Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN FRIDAY UPDATE     One of two women missing from Wilmington has been positively identified as one of the two bodies found burned in a building in northern Columbus County Monday night, a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office news release said Friday.     Tiffany Cartwright, 35, was identified during an autopsy conducted at the…

By DEUCE NIVEN      Illegal alcohol sales alleged at a rural Tabor City area convenience store resulted in the arrest of two people Wednesday, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.      Vice-Narcotics Unit detectives executing a search warrant at La Michoacana, a privately owned convenience store on Wednesday, seized cases of alcohol ready for…

By DEUCE NIVEN      A nurse practitioner practicing in Whiteville is facing drug charges, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office records show.      Amy Rebecca Pharr, 55, was arrested at her Waccamaw Shores Road home in Lake Waccamaw Monday, a report by Det. Barrett Thompson said.      Pharr was charged with marijuana possession and maintaining a place…

By DEUCE NIVEN A daylight break-in north of Chadbourn last September left investigators with good photos of two suspects whom they have, so far, been unable to identify. Security video from the home at 7952 Peacock Road, north of U.S. 74-76, shows that two men entered the residence after kicking in the front door at…

By DEUCE NIVEN Wednesday     Three more suspects in a round-up of drug crime suspects and probation violators were taken into custody by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office during the overnight hours ending Wednesday morning, including one from Clarendon.     That brings the total, including 21 reported Tuesday, to 24 taken into custody in the…

    Snow began falling heavily after daybreak on this “spring forward” Sunday in the Tabor-Loris Community, and fairly quickly began to stick to the ground and other surfaces.     Gavin Niven and family dog Lucy took time to revel in the snowfall, which coated a storage building roof.     With temperatures above freezing, and expected…

    Sunday morning     UPDATE: Donna Shelley has been located, safe and sound in western North Carolina, family members said Sunday morning.     Shelley, 66, had been missing since about 8 a.m. Saturday, leaving worried family members with no idea where she had gone, concerned because she has medical issues that sometimes leaves her confused.…

By DEUCE NIVEN     A Lake Waccamaw man wanted in five states for construction fraud who is believed to have committed similar crimes in Columbus County has been jailed, with law enforcement looking for other potential victims locally, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.     Eugene Daniel Golden, 49, of Waccamaw Shores Road in…

    A host of local, state and economic development officials visited the new Tabor City offices of RadixBay for a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony Friday.     A native son who’s found big success in technology, RadixBay President Greg Lovette said the business technology development and support operation is just getting started.     Taking part…