Citing improving numbers but cautioning Carolinians to be safe, Gov. Roy Cooper today announced the end to the nighttime curfew as well as loosened restrictions on some businesses.The new executive or...
Gov. Roy Cooper will hold a video update of the state’s COVID-19 efforts at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday). On Tuesday, State Sec. of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen hinted that some restriction...
Rising COVID-19 cases at Whiteville High School have put the school back on virtual learning through March 9, and postponed two upcoming football games. The school system announced the change shortly ...
A Wildlife officer investigating a stolen game camera helped deputies make a drug bust at Tabor Correctional Monday. The sheriff’s office reported that the Wildlife Officer asked for the assista...
A busy road at Lake Waccamaw will be closed for an indefinite period after it was damaged by high water.Mayor Daniel Hilburn said on the Lake Waccamaw community Facebook page that Canal Cove Road is c...
Sebrina Ann Jacobs Moore, age 51 of Clarkton, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Monday, February 22, 2021...
September 18, 1960 ~ February 21, 2021 Barry Dean Holcomb age 60 of Whiteville passed on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at his residence. He honorably served his country n the United States Navy...
Crick, as she was lovingly known, was born on July 20, 1942, to the late Carr J. Walker and Jesse...
May 27, 1938 ~ February 20, 2021 Rev. Thomas “Tom” Fairfax, age 82 of Cerro Gordo, finished his earthly journey and began resting in the arms of his Savior on Saturday, February 20, 2021. Pastor Tom w...
The suspect jailed for the Nov. 29 ambush killing of a Hope Mills man had “several” firearms, ammunition and narcotics in his Chadbourn home, the sheriff’s office said. Christopher Jermaine Reaves, 22...
Police are searching for an armed robber who got away with cash and noodles Saturday in Tabor City. Tabor City police were called to the Food Lion at Tabor Crossing to investigate a reported armed rob...
An East Bladen High School football player has died 11 days after being shot twice in the back. The victim of a February 10 shooting has died. Lamont Pridgen Jr., 18, was shot in the North Whiteville ...
The sheriff’s office has arrested the third suspect in the Nov. 29 ambush that left a grandfather injured and his grandson dead. Christopher Jermaine Reaves Jr., 22, was arrested Thursday night on cha...
The water is rising fast across Columbus County. In addition to five days of measurable rainfall over the past week, an additional two-plus inches have fallen in Columbus since Wednesday night, ...
1950 – 2021 Mamie Jane McCauley, age 70, of Hope Mills, N.C., passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Lower Cape Fear Life Care. She was born August 21, 1950 to the Late Lawrence Barnes and...
1928 – 2021 Kitty Burgess Blanton, age 92, of Apex, N.C., passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, N.C.. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and wi...