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BURGAW — A former New Hanover County Correctional Center warden will be overseeing Pender Correctional Institution, according to the North Carolina Department…

A North Carolina lottery was sentenced to life in prison for killing his much younger girlfriend back in 2020.

Michael Todd Hill, 2017 North Carolina lottery winner, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 23-year-old Keonna Graham.

PENDER COUNTY — According to Pender County officials, a discrepancy in the total Covid-19 case count — when comparing state-level reports — arose from a backlog of case reports, compounded with the all-hands-on-deck vaccination effort consuming the county’s public health staff.  Health and human services director Carolyn Moser said a number of factors contributed to the low count on Pender County’s dashboard, which as of Monday night showed about 600 fewer confirmed cases than the state’s total for the county. Related: The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is respons...

North Carolina’s Covid-19 numbers continue to rise, hitting a one-day record-breaker of 11,581 cases reported on Saturday, Jan. 9. (Port City Daily/File) SOUTHEASTERN NC — According to the latest numbers from the state’s Covid-19 dashboard, North Carolina has reached a total of 614,355 Covid-19 cases, with 3,871 people hospitalized and 7,425 deaths. Statewide case counts keep breaking one-day numbers for the second weekend in a row. N.C. Health and Human Services (NCHHS) reported 11,581 on Saturday, Jan. 9, following two days of hitting more than 10,000 cases each day. New Hanover, Bru...