Saturday is Watermelon Festival Day in Fair Bluff. Columbuscountynews.com will be livestreaming the parade at 12:30 p.m. with commentary by Darrell Jackson. This weekend will be your last chance to visit several of the century-old buildings downtown. [Read More]
Developing story An apparent lightning strike caused a fire in part of the old ice house at Main and Franklin streets this afternoon (Friday). Whiteville Fire Department and other first responders are on the scene. [Read More]
The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) is building community resilience across North Carolina with more than $171.5 million committed to affordable housing development in hurricane-impacted communities. In total, NCORR is funding 2,182 units [Read More]
R.J. Corman Railroad has been awarded a state grant to improve the railway between Columbus County, Mullins and Conway. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Rail Division this week announced $1.8 million in 50-50 matching grant [Read More]
Traffic enforcement kept deputies busy over the weekend, resulting in several unrelated arrests for narcotics and a stolen catalytic converter. The sheriff’s office reported that the HEAT Team was operating a checking station at Joe [Read More]
Friday night’s Fair Bluff Reunion with Pizazz has been pushed back to April, but the Watermelon Festival is still on schedule. The concert was the kickoff for the Watermelon Festival Saturday. Organizers said that due [Read More]
Arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville. November 23, 1952 ~ July 24, 2024 (age 71) Annie Bertha Robinson Jones, 71, of Whiteville, died Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Columbus Regional Healthcare [Read More]
In feudal Japan, a period lasting around 700 years, a samurai warrior who found himself without master, family or cause was called ronin. The term could equally apply to an individual or the individual’s status. [Read More]
Arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville. March 20, 1954 ~ July 23, 2024 (age 70) Cornell Woodrow Singletary, 70, of Whiteville, died Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Whiteville, as the result [Read More]
Jennifer Scurdato has pleaded guilty in Columbus Superior Court for the second degree murder of Norm Foggan in April 2022. Scurdato, 40, was sentenced Friday to 94 to 125 months in prison. Deputies were called [Read More]
Updated 1:50 p.m. July 25 A Bolton man is being held under $1.5 million secured bond on dozens of charges of possessing and sharing child pornography. Some of the videos involved infants. Aaron Hunter Thomas [Read More]
February 7, 1943 ~ July 23, 2024 (age 81) Barbara Ann Woodell, age 81, of Chadbourn, NC, died Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in the McLeod Seacoast Hospital. Born February 7, 1943, in Columbus County, NC, [Read More]
Arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville. September 24, 1972 ~ July 20, 2024 (age 51) Kenya Lashawnda Cherry Wallace, 51, formerly of Hallsboro, NC, died Saturday, July 20, 2024, at JFK [Read More]
Arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville. February 13, 1961 ~ July 20, 2024 (age 63) Evelyn Louise Powell, 63, of Whiteville, died Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. [Read More]
December 21, 1951 ~ July 20, 2024 (age 72) Toney Marshall Brown, 72, of Chadbourn, NC, died Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Chadbourn, NC. The funeral will be 11:00 AM Friday, July 26, at Mount [Read More]
Spaghetti models, homemade graphics and clickbait are not good sources of emergency tropical storm information, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. “The misinformation was absolutely rampant with Hurricane Beryl,” said Steve Pfaff, NWS Meteorologist in [Read More]
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