A nine-month investigation has resulted in the arrest of an alleged career vehicle break-in suspect. Jimmy Stanley Thompson, 51, is under $278,500 secured bond in the Columbus county detention Center. The sheriff’s office charged Thompson [Read More]
December 5, 1954 ~ March 2, 2021 Harry Lee Edwards, Jr., age 66, of Lake Waccamaw, N.C., died Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at his residence. Harry was born in Columbus County on December 5, 1954 to the [Read More]
More frontline essential workers in Group Three are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, and the health department will begin accepting appointments today for residents in Groups One, Two and Three. Frontline workers who are at [Read More]
Sheriff Jody Greene was named interim director of Animal Control Monday. The county commissioners, in a unanimous vote, approved putting the troubled department under the sheriff’s office while Director Loretta Shipman is on extended medical [Read More]
September 14, 1939 ~ January 30, 2021 Carey Benton, age 81 of Lake Waccamaw, passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville, N.C.. Carey was born on September 14, 1939 in [Read More]
Developing story One man has been charged with the killing of a Clarkton woman missing since Feb. 8. Timothy Ray Cain II, of 641 Merritt Road, Chadbourn was charged with murder and armed robbery on [Read More]
April 25, 1943 ~ February 23, 2021 Robert Eugene Cox, 77, of Chadbourn, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, following a recent illness. A celebration of life service will be scheduled when safe [Read More]
August 31, 1938 ~ February 26, 2021 Doris Ward Formyduval, age 82 of Whiteville went to her Heavenly home on Friday, February 26, 2021 at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville. A graveside service will be held [Read More]
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