Obituaries
Latarius Evans
Mr. Latarius Evans, age 35, of Tabor City, entered eternal rest Wednesday, September 22, 2021 [Read More]
Year: 2021
Obituaries
Carolyn Meggs Prease
Carolyn Meggs Prease, age 89, of Whiteville, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 23, 2021 [Read More]
Front Page
Commissioners endorse original overpass plan
County commissioners Monday voted 6-1 to support the original plan to place an overpass with an access road at the intersection of U.S. 74-76 and Old Lake Road, reversing a decision made at an earlier [Read More]
Covid-19
Yam festival will go on
The N.C. Yam Festival will go on in Tabor City next month.The festival committee said in a press release today that the 50-year-old event will continue, with come modifications due to COVID-19. At a meeting [Read More]
Obituaries
Charles F. Shaw
Charles F. Shaw, age 86 of Chadbourn, reunited with his beloved wife, Jean Tuton Shaw, in Heaven on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 [Read More]
Front Page
• When the lights were bright
It sits waiting for its final end, as it has for decades.One day, one of the tired old oaks or the upstart pines in the yard will crash down, taking another piece of the old [Read More]
Front Page
The week of Peep • Crystal Faircloth
Most people refer to rose colored glasses as a failure to see the bad in a relationship, or the unwillingness to compromise when a situation is dire and wrong. The actual definition is a pair [Read More]
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State program helps disabled and hard of hearing make calls
No cost programs through the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are redefining how those who are disabled, deaf, or hard of hearing are making phone calls with clarity. The Division of Services [Read More]
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The Good News for Sept. 17-24
• First Sgt. Josh McPherson and Sgt. Justin Inman of the sheriff’s office were caught doing a good deed in Whiteville on Monday. A stranded motorist had a flat tire and these two officers stopped [Read More]
Business
Farmers, producers can still get storm help
Livestock, poultry, woodland and plasticulture farmers who suffered losses in three hurricanes can still apply for federal relief. The USDA has extended the deadline to Dec. 31 for producers who had losses in hurricanes Michael, [Read More]
Obituaries
Jennifer Yvonne Roberson Walker
Jennfier Walker, age 56, passed away at Lower Cape Fear Life Care Center in Whiteville, on September 22, 2021. [Read More]
Obituaries
Leo Cambridge Johnson
Leo Cambridge Johnson, 69, of Clarkton, died Tuesday, September 21, 2021 [Read More]
Obituaries
Monte Levonne Herring
Monte Levonne Herring age 67 of Cerro Gordo, entered into the joys of the Lord on Monday, September 20, 2021 [Read More]
Obituaries
Ernest Wayne Hendrix
Ernest Wayne Hendrix, age 72, of Tabor City, died Tuesday, September 21, 2021 [Read More]
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County board member Herring dies
One of the strongest advocates for students in Columbus County has died. Monte Herring, 67, died Monday at McLeod Loris Hospital after a brief illness. The Cerro Gordo resident previously worked with Brunswick Electric Cooperative. [Read More]
Obituaries
Michael Stephen Kinnear
Michael Stephen Kinnear, 44, of Little River, SC passed away Sunday September 19, 2021 [Read More]