Door shot out at Bo’s Food Store
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- Elizabethtown police are searching for a suspect who shot out the front door to Bo’s Foods in the 300 block of S. Poplar Street in Elizabethtown.According to a store manager...
View ArticleMcIntyre, Fudge celebrate black history month
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A congressman and the leader of the black caucus came together Sunday for the 17th annual black history month commemoration."I certainly want to say to people here today we...
View ArticleElizabethtown Police make arrest for attempted murder
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- An Elizabethtown man is charged with attempted murder after police say he shot out the back window of a moving car last night.Police say it happened just after 7 p.m. on...
View ArticleDeputies: Man who wanted to buy gun tried to steal gun with gun
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Investigators in Bladen County say a man who wanted to buy a gun instead tried to use it to steal it.The Sheriff's Office says Rodney Autry Jr., 22, of Elizabethtown, told...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed while pulling out of own driveway
BLADEN CO., NC (WWAY) -- A motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a semi-truck.Highway Patrol says the victim is Rodney Shyron Robinson, 44. They say Robinson was leaving his driveway at 4915...
View ArticleBladen County man charged with exposing himself to 14-year-old girl
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County man is out jail after being arrested for indecent liberties with a child. Deputies arrested Eric Montreal Jessup, 30, of Council Sunday. Investigators say on...
View ArticleMan already in jail charged with February shooting
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- An Elizabethtown man was already in jail when police arrested him for attempted murder yesterday.Jeffery Lewis III was in the Bladen County Jail on multiple unrelated...
View ArticleGov. McCory's budget cuts have teacher assistants fighting for their jobs
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Teacher assistants around the state are fighting to keep their jobs after Governor Pat McCrory announced cutting jobs in his budget plan. More than 3,000 teacher assistants...
View ArticleDuo arrested for Bladen Co. home break-in
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Two Bladen County men are out of jail after being arrested for allegedly robbing a home yesterday.The Sheriff's Office charged Adam Lee Sessoms, 16, and Jonathon O'Brian...
View ArticleBladenboro manager charged with assaulting women at laundromat
BLADENBORO, NC (WWAY) -- Police say a trip to the laundromat ended violently for two Blandenboro women and landed the town manager in trouble.Penny Sahli says she was was doing laundry Sunday at town...
View ArticlePolice find gun stolen in 1991 during traffic stop
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County man is charged with felony possession of a stolen firearm and stolen property after Elizabethtown Police stopped his vehicle for having a false tag.During...
View ArticleHigh school student killed in Bladen county crash
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A car crash in Bladen county killed one teenager and sent two others to the hospital. Highway Patrol Trooper P.M. Sanders says William Humphrey, 17, of Fayetteville was...
View ArticlePolice: Man arrested with deputy's stolen gun
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A second stolen gun in a week has been taken off of Elizabethtown's streets.Police, investigating a suspicious person report Saturday, arrested Carl Reaves, 24, after they...
View ArticleParents say East Arcadia schools needs replacing, not fixing
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Parents and teachers in East Arcadia are concerned about the condition of their children's school. They say they need a new building; not just repairs. East Arcadia is...
View ArticleFisherman drowns in Bladen County
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladenboro man is dead after falling out of his boat while fishing Saturday.The accident happened around noon Saturday on the Black River near the Pender County line.The...
View ArticleLocal man inducted in the Astronaut Hall of Fame
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Curtis Brown from Bladen County was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame over the weekend.He has spent a total of 57 days in space. Curtis Brown has had six...
View ArticleMan arrested for cable theft
BLADEN COUNTY, (WWAY) -- If you get a cable bill in the mail and don't know why, you might want to open it. A Bladenboro man is accused of setting up cable accounts under other people's names.Officials...
View ArticleBroken track led to February train derailment in Bladenboro
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A federal report says a train derailment in Bladenboro earlier this year happened because of a broken rail on the track.The report from the Federal Railroad Administration...
View ArticleBladen County man charged with raping child
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County man is in jail charged with raping a child.The Sheriff's Office charged John Owens Jacobs, 42, of Bladenboro, yesterday with two counts of first degree rape...
View ArticleFormer assistant DA Kelley pleads guilty, must pay back money
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A former Bladen County assistant district attorney has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and must pay back money she improperly received. Elaine Kelley entered the...
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