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...
A Georgia man was issued multiple citations Friday after he was stopped for a window tint violation, and found with a concealed handgun, a large quantity of male enhancement drugs and steroids in his...
Columbus County Deputy Ricky Lewis is the newest graduate of the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Effort) Officer Training Program. Lewis completed the course at the N.C. Justice Academy in Salemburg, atte...
The man found dead at a Cemetery Road home Friday morning was apparently murdered, according to the sheriff’s office. Tracey Taylor, whose age was not listed, was found dead by a deputy investigating ...
Several organizations will be coming together in September to host an event in the area. The second annual Columbus County Public Safety Day Expo will take place on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. R...
The Veteran’s Memorial Park of America is working hard to raise funds for construction at the site. The organization has planned benefits for the end of the summer and the fall, with proceeds go...
A flurry of last minute filing Friday left no vacant slots on municipal ballots in Columbus County, although a number of seats are unopposed. Bolton, Chadbourn, Cerro Gordo, Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw,...
More sidewalks are on the horizon for Tabor City. Rep. Brenden Jones the town will see $250,000 in sidewalk improvements, with construction beginning in 2025. The N.C. Department of Transportation ann...
October 2, 1972 ~ July 23, 2023 (age 50) Richard “Chris” Honeycutt, 50, of Bolivia, died on Sunday, July 23, 2023. Chris was born on October 2, 1972, son of the late Richard Eugene Honeycutt and Alice...
December 13, 1931 ~ July 23, 2023 (age 91) Dulcie G. Bunn, age 91, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, July 23, 2023. She was the daughter of the late Clarence Dow Garrell and Bertha Johnso...