Updated 11:45 a.m. Thursday Betty Smith Bryant, 63, has been charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to the home, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. The...
She looked far healthier than when I saw her the first time, or later when I saw her photo, wearing a yellow smock on my daily jail report. She made...
Jewelry and cash were taken from a Gilliard Road woman in an alleged robbery Aug. 25. Deputies responded to the home near Chadbourn on a disturbance call. Kayla Todd told...
The boil water advisory has been lifted for the county’s Water District IV, which includes the Riegelwood Sanitary District.The advisory was issued Tuesday after periods of low pressure in the...
A detective working on another investigation ended up literally chasing down a new case just after midnight Monday morning. Det. Paul Rockenbach was on Seven Creeks Highway in Nakina when...
UPDATE: Monday 2:58 p.m. Bladen County authorities have identified Kenneth Ross Covell, 54, as the body found in the Cape Fear River near Golf Course Road.The body of the suspected...
A Shallotte man found out you can’t outrun the long arm of the law Aug. 18. Skyler Wade Peacock, 20, was charged with child abuse, fleeing to elude arrest, carless...
UPDATE: 11:25 a.m. A student at Old Dock, another student at Edgewood Elementary, and a staff member at East Columbus have tested positive for COVID 19. Three cases of COVID-19...
Every pay period, (based on a two-week pay period) we are suggesting items to pick up for your emergency kit in the event of a hurricane. By now you should...
45-54 year olds, females most at risk While the death toll hasn’t risen, Columbus county’s total COVID-19 count rose to 1,024 as of today’s report (Thursday). Daniel Buck, spokesman for...
The Town of Lake Waccamaw is reporting a water leak on Canal Cove Road. Due to the leak, bacteria may be introduced into the water system causing the Town to...
DSS takes custody of child from “filthy” home. Two women were arrested on drug charges and a toddler was turned over to Social Services after an Aug. 13 raid on...
The boil water order for Chadbourn has been lifted. Asst. Town Manager Jerome Chestnut said repair on North Elm Street were completed. State-required tests came back Friday showing no contamination,...
Curse words were once intended for emphasis, or (as the name implies) to wish a curse upon someone. Sadly, those same terms are now more common than additional condiments with...
Drugs and paraphernalia were allegedly found in a Clarkton man’s car after he briefly fled from deputies Aug. 14, according to the sheriff’s office. Kameron Blake Quattlebaum, 21, of 69 Sab...
Complaints from citizens led Columbus County Deputies to spend some extra time in the Rico community recently, and the effort paid off with two arrests for multiple felony charges. Arrest...