Wilton Christopher “Chris” Griffin, 58, passed away Friday, June 10, 2022 in Lumberton. He was born April 10, 1964 in High Point, NC, a son of Carolyn Leigh (Avant) Griffin Hamilton and the late Wilto...
Sarah Winfield Icard was born in the Rock House on Winfield Road in Polkton, North Carolina August 17, 1921. She married childhood sweetheart, Jack Icard and was a loving mother to three children John...
Chase O’Bryan Chavis age 22, of Chadbourn passed on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at his residence. No services are scheduled at this time. He is survived by his mother, Crystal Gayle Chavis of the home; h...
Ruth Magaline Blackman Biddle, age 89 of Whiteville, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022, at her son’s home. Ruth was born on January 21, 1933, in Columbus County, to the late Obediah Blackman and Lu...
Thelma Estelle Simms Dyson, age 88 of Chadbourn, went to be with her Lord on Friday, June 10, 2022 at her home. Estelle was born on September 2, 1933, in Columbus County, to the late Thomas Franklin S...
A Clarendon man allegedly threatened to mutilate a woman while sexually assaulting her last week. Logan Andrew Williamson, 38, was charged with two counts each of sexual battery and assault on a femal...
Man reported injured. City and county law enforcement were kept hopping Friday with multiple shootings. It is not known if any of the incidents are related. The sheriff’s office was called to Gr...
Isaac Miller’s first degree murder trial was put on hold this morning after Miller’s defense attorney became ill Friday. Miller, 27, was charged with first degree murder in the 2019 slaying of his fat...
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for today (Monday) due to sweltering conditions across the area. Whiteville could see a heat index of 105 or more today, followed by even higher...
This week Jefferson talks with Aspen Allen & Hayley Damato of Southeastern Community College. Listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affa...
Testimony will continue Monday in the first degree murder trial of Isaac Miller, charged with shooting his father in 2019. Miller, 27, allegedly shot Anthony Chestnut in their Jackson Street home in C...
Summer is officially in full swing, and the local community college has opportunities for everyone out there. Learn a new skill, or sign up for fall classes. Education is right at your fingertips...
A memorial ride in honor of Sergeant Luke Simmons of Lake Waccamaw will take place on Saturday, June 11. Registration is 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Cruzer’s Drive Thru in Whiteville. Kickstands will go u...
The four-month-old baby taken from a Loris-area home has been found safe. Horry County Police issued an alert late Thursday after Mason Bryant was taken from his home by his father, Akeem Bryant, with...
A Charlotte based broadband company, Brightspeed, has announced plans to build a fiber optic network in North Carolina that will include Columbus County. It expects to have the project completed ...
Annie Pearl Spivey Hammonds, age 78 of Chadbourn, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville. Annie Pearl was born on July 31, 1943 in Columbus County, ...