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Clergy joining fight against gangs after Chadbourn murder
CHADBOURN, NC (WWAY) -- For the second time in a month, Chadbourn Police are investigating a murder.Now police and the community are looking at the past to fight for the future.Police say that after...
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ONLY ON 3: 12-year-old girl describes drive-by that landed her in hospital
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) -- A Whiteville girl is recovering from injuries from a drive-by shooting at her home overnight.Zyria Hickman, 12, was hit in the head and neck by metal and shattered glass. She...
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Tabor City chamber president charged with assault in South Carolina
TABOR CITY, NC (FAYOBSERVER.COM) -- The president of the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor assault charges in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., according to police...
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One dead, another airlifted after truck hits tree in Columbus Co.
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- One man is dead and another is airlifted after a truck hit a tree in Columbus County early Monday morning. It happened just after 2 a.m. when troopers say a truck heading...
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Columbus Co. man sentenced for gun and drug crimes
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- A federal judge has sentenced a Columbus County man to nearly five years in prison on drug and gun charges.Jason Antwan Williams, 26, pleaded guilty earlier this year to...
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Former Whiteville pitcher named tops in Orioles system
BALTIMORE, MD (WWAY) -- A former Whiteville High School pitcher has won top honors in the Baltimore Orioles Minor League system.Pitcher Mike Wright won the Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year...
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Whiteville's Ben Treece is our newest, biggest fan of the all new Cape Fear CW
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Ben Treece of Whiteville posted this YouTube video today on our Facebook page. Looks like Ben's is our newest, biggest fan in Columbus County because we're launching the new...
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Fair Bluff police leaders write open letter to residents
FAIR BLUFF, NC (WWAY) -- Fair Bluff's new interim police chief and a newly promoted captain wrote what they call a letter of affirmation and action to citizens.The letter published in the Whiteville...
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Teacher of the Week: Katie Diehl
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) -- When you look at Katie Diehl and Madison Hammonds talking with one another, you'd think they're old friends. In a way...they are. Madison is an eighth grade student at Central...
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9 taken to hospital after bus, tractor-trailer collide in Columbus County
BOLTON, NC (WWAY) -- Nine people have been taken to the hospital after a tour bus carrying students and a tractor-trailer collided on US 74/76 near Bolton in Columbus County.The students are from the...
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SBI investigates after alleged assault on a Sheriff's Deputy
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A man was arrested in Columbus County after allegedly assaulting a Sheriff's Deputy.According to investigators, Brandon Hamer grabbed Deputy Scott Collins around the...
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Investigators: Teen, stepfather shoot and kill each other
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A man and his teenage stepson are dead after investigators say they shot each other overnight.The Columbus County Sheriff's Office says at 12:22 a.m. deputies with...
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Columbus County law enforcement addresses Green Acres crime
TABOR CITY, NC (WWAY) -- The Columbus County community of Green Acres used to be the place to be. After two men killed each other Thursday morning local law enforcement spoke out about crime in Green...
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Family of teen, man who shot and killed each other speaks out
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The family of a teen involved in a double shooting that killed him and his stepdad in Columbus County yesterday is speaking out about both victims and what may have led to...
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Tabor City farmer sentenced for insurance fraud scam
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A federal judge has sentenced a Tabor City farmer for his role in a tobacco insurance fraud scam.The judge sentenced Patrick Rex Lovett, 48, to five years probation and...
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Fair Bluff Council candidate dies on Election Day
FAIR BLUFF, NC (WWAY) -- A candidate for Fair Bluff Town Commissioner has died of an apparent heart attack on Election Day, according to the town's mayor.Mayor Randy Britt says Mike Hammond was at the...
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Liquor vote passes in two towns, deadlocks in third
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Should restaurants be allowed to serve liquor? That was the question posed to voters in three Columbus County towns.That referendum passed 55 percent to 45 percent in Fair...
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Fair Bluff mourns death of town candidate on Election Day
FAIR BLUFF, NC (WWAY) -- A Fair Bluff man should have had every reason to celebrate yesterday, as he won the town's race for mayor. Instead he had every reason to mourn, as his brother, who was also...
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With one vote difference, Tabor City booze referendum gets recount
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- There will be a recount on a referendum for selling mixed drinks in Tabor City.Columbus County Board of Elections Supervisor Carla Strickland says the final vote was 133...
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Two women charged in connection with Columbus County murder
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Whiteville woman is the fifth person charged in connection with a murder last month near Tabor City.The Columbus County Sheriff's Office says deputies arrested Amanda...
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