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Obituaries

Louvenia Odessa (Lennon) Best

September 17, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Louvenia Odessa (Lennon) Best

October 24, 1942 ~ September 14, 2024 (age 81) Louvenia Odessa Lennon Best, 81, of Whiteville, died Saturday, September 14, 2024, at Bayonne Medical Center in Bayonne, NJ. The funeral will be 12:00 PM Saturday, September 21, at [Read More]

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Gladys Norris Jernigan (age 100)

September 17, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Gladys Norris Jernigan (age 100)

January 25, 1924 ~ September 15, 2024 (age 100) Gladys Norris Jernigan, 100 of Whiteville, NC, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2024. She was born on January 25, 1924 in Loris, SC to the late Lucian and [Read More]

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Janie Gore

September 17, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Janie Gore

April 20, 1958 ~ September 15, 2024 (age 66) Janie Marie Hyatt Gore, of Whiteville NC passed away September 15, 2024. She was born to the late Roscoe Hyatt and Janice Callihan Hyatt. She is [Read More]

CCN Weather Update

Some Roads Still Closed

September 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Some Roads Still Closed

Following is a list of partial road closures from Columbus County Emergency Services: Livingston Chapel Rd. Swimming Hole Rd. Brinkley Rd. Water Tank Rd. Neils Eddy Rd. creek flooded across the road N.C. 87 South [Read More]

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Former ECHS Athlete Saves Couple, Dog From Flooding

September 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Former ECHS Athlete Saves Couple, Dog From Flooding

Kenji “Flash” Bowen was just trying to find a safe way home Monday when he ended up saving three lives. The 2018 East Columbus graduate and football and baseball standout was driving home to Leland [Read More]

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Child Porn Suspect Charged

September 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Child Porn Suspect Charged

A Delco man is being held under $250,000 bond after he was indicted for allegedly instructing a woman to teach a four year old to perform a sex act in a video he planned to [Read More]

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Most Roads Open Here; Some Flooding Continues

September 17, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Most Roads Open Here; Some Flooding Continues

Seven secondary roads and part of N.C. 87 remain closed today after historic rainfall from a tropical low pressure system drenched the county. The storm would have been Tropical Storm Helene, had it held together, [Read More]

Business

CRHS Announces Closings

September 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CRHS Announces Closings

Columbus Regional will close all Columbus County health network clinics and the Donayre Cancer Care Center at 3 p.m. today (Monday) due to the storm. Leland clinics are already closed due to unsafe driving conditions. [Read More]

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Sub-tropical System Bringing Heavy Rain, Tornado Threat

September 16, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Sub-tropical System Bringing Heavy Rain, Tornado Threat

Bookmark this report for continuing coverage. The coastal low known as Tropical System Eight is bringing heavy rainfall to Columbus County, and could bring wind gusts to 60 miles per hour before day’s end. Tornado [Read More]

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Bernard Lorenzo Benton

September 15, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Bernard Lorenzo Benton

June 12, 1940 ~ September 13, 2024 (age 84) ernard Lorenzo Benton, 84, of the White Marsh community of Whiteville, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2024, at his son’s home in Leland, NC. Bernard was born on [Read More]

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James “Pig” Paul Dorsey

September 15, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on James “Pig” Paul Dorsey

October 13, 1951 ~ September 13, 2024 (age 72) James “Pig” Paul Dorsey, Jr. age 72, of Chadbourn, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2024, at his home. He was born on October 13, 1951, [Read More]

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Wanda Karen Harris McKee

September 15, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Wanda Karen Harris McKee

October 28, 1957 ~ September 13, 2024 (age 66) Wanda Karen Harris McKee, age 66, of Whiteville, NC, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 13, 2024, at Lower Cape Fear Life Care, Wilmington, NC.  Wanda [Read More]

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Howard Ashley Ward

September 15, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Howard Ashley Ward

October 16, 1945 ~ September 14, 2024 (age 78) Howard Ashley Ward 78 of N. Myrtle Beach SC formerly of Nakina NC passed Saturday September 14, 2024 in N. Myrtle Beach. He was born October 16, 1945 in [Read More]

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Neill Wade Jackson

September 14, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Neill Wade Jackson

May 6, 1949 – September 12, 2024 Neill Wade Jackson, 75, of Supply, NC died Thursday, September 12, 2024. Born in Parkton, NC on May 6, 1949, a son of the late Dobbin Jackson and [Read More]

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Ms. Reather A. Graham

September 14, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Ms. Reather A. Graham

September 10, 2024 Ms. Reather A. Graham 82, of the East Arcadia community of Riegelwood, NC gave the Lord her hand and entered into eternity on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at Lower Cape Fear Life [Read More]

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Kent Place Cleared After Search

September 14, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Kent Place Cleared After Search

Authorities allowed Whiteville’s Kent Place Apartments residents to return to their homes around 8:30 p.m. tonight (Friday) after a search of one of the units by multiple agencies. Multiple emergency vehicles, along with local, state [Read More]

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