An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that County Manager Eddie Madden was involved in the personnel matter discussed in the closed session. Managing Editor Jefferson Weaver made the er...
May 27, 1955 ~ July 26, 2023 (age 68) Alford H. Smith, 68, formerly of the Iron Hill Community, Tabor City, NC, died Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at home in Bronx, NY. The funeral will be 2:00 PM Saturda...
November 9, 1947 – July 26, 2023 Melody Ann Dove Lennon, age 75, of Bladenboro passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 while at the Lower Cape Fear Lifecare Center in Whiteville, NC. She was bor...
May 10, 1968 ~ July 25, 2023 (age 55) Kedra Freeman, 55, of Chadbourn, NC, died Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Angel House. The funeral will be 2:00 PM Sunday, July 30, at Peoples...
The days of worrying about a sweat-smeared hunting permit or sopping wet fishing license are over. Effective July 1, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) launched a new, custom licensing syste...
With temperatures and heat indices topping 105 degrees in the coming days, Duke Progress Energy on Thursday asked customers to conserve electricity. The news release came out as more than 2,000 custom...
Due to a recent retirement announcement at the Central Office, The Columbus County Board of Education is making administrative changes to avoid disruptions resulting from personnel moves during the sc...
Lightning struck a tree at Lake Waccamaw Wednesday, breaking windows, damaging a fence and leaving a man with a serious head injury. The initial emergency call just after 4:30 p.m. said a victim had b...
Morgan and Clay Hern recently walked the Boardwalk in Fair Bluff, but they weren’t just out for leisurely stroll. Along with their father, Justin Hern, they cleaned up litter along the path. Do ...
Deputies were forced to break through a door on a Five Points home Tuesday after a woman refused to surrender on outstanding charges. Renee Michelle McKinnies, 28, was charged with resisting an office...
July 25, 2023 Mrs. Terri L. Jones is no longer troubled with this world’s fitful fevers. Mrs. Jones began her life of eternal rest on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 while at Columbus Healthcare in Whiteville,...
A Lumberton area woman was jailed Tuesday after allegedly using a trashcan to attack a sheriff’s office patrol car. Hannah Locklear, 39, of Virgie Road, was held under $2,500 secured bond, according t...
I’m not even sure I had heard of Jason Aldean before the other day, when the left decided he was a bad person. Like many of you, I immediately searched his “controversial” song, and watched the “insen...
April 29, 1949 ~ July 25, 2023 (age 74) Carl Chestnutt,74 of Nakina passed on Tuesday July 25, 2023 at Mcleod Seacoast in Little River SC. He was born April 29, 1949 in Columbus County to the late Ozi...
April 11, 1934 ~ July 23, 2023 (age 89) Betty Joe Kinney Owens, 89, of Lillington, died on Sunday, July 23, 2023, in the Lower Cape Fear Angel House in Whiteville, NC. Betty was born on April 11, 1934...
November 3, 1942 ~ July 25, 2023 (age 80) I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust- Psalm 91:2 Paul Franklin Page, Sr. 80, of Chadbourn, heard the c...