January 31, 2003 — February 23, 2024 Mr. Gerardo Javier Sanchez-Mencia, age 21, of Tabor City, NC passed on Friday, February 23, 2024. Funeral arrangem...
When I was a kid, there were words that would get your tail torn up, and words that might, in some families, mean you were never seen again. Maybe it wasn’t quite that bad, but I did see a classmate i...
You have several opportunities to enjoy some good food for a good cause this week. The Columbus Christian Academy Senior Class fundraiser is Saturday morning (Feb. 24) from 8-10 a.m. at Highway 55. $1...
Tabor City has qualified for a $1 million water improvement grant. Rep. Brenden Jones said Thursday that the State Water Infrastructure Authority had approved a Community Development Block Grant for t...
For the third time in less than 30 days, the sheriff’s office has arrested a suspect for child sex abuse. Andy Gene Strickland, 68, was arrested by Greenville, S.C. Police Feb. 20, according to a news...
Whiteville will receive $6.8 million for the replacement and rehabilitation of part of the sewer system, and upgrades at several lift stations, Gov. Roy Cooper announced today (Wednesday). The grant i...
Sheepdog Foundation will hold an orientation for its traditional youth martial arts today (Wednesday) from 5-7 p.m. at the Whiteville Recreation Center....
A commercial turkey operation in Duplin County has tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). This is the second case of high path avian influenza in commercial poultry in North Car...
David Earl Wilkins will spend 35 to 43 years in prison for the 2022 murder of a Tar Heel area man. District Attorney Jon David said Wilkins pled guilty Monday in Bladen County Superior Court. Wilkins ...
A Delco girl was allegedly bound and gagged before being raped by a Winnabow man, according to the sheriff’s office and warrants. James Kirk Harrelson, 39, is being held under $150,000 secured bond on...
Three suspects have now been charged with resisting an officer after an incident involving a stolen truck and firearms Saturday. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office was searching for 2005 Dodge truck...
Jurors may be seated as early as Wednesday in the first degree murder trial of Leroy Moore Jr. Moore, 38, is alleged to have shot and killed Tony Baker during a shootout at the Sandy Ridge Apartments ...
The registered sex offender and convicted felon caught Friday in Riegelwood was reportedly reaching for a firearm in his vehicle when he was arrested by deputies. Hugo Alberto Bautista-Gaspar is now f...
February 2, 1940 — February 18, 2024 Mrs. Rose Mae Hargrove, age 84, of Tabor City, NC passed on Sunday, February 18, 2024, in Lower Cape Fear Angle House, Whiteville, NC. The viewing will be on Frida...
December 19, 1948 ~ February 17, 2024 (age 75) Carolyn Smith Reynolds, 75, of the Macedonia Community in Evergreen, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at her residence, surr...
December 18, 1945 ~ February 17, 2024 (age 78) Jerry Thomas High, Sr. age 78 of Whiteville, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at his home, surrounded by his family. Jerry was born on Decembe...