) - A 70-year-old man died in a crash Tuesday evening, July 23, on Red Store Road in Columbus County. Per a N.C. State Highway Patrol representative, Cornell Singletary died after getting crashed into by 18-year-old Nathan Hester when he swerved off the road, crossed back over through the center line and crashed into Singletary’s car head-on. Singletary was not wearing a seatbelt and died on the scene. Both Singletary and Hester are from Whiteville.
Whiteville crews respond to fire caused by lightning that destroyed vacant icehouse
WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) - Whiteville crews responded to a fire in a vacant icehouse off of the 200 block of Main Street around 3 p.m. on Friday, July 26. Per Whiteville Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder, they believe it was started by lightning. More than 25 firefighters responded. Nobody was...
Sheriff’s office: Chadbourn man in custody following shooting near Tabor City
COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A Chadbourn man is in custody after a Tabor City shooting and chase with authorities, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. Per the CCSO, on April 6, 22-year-old Takimeyon Underwood fired a 40 caliber handgun into a car on Ying Lane near Tabor City. One man was seriously injured in the incident.
‘I will blow that place up’: Loris man threatens Horry County police office, spells out name in phone call, report says
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — A man is being held without bond in Horry County after police said he threatened to “blow that place up” after calling the police department evidence section to ask about getting back some items that were seized in a previous arrest. Demetrick Trashawn Simon, 21, of Loris, was arrested and booked […]
Scurdato Pleas in 2022 Shooting
Jennifer Scurdato has pleaded guilty in Columbus Superior Court for the second degree murder of Norm Foggan in April 2022. Scurdato, 40, was sentenced Friday to 94 to 125 months in prison. Deputies were called to the Snake Island Road home she shared with Foggan on April 8, 2022 around...
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