Search continues for suspects in Bladen drive-by
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The search continues for the gunmen involved in a drive-by shooting in Bladen County last night. It happened on Mercer Mill Road near Lisbon Road between Elizabethtown and...
View Article15-year-old girl dead after car accident in Bladen County
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A 15-year-old girl is dead after a car accident in Clarkton this afternoon. The accident happened near the Bo's Food Store in Bladen County.The 15-year-old girl was turning...
View ArticleBryant hospitalized with fast heartbeat
OAKLAND, CA (AP) - Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Desmond Bryant has been taken to the hospital because of a fast heartbeat.The Raiders say Bryant was transported to Eden Medical Center in Castro...
View ArticleBladen deputy fire marshal dies
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Bladen County's Deputy Fire Marshal died last night after getting sick during a call over the weekend. John McCelland Hall, 48, died of a heart issue, according to Bladen...
View ArticleFuneral arrangements made in death of Bladen deputy fire marshal
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY)-- Funeral arrangements have been made for John McCelland Hall, 48, who died Wednesday of a heart issue from getting sick during a call over the weekend. A visitation will be...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: Bladen County mourns fallen firefighters
BLADENBORO, NC (WWAY) -- After trying to save others in a fire last weekend, a Bladen County firefighter died. The hero was laid to rest today, and the community came together to remember.He was always...
View ArticleThree charged in Bladen Co. drive-bys
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Bladen County deputies have arrested three men in connection to two drive-by shootings.Titus Coston has been charged with shooting a 15-year-old October 24. He's also...
View ArticleBladen Co. man charged with child rape
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County man is in jail charged with raping a child. The Sheriff's Office says deputies arrested Gil Antonio Juare Garcia, 33, of Elizabethtown, Friday night and...
View ArticleState worker admits stealing more than $17k in Bladen County
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A former NC Department of Health and Human Services employee avoided jail time by pleading guilty earlier this month to two counts of felony obtaining property by false...
View ArticleWhiteville High student charged with gun at East Bladen High
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Columbus County teen was in court today after Bladen County Sheriff's deputies say they arrested him with a gun at a high school football game.Deputies arrested Trevor...
View ArticleUPDATE: Highway Patrol says unlicensed teen was driving in fatal crash
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Highway Patrol says two people from Bladenboro were killed in a morning crash in Bladen county. It happened around 9:20 on Twisted Hickory Road, south of...
View ArticleEast Bladen HS trying to raise $10k for new football helmets
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- The season is over for East Bladen High School's football team, and some of its equipment is also done for good. With such a high risk for head injuries during games, safety...
View ArticleWallace Leinwand dies at 88
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County legend is no longer with us. Wallace Leinwand died Thursday afternoon after a lengthy illness. He was 88.In 1937, at the tender age of 13, Wallace Samuel...
View ArticleCandelight vigil scheduled in Elizabethtown for shooting victims
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- Elizabethtown Baptist Church along with the Elizabethtown Fire Department will hold a candlelight vigil on the lawn of the Bladen County Courthouse Monday at 5:30 pm....
View ArticleObservant neighbor stops thieves, cracks theft ring
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Deputies in Bladen County say an observant neighbor led to four people being arrested for allegedly stealing ATVs.Investigators say around 3:30 a.m. yesterday, a citizen...
View ArticleTwo men shot in Bladen Co. after dispute
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The Bladen County Sheriff's Office says two men were shot this morning after a dispute. Thomas Daughtey, Jr., 42 was shot in the abdomen. Thomas Daughtey, 62 was shot in the...
View ArticleFather and son shot in Bladen Co. on Christmas Eve
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The Bladen County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a father and son were shot in Garland on Christmas Eve.It happened at 10:40 a.m. near Beards Chapel Loop...
View ArticleInvestigation continues into Christmas Eve shooting
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The investigation continues into the shooting of a man and his son in Bladen County Christmas Eve. Investigators say the two were shot after a dispute about alleged...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: Alleged bullying by deputy's daughter turns violent in Bladen Co.
BLADENBORO, NC (WWAY) -- In Bladen County, one mother says her daughter has been dealing with a bully for months. She says nothing is done because the bully's father is a deputy.Robin Porter says her...
View ArticleFormer trooper charged in Christmas Eve shooting
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A former Highway Patrol trooper is charged with two felonies in a Christmas Eve shooting in Bladen County.Herbert Paul Weissinger is charged with two counts of assault with...
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