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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report (October 8th, 2024)
CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for October 8th, 2024. (Press Play for the Audio)
Month: October 2024
CCN Weather Update
Hurricane Milton – Tuesday evening update
Good evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with an update on Category 5 Hurricane Milton. Milton underwent an eyewall replacement cycle on Tuesday and briefly weakened to a cat-4 … but has regained his strength and [Read More]
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Water Quality Issues & Boil Water Advisory
Press Release October 8, 2024 Water Quality Issues & Boil Water Advisory Due to emergency repairs to the Public Water Supply System, a Boil Water Advisory has been issued for customers within Columbus County Water [Read More]
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County Vape Shop Hearing Set; City to Review Rules Tonight
Vape and tobacco shops may soon be more tightly regulated in both the city and county. Columbus County commissioners on Monday set a public hearing on the draft ordinance regulating vape and tobacco sales for [Read More]
Obituaries
Mr. Legrande Powers
October 7, 2024 Mr. Legrande Powers (Buster) 69, of Whiteville, NC transitioned to be with the Lord on Monday, October 7, 2024, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC. He was the son of [Read More]
Obituaries
Barbara (Garrell) Babson
May 19, 1940 ~ October 7, 2024 (age 84) Barbara Garrell Babson, age 84, of Elizabethtown, NC, died Monday, October 7, 2024 in Bladen East Health and Rehabilitation, Elizabethtown, NC. Born May 19, 1940 in Columbus County, NC, [Read More]
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CCN Radio News — Morning Report (October 08, 2024)
CCN Radio News — Morning Report for October 8th, 2024. (Press Play for the Audio)
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41st Annual Columbus County Agriculture Fair Starts Today (Parade Highlights)
The Columbus County Agricultural Fair starts today and runs through October 13 at the County Fairgrounds on Prison Camp Road. This year’s event features the return of the Fair Queen Pageants, the Midway, Arts and [Read More]
CCN Weather Update
Hurricane Milton – Monday evening update
Good Monday evening, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with an update on Milton. While impacts for the Whiteville area will be essentially nil, the same cannot be said for our friends in Florida. As of 8 [Read More]
Obituaries
Mildred Reaves Hancock
March 4, 1941 ~ October 6, 2024 (age 83) Mildred Reaves Hancock of Whiteville NC passed away Sunday, October 6, 2024. She was born in Columbus County to the late Ernest Reaves and Mary Ellis Sing. She is [Read More]
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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report (October 7, 2024)
CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for October 7th, 2024. (Press Play for the Audio)
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Yellow Ribbons for Everybody’s Child
The yellow ribbons are for others now. The ribbons that flew from every utility pole, every door, and many a mailbox in October 2000 are long since gone, faded, shredded by storms, or just taken [Read More]
CCN Weather Update
Madden: County Followed NCEM Rules
County Manager Eddie Madden said the county never prevented City of Whiteville assets from being deployed to the Hurricane Helene response. City officials expressed frustration last week after a team of heavy equipment and chainsaws [Read More]
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Child Had Broken Bone, Cocaine in System
An eight-month-old child was hospitalized Friday with an infection from a surgical incision, a broken bone and cocaine in his bloodstream Social workers and the sheriff’s office were contacted after the child was transferred from [Read More]
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Infant Dead from Possible ‘Extreme’ Abuse
A female infant has died after being airlifted to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center with what investigators called “extreme abuse.” The sheriff’s office was contacted by the Department of Social Services Friday after the unresponsive [Read More]
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One Dead, One Hurt in Saturday Night Shooting
A Farmers Union man is dead and another is recovering after they apparently shot each other Saturday night in Farmers Union. Harry Hardie Jr., 37, was dead on the scene when deputies arrived at 126 [Read More]