12:45 UPDATE: WPD said further investigation showed only one suspect is involved at this time. One of the victims was a pregnant woman shot in the abdomen. Two people, including a pregnant woman, were shot [Read More]
Two people were injured and two are in custody after gunfire from Sandy Ridge apartments broke up Dixie Youth baseball this evening. Whiteville Police Chief Douglas Ipock said the gunfire broke out shortly before 7 [Read More]
UPDATE: some customers now have power; trees blamed for outage.More than 1,500 Duke Progress Energy customers are without power this afternoon (Thursday).The outage was reported at 12:30 p.m., according to the utility. Duke’s outage map [Read More]
Linda Carol Griffin Williamson, age 69 of Clarendon, passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare in Whiteville. [Read More]
While it may cause a few weeks of headaches, officials hope a drainage project in Whiteville will have longterm benefits. South Franklin Street between Madison and Caldis will be closed May 17-28 to allow crews [Read More]
Allyson Hope Nobles, age 56 of Chadbourn, died suddenly on Monday, May 10, 2021, at her home. [Read More]
The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance identifying and contacting a man about a crime that occurred in Fair Bluff. Detectives have not released any additional details about the suspect, or the [Read More]
While the panic over fuel supplies maybe have kept some people home, there were still plenty of suspects on the road during the Mother’s Day weekend. On Friday, the Tri-County Community Impact Team (C.I.T.) Task [Read More]
Since Jan. 1, 58 law enforcement officers have died doing their jobs in the United States. Another 64 died on duty due to other causes, mainly COVID-19, 9/11 related cancer, and heart disease. Discounting the [Read More]
Ja’Quan Markeith Taylor 21 of St. Paul’s transitioned into eternal rest on May 8, 2021. Graveside Service; Saturday May 15, 2021 at 2:30PM [Read More]
Trola Moore 69 of Fair Bluff transitioned into eternal rest on May 10, 2021 [Read More]
Soloman Pridgen Jr. 73 of Whiteville transitioned into eternal rest on May 7, 2021. [Read More]
Gladys Stephens Odom, 89, of 318 West Columbus Street, Whiteville, NC, died Tuesday, May 11, 2021 [Read More]
UPDATE: More areas were added to the notice late Tuesday night. A broken main on Red Bug Road left some county customers without water Tuesday, and affected other areas as well.County staff is working to [Read More]
Timothy Franklin Fowler, age 60, of Tabor City, died Monday, May 10, 2021 in his home surrounded by his family. Born March 17, 1961 in Loris, SC, he was the son of the late Kirby and Eunice Fowler. [Read More]
Gas stations across the area are seeing long lines, if they’re even open, due to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown. The pipeline feeds roughly half of the gasoline supply in North Carolina and along much of [Read More]
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