East Bladen’s Nene Ward was named to play in the N.C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star game in Greensboro on July 21. Ward was named Waccamaw Player of the Year in 2024 and 2025 while achieving [Read More]
Two men were arrested and narcotics seized after a raid on a Green Acres community home June 14. Michael Jermaine Strickland, 41, was held under a $10,000 secured bond on charges of trafficking in cocaine, [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for July 18, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
Contested races are on tap for several towns in Columbus in November’s municipal elections. Filing closed today at noon at the county board of elections office. While several municipalities had no candidates to file except [Read More]
Whiteville DYB teams had an opportunity Thursday to claim a state championship but both teams fell short. Whiteville AAA lost to Shallotte 9-8, while the Majors were defeated 5-2 by South Brunswick. The Whiteville AAA [Read More]
Columbus County is known for baseball, but don’t forget the ladies who are dominating a diamond of their own. This year in the Dixie Softball World Series in Louisiana, Columbus County will be represented by [Read More]
• Don’t forget — Robert Nealey’s Barbecue Plate Sale for African Missions is today. Animal Protective Services Paws, Music and Moonlight is tomorrow at 7 p.m. CCN Radio News – Morning Report for July 18, [Read More]
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Southeastern Community College will host an adult learner open house Thursday from 6-8:30 p.m. in the SCC library. It’s an opportunity to look into switching careers, gaining a new skill or to finish a degree. [Read More]
Tucked away in one of my boxes of rusty treasures is an all-but-worthless pocketknife. I found it far under an abandoned house on the day we were catching puppies that eventually gave rise to a [Read More]
With the game tied in the seventh inning, Easton Spivey singled in the game-winning RBI to lead Whiteville AAA All-Stars to a 7-6 victory against South Stanley on Tuesday. He also gave a solid performance [Read More]
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Samantha Watts will serve 45 years in prison, and one of her sons will serve 35, for the 2023 beating death of Corey Adam Soles of Chadbourn. Samantha Watts, 42 and her son Payton, both [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for July 15, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio)
On a warm Saturday morning in Elizabethtown, one of Bladen’s own came back for a camp and a cause. Larrell Murchison returned home to over 300 people for his Fifth Annual Community Day at Elizabethtown [Read More]
At Ocean Isle, Whiteville AAA All-Stars bats were hot and the pitchers arms were golden as they crushed Town Creek All-Stars 17-0 in game 1. Easton Spivey started and pitched two shutout innings, striking [Read More]
Mason Benton hit a walk off home run in the 8th inning to lift Whiteville’s D2 Majors to a 2-1 victory over South Brunswick in the D2 Majors State Tournament. The win puts the Whiteville [Read More]
Mayors in Lake Waccamaw and Whiteville will face challengers in November, while some towns still don’t have a full slate of hopefuls for the municipal elections this fall. Filing for town and city offices ends [Read More]
Updated An infant is recovering after being taken to the hospital with a 100 degree fever, covered in feces and “bumps.” The woman described as her caregiver has been charged. Warrants show that Eugenia Kaye [Read More]
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A high speed chase in the rain led to the arrest of a Las Vegas man Thursday after he fought with troopers. Joseph Paul SIngletary, 36, of Las Vegas, Nev., was held under $25,000 secured [Read More]
A Whiteville woman faces 30 charges ranging from drugs to child abuse and traffic offenses after a high speed chase across state lines. Quasheima Reeves, 27, had three children under the age of two in [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for July 14, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
One man died when his motorcycle struck an SUV near Clarkton Sunday morning, and a firefighter en route to the wreck was injured in an unrelated crash. Raykwan Jennell Davis rammed his Kawasaki motorcycle into [Read More]
The body of a drowning victim has been recovered at Lake Tabor. Rescue crews found the individual just before 6:00 p.m. today. The victim’s name has not been released. This is a developing story.
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