May 31, 1985 ~ July 24, 2024 (age 39) Eric Helme, age 39 of Chadbourn NC. Online condolences may be made at www.peacockfuneralhome.net...
On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has in studio guest Amanda Irwin, Director of Marketing and Communications for the Boys & Girls Home of Lake Waccamaw. If you would like to be...
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 ope...
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. Organiz...
November 23, 1952 ~ July 24, 2024 (age 71) Annie Bertha Robinson Jones, 71, of Whiteville, died Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. The funeral will be 12:00 PM Wednesda...
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 individua...
March 20, 1954 ~ July 23, 2024 (age 70) Cornell Woodrow Singletary, 70, of Whiteville, died Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Whiteville, as the result of an automobile accident. The funeral will be 12:00 PM...
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 we...
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...
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, sh...
September 24, 1972 ~ July 20, 2024 (age 51) Kenya Lashawnda Cherry Wallace, 51, formerly of Hallsboro, NC, died Saturday, July 20, 2024, at JFK Hospital in Edison, NJ. The funeral will be 1:00 PM Satu...
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 Regi...
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 Moriah Bap...
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 rampan...
While both city school board candidates and one in the county are unopposed, two hopefuls have filed for the county school board seat held by Randy Coleman. Randy Coleman announced early this month th...
A teenager has been charged in the county’s fourth fatal car crash this year. Nathan Hester, 18, of Whiteville, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after he was released from an area hospita...