One woman was burned in an early morning housefire in Whiteville this morning (Sunday). Whiteville Fire Marshal Hal Lowder said three people lived in the home in the 100 block...
This week Jefferson the In-Studio Guest is Dr. Chris English of Southeastern Community College. Jefferson and Dr. English talk about the new Automotive Systems Technology Program, and other Ski...
One of Whiteville’s most notorious havens for crime, especially drug sales, will soon be a parking lot. After a year’s worth of work in the courts, demolition crews levelled the...
A local physician is raising money for the purchase of medical equipment to take to Honduras for a good cause. Dr. Susan Aycock is setting up a program in the...
• National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes strong police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live an...
Thieves targeted AR-15 rifles and handguns in multiple thefts being investigated by the sheriff’s office in recent days. Reports show that Ned Wayne Taste Jr. contacted law enforcement just after...
The suspect in a Wrightsville Beach sexual assault was arrested at Lake Waccamaw Monday. Walter Bennett Craven, 56, of 108 Lakeshore Dr., Lake Waccamaw, was charged with one count each...
The sheriff’s office has arrested a senior citizen from Leland on drug trafficking charges. Freddie Everett Ross, 81, was charged with three counts of trafficking opiates, and sale and delivery...
Two Christian organizations are going to be out playing on the greens in the coming weeks, and it’s all in the name of charity. Bold and Beautiful Wigs for Cancer...
Buying school clothes and supplies should be a little easier for parents in Columbus County this year. Uniforms were done away with in May, after multiple complaints by parents and...
Pete Ray Buffkin, 63, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Myrtle Beach. He was born September 20, 1958, in Loris, a son of Betty Smith Simmons and the late...
Steven Ray Hodge, age 34 of Whiteville, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, while in the Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center. Steven was born on February 10, 1988, in...
Craig Alvin Boone, 59, of 289 Honey Hill Road, Hallsboro, NC, died Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Whiteville. The funeral will be 3:00 PM Sunday, July 31, at Peoples Funeral...
Robert Hanson White, age 78, of Bladenboro/Whiteville, met his Lord and Savior on Monday, July 25, 2022 at Columbus Regional Healthcare with his family by his side. Robert was born...
James Sanford Graham, 72, of Leland, passed on July 21, 2022 at his home. He was born August 5, 1949 in Columbus County, the son of the late Herbert Lee...
Dr. Dan Strickland is Southeastern Community College’s newest board member. The former school superintendent of county schools was appointed by the Columbus County Board of Commissioners. Strickland w...