Tabor City

Tabor City Police arrested two people over the weekend in connection with a chase that ended in a crash Saturday night, and the crime apparently started at a well-known address in town. Investigators say the vehicle was stolen from outside former Sen. R.C. Soles's home. Full story...

A Tabor City man pleaded guilty in federal court to crop insurance fraud. Patrick Lovett, a farmer and president of Lovett Farms, faces up to 10 years in prison. Full story...

A Monday event in Whiteville honoring former state Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Columbus, has been canceled, Carolina Journal has learned. According to a man associated with the event who did not want to be identified, Soles decided Thursday to cancel the event awarding the Order of the Long Leaf Pine after Soles learned that CJ had been unable to find any record showing that former Gov. Bev Perdue approved the award. Full story...

Wednesday Town Manager Al Leonard did not have any answers about what has or will happen. Leonard, who ran for state House last year and also serves as Tabor City's Manager, refused to go on camera saying, "I don't like to see myself on TV." Full story...

The Columbus County Sheriff's Office says two shootings on Friday that cross state lines may be connected. Police say Timothy Goings and Natasha Smith were shot Friday in the Green Acres community in Tabor City. Full story...

The Columbus County Sheriff's Office says two men have been arrested in connection to a Christmas day murder. Napolean Cooper and his twin brother Lapoleon Cooper were arrested for the murder of Gilberto Segovia. Full story...

Deputies in Columbus County are investigating two unrelated shooting deaths near Tabor City. Full story...

A month after being shot in the face and neck the health of a Tabor City man has finally stabilized. Full story...

Two Columbus County men have turned themselves in to police in connection with a shooting in Loris, SC, earlier this month. David Hemingway, 20, and Xavier Hemingway, 17, both of Tabor City, turned themselves in Monday. Full story...

Police have warrants for three men they believe are connected to the robbery and shooting of David Grubbs in a Tabor City church parking lot. Full story...

New details about a shooting last week in Tabor City. A woman has turned herself in to police in connection with the crime. Full story...

The man shot in Tabor City early yesterday morning is in serious condition in a Myrtle Beach hospital. Full story...

An early-morning shooting in Tabor City may be linked to as many as five people in two states. Police say they are working to figure out what crimes fit where after a shooting in a church parking lot led investigators to three other crimes throughout the night. Full story...

A man who says former state Sen. R.C. Soles molested him three decades ago is trying to tell his story, but he says law enforcement turned him away. Toby Faircloth has told his story to WWAY before, but now he wants to file a formal complaint. Full story...

The District Attorney says no charges will be filed in the death of a child run over by a lawnmower, which has been ruled an accident. Full story...