Jo Elaine Harrison, age 70 of Evergreen, died on Thursday, Jan. 27, at Premier Living and Rehabilitation in Lake Waccamaw. Jo was born on January 6, 1952 in Columbus County to the late Donald McKay...
Earl Dudston Barnes Jr. , age 78 of Chadbourn, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville. Earl was born on July 22, 1943, to the late Earl D. Barnes Sr. a...
Margie Ivey Floyd, age 78 of the Macedonia Community in Evergreen, entered into the presence of her Lord on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville, N.C. Marg...
Franklin Leroy Boone, 80, of 447 Charles Ford Road, Cerro Gordo, N.C., died Thursday, Jan. 2, at his home. The funeral will be 1:00 PM Monday, Jan. 31, at Peoples Funeral Chapel by Rev. Maria Lacewell...
Elroy Leggett, 86, of 311 Goodman Street, Fair Bluff, NC, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. Arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville. Friends...
Mr. Jerry Elmore Ward 73, of Whiteville passed on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 in Columbus Regional Healthcare. He was born in Columbus County, the son of the late Solon Ward and Sadie Spivey Ward.&nbs...
The Hearts and Vets Walk-a-thon hosted by the Veteran’s Memorial Park is now virtual due to the chance of inclement weather. The countywide event was scheduled to begin Saturday at 10 a.m. in h...
A second Tabor Correctional inmate has been found dead of an apparent suicide. The N.C. Dept. of Public Safety said in a press release that Robert B. Walker was found unresponsive in his cell at 6:06 ...
Friday Feature: January 28, 2022 By: Vinny Pagano Baseball season is around the corner, and nothing screams America like its National pastime. At every level it represents what is great ab...
• Spivey hid parts in Christmas boxes, report says. The former chief of Chadbourn police has been charged with stealing two catalytic converters from a Tabor City garage. William Anthony Spivey, 36, o...
1/27/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up NFL: Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers is calling it quits after 18 seasons in the NFL. Roethlisberger announced on social media that “It was time to clean o...
I was a lousy athlete, but I never wanted to play against a girl to make myself look better. I was a chubby, sometimes fat kid. I was always both big and tall for my age, which led to me be kind of a ...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has now been confirmed in 53 hunter-harvested wild waterfowl at three sites in North Carolina. These sites are Hyde County, a site located on the Pamlico/Beaufo...
1/26/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up MLB: It is that time of the year that the MLB and BBWA release the new Hall of Fame entries. Last year there was no one selected. This...
Chaplain Marcia McMullen DeRush has opened her heart and the doors of her office with special individuals in mind. McMullen House of Heroes is a safe haven where the chaplain offers a multitude of thi...
Small, women-owned and disadvantaged business owners wanting to learn how to compete for state transportation contracts are invited to attend a free workshop Feb. 19 at Robeson Community College....