Parents have two opportunities to get free haircuts for students this week. Southeastern Community College is offering free back to school cuts tomorrow (Thursday) from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the college....
The newly restored Columbus County Courthouse is open for business. Clerk of Superior Court Jess Hill said the doors opened Monday. Staff of the clerk’s office and members of the...
The Columbus County Fair Pageant is making its return this year. “I’m not sure how long it’s been since we had a fair pageant,” said organizer Jan Hardee, who was...
An armed Lumberton fentanyl trafficker was sentenced Wednesday (today) to 150 months in prison. The U.S. District Attorney’s Office said Charlton Townsend, 29, pled guilty on May 22 to one...
May 16, 1946 ~ August 17, 2024 (age 78) Sammy Lee Miller 78 of Fair Bluff transitioned into eternal rest on August 17, 2024. S&L Funeral Services are incomplete at...
July 18, 1938 ~ August 19, 2024 (age 86) Mrs. Romilla Cokley 86 of Brunswick, NC transitioned into eternal rest on August 19, 2024. Celebration of Life; Saturday August 24,...
Sarah D. Cribbs, age 84, of Cerro Gordo, NC died peacefully at her home Monday, August 19, 2024. She was born August, 8,1940, in Columbus County, NC the daughter of...
March 19, 1962 ~ August 18, 2024 (age 62) Andrew James “Hawkeye” Jacobs Jr. of Buckhead passed away August 18, 2024. He was born to the late Andrew James Jacobs...
County commissioners on Monday turned down a request from the sheriff’s office to replace an open staff position with a civilian grantwriter. Logistics Capt. Robert Creech of the Columbus County...
At least two of my ancestors were truly insane. We don’t like that term nowadays, of course, but even 100 years ago it was commonly applied to people who had...
No one was injured when a home in Sandyfield was damaged by gunfire Monday. Deputies were called to 1043 Browntown Road, near the county line, at 4:30 p.m. Teresa Carter...
November 3, 1955 ~ August 18, 2024 (age 68) Michael Anthony Bianchini, 68, of Chadbourn, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024 at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. Michael was born...
Financial assistance is available for some people still dealing with hurricanes Matthew and Florence. The Homeownership Assistance Program (HAP) has reopened to assist eligible first-time and first-ge...
Two suspects in a Loris murder were arrested in Chadbourn with the help of the town’s Flock licenses plate reader cameras (LPR). Zarius Oshea Vereen, 31, and Ebony Shanell Vereen,...
Mushrooms, LSD and around four pounds of marijuana were confiscated after a traffic stop Aug. 13. Randy Dakota Jacobs, 26, of Titus Road, Lumberton, was held under $125,000 secured bond...
September 24, 1946 ~ August 17, 2024 (age 77) Dennis Franklin Moore age 77, of Whiteville, NC died Saturday, August 17, 2024, in McLeod Loris Hospital, Loris, SC. Born in...