Whiteville Police managed to prevent a suicide Wednesday at the Walmart parking lot. Major William Hinz said Officer Michael Strickland was dispatched to assist EMS on a call about a man lying in the ...
The annual lighting of the Christmas Tree on top of Southeastern Regional Medical Center will be held on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. on Facebook as a live event athttps://fb.me/e/1Rhw7I5x4. The tree...
Santa will have help from some elves in leather jackets Saturday. The 22nd annual Concerned Bikers Association Toy Run will begin at 9 a.m. at the Walmart parking lot in Whiteville. Registration ...
Ruthene Sellers Barnhill, age 85, of Whiteville, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 at Liberty Commons, Whiteville. She was born in Columbus County on Oct. 30, 1935 to the late Rufus Sellers and Callie Brigma...
UPDATED at 10:25 One man was killed and another shot in the face on Sellerstown Road near Chadbourn Sunday night, Sheriff Jody Greene said. The wounded individual was transported to Columbus Regional ...
Fair Bluff Police have captured the man alleged to have fired a number of shots after a dispute Nov. 14. Shawn Jarmie Murchison, 33, was placed under a secured bond on charges of possession of a firea...
A Bolton man faces a slew of felony charges, including property damage and assault after several incidents, including one where a Molotov cocktail was left at the scene. Arrest reports show Char...
A man who called 911 after an alleged assault was charged with injuring the emergency workers trying to help him. David Harold Wilson was held under a secured bond on two charges of assaulting e...
It took a weekend of fouled plans, a flat tire and a mother-in-law’s injury to realize again why I should be thankful. Nothing had worked out quite like I planned for either Saturday or Sunday. There ...
Columbus Regional has tightened restrictions on visitors, as Gov. Roy Cooper tightened mask requirements and warned of harder restrictions to come if COVID cases continue to rise. “I have a star...
Gov. Roy Cooper will make announcements about the state’s COVID-19 status at 2 p.m.. View the press conference live by following this link. https://www.ncdps.gov/news-conference...
By Jefferson Weaver It hung, glistening, waiting to be a victim. I was more than happy to oblige. The grape was among the last I could find on the wild vine near our front gate; on a whim and in token...
A teenager has been indicted for first degree murder – and was served with a charge of second degree murder on his birthday. Michael Lee Harrell was indicted for second degree murder by a Columbus Cou...
Columbus County reported another death from COVID-19 today, bringing the total to 70 since March. The individuals passed away on Nov. 14, 16, and 19 while hospitalized, according to Thursday’s r...
By Katie Compton Boyd I saw what strikes dread and terror in every old Southern woman’s heart: a wooly worm! An omen of a bad winter. It’s hard to imagine now, as it’s been so warm, but if the w...
Cerro Gordo Baptist Church has cancelled all services for two weeks to sanitize the facility while the pastor and his family recover from COVID-19. “We’re doing okay,” Rev. George Strickland said in a...