Eastern Columbus residents turned out Tuesday for the first-ever National Night Out observance at the sheriff’s office substation. While temperatures still flirted with 100 at 6 p.m., deputies and kids cooled off with a water [Read More]
Whiteville Police recovered a stolen truck and trailer – and the alleged thief — within minutes Tuesday (today). Jimmy Allen Lowery was charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, felony larceny, fleeing to elude arrest, driving [Read More]
The recent Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade handed the responsibility for abortion law back to the states, where it should have been in the first case. Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution is there a [Read More]
Voters in North Carolina now have another choice when it’s time to register. The State Board of Elections on Monday voted 4-0 to recognize the North Carolina Green Party as an official political party in [Read More]
Parents aren’t the only ones getting ready to send their children back to school. The Columbus Baptist Association is preparing, too. The organization’s Backpack Buddies ministry will start back up this month, and members will [Read More]
After a brief executive session Monday, Columbus County commissioners voted to cancel the Lake Waccamaw EMS contract with the county. The motion was suggested by County Manager Eddie Madden and Asst. Manager Nick West, who [Read More]
Ms. Teresa W. Smith, age 53, of Loris, SC gained Heavenly Wings on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at her residence. Viewing will be Tuesday, August 2, 2022, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm in the [Read More]
Ella Rebeca Nobles, age 87 of Cerro Gordo, NC, met her Lord and Saviour on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at home, surrounded by her loving family. Ella was born on September 10, 1934, in Columbus [Read More]
Gloria Jean Kaelber Cassell, age 72 of Clarendon and formerly of Marion, OH, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Gloria was born on August 9, 1949, to the [Read More]
Hazel Mae Batchelor Mitchell, 74, of 204 Blanks Road, Clarkton, NC, died Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. The funeral will be 11:00 AM Friday, August 5, at Union Baptist Church, 2290 [Read More]
Myra Kathleen High Britt, age 64, of Fayetteville, NC (formerly of Whiteville) passed away peacefully Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Lower Cape Fear Life Care Angel House in Whiteville. Kathleen was born in Columbus County [Read More]
Eula Spivey Cheatham 90, of Whiteville passed on Saturday July 30, 2022 in UNC Chapel Hill Southeastern, Lumberton. She was born in Columbus County, the daughter of the late Fred Spivey and Lizzie McKee Spivey. [Read More]
Donna Hamilton Canady 81, of Nakina passed on Friday, July 29, 2022. She was born May 11, 1941 in Bladen County, the daughter of the late Don Hamilton and Gladys Marlowe Hamilton. She is surived [Read More]
Deputies used the county’s armored vehicle and tear gas to end a standoff on Beaverdam Road with no injuries early Monday. Brandon Nobles, 33, of 3810 Old Cribbtown Rd., Chadbourn, was charged with possession with [Read More]
Surveillance footage and a bank card led to the arrest of a Delco man on multiple theft charges. Curtis Wayne Cruse, 50, of 5316 Delco Prosper Rd., was charged with three counts each of misdemeanor [Read More]
No one was injured after a suspect shot at deputies in a domestic violence call this morning. Brandon Nobles was taken into custody around 4 a.m., Chief Deputy Aaron Herring of the Columbus Sheriff’s Office [Read More]
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