ONLY ON 3: Jones takes stand, recounts shooting
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) -- A man accused of the shooting death of his estranged wife was back on the witness stand today in Columbus County. He and his attorney tell a much different story about what...
View ArticleJury quick to find man guilty of murdering wife
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) -- It did not take long for a Columbus County jury to come to a verdict in a 2011 murder case. Jurors took about half an hour to find Elijah Jones guilty of first degree murder...
View ArticleFormer detention officer arrested for indecent liberties with a child
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Detectives with the Columbus County Sheriff's Office arrested a former Detention Officer on one count of indecent liberties with a child. Tommy Allen McPherson, 56, was...
View ArticleFormer detention officer faces more sex crimes after indictment
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A former Columbus County detention officer faces more sex crimes after a grand jury indictment.In all, Tommy McPherson, 56, faces eight counts of indecent liberties with a...
View ArticleTeams ready to sink or swim at NC Cardboard Boat Championships
LAKE WACCAMAW, NC (WWAY) -- A boat race of a different kind is happening tomorrow at Lake Waccamaw. The event shows all sorts of ships will sail even if you don't think they can hold water. For some it...
View ArticleCardboard boat races attract hundreds to Lake Waccamaw
LAKE WACCAMAW, NC (WWAY) -- The weather was perfect this weekend for all types of water-sports, even...cardboard boat racing? That's right. Hundreds of people soaked up the sun at Lake Waccamaw for the...
View ArticleTrial starts for man charged with two 2007 murders
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A trial is underway for a man charged with two murders in 2007, including his own cousin.Santonio Jenrette faces two counts of first degree murder after investigators...
View ArticleFormer counselor pleads guilty to murder
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A former school counselor will spend 20 to 34 years in prison for a 2011 murder.Michael Shawn Brown pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder in Columbus County Superior Court,...
View ArticleJury convicts Jenrette on two counts of murder
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Columbus County man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury convicted him of two murders in 2007.The law required the judge to sentence Santonio...
View ArticleOfficer injured after police chase
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Whiteville police officer is injured after a car chase. The Whiteville police were called to the Cook apartment complex located on W. Burkhead St. and Martin Luther King...
View ArticleWith ground already saturated, Chantal could be significant flooding threat
TABOR CITY, NC (WWAY) -- After flooding rains in the Carolinas the last several weeks, we're finally getting a break. But now Tropical Storm Chantal looms in the Atlantic. So can our area handle any...
View ArticleConvicted killer seeks third trial to prove innocence
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) -- A man convicted twice for second degree murder is seeking a third trial. Joseph Sledge says he was wrongly accused of the murder of two Bladen County women in the late 1970’s....
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Man pleads guilty to murder charge
COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WWAY)-- A man accused of hitting and killing another driver while running from a robbery pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday.Lloyd Buffkin could spend more than 23 years in...
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Police: Boyfriend charged with woman's death after robbery plot goes wrong
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) -- A Whiteville woman is dead after police say her boyfriend shot her after a plot to rob a man went wrong.Police told the StarNews they arrested Darian Kavon Moore, 22, for the...
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Chadbourn man stabbed to death
CHADBOURN, NC (WWAY) -- A Chadbourn man is dead after apparently being stabbed by his girlfriend.Chadbourn Town Manager Stevie Cox says a man is dead after he was stabbed around 11 last night. Cox says...
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Crews find body of missing fisherman near Whiteville
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Crews have found the body of a man who fell out of a boat while fishing on Beaver Pond near Whiteville this morning.Columbus County Emergency Services Director Kay Worley...
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Woman charged in stabbing death of boyfriend
CHADBOURN, NC (WWAY) -- A woman has been charged in the stabbing death of her boyfriend.The District Attorney's office says Phiffany Bellamy is charged with the murder of Derrick Howard. The DA's...
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Moore found guilty of 2011 murder in Bolton
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) -- A Columbus County man has been convicted of a 2011 murder.Jerry Lee Moore Jr. faces life in prison for the shooting death of Samuel Odell Hampton III, 24. Investigators say...
View ArticleMan shot in Chadbourn
CHADBOURN, NC (WWAY) -- A man was shot multiple times in Chadbourn just after 4 this afternoon. Authorities tell WWAY, the man was shot three times on West Institute Street. He managed to run to the...
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Chadbourn Police continue search after man shot with rifle
CHADBOURN, NC (WWAY) -- Chadbourn Police are searching for suspects after a shooting Friday.Police Chief Steven Shaw says Rasheed Cherry, 23, was shot multiple times with a .22-caliber rifle on West...
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