/tags/columbus-county-sheriff Columbus County Sheriff en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Oct 2022 21:07:15 GMT /news/2022-10-25/nc-sheriff-who-disparaged-black-employees-resigns A suspended North Carolina sheriff has resigned in the aftermath of a leaked audio recording in which he called Black employees by derogatory names and said they should be fired, his attorney announced Monday. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 21:07:15 GMT /news/2022-10-25/nc-sheriff-who-disparaged-black-employees-resigns Associated Press /politics/2019-05-09/republicans-narrow-victory-stands-in-columbus-county-sheriff-race A 3-2 majority of the state elections board ruled in favor of Republican Jody Greene on Monday, ordering the Columbus County Board of Elections to certify… Thu, 09 May 2019 17:40:26 GMT /politics/2019-05-09/republicans-narrow-victory-stands-in-columbus-county-sheriff-race Rusty Jacobs /race-demographics/2019-01-21/columbus-county-residents-divided-over-sheriffs-race North Carolina's 9th congressional district is not the only scene of a disputed election in the state. A trial is scheduled for next month to determine if… Tue, 22 Jan 2019 02:06:53 GMT /race-demographics/2019-01-21/columbus-county-residents-divided-over-sheriffs-race Rusty Jacobs /news/2019-01-07/a-constitutional-crisis-could-be-brewing-in-columbus-county Republican Jody Greene unseated then-Columbus County Sheriff and Democrat Lewis Hatcher by just 34 votes this fall. Several protests of those results are… Mon, 07 Jan 2019 23:00:04 GMT /news/2019-01-07/a-constitutional-crisis-could-be-brewing-in-columbus-county Rusty Jacobs