(Submitted photo) The driver of a heavy duty pickup towing a trailer left a trail of debris in South Whiteville that ended with a standoff at the Murphy gas station on Powell Boulevard tonight. Witnes...
News Briefs for December 6, 2024 The embattled N.C. office of resilience and recovery is accepting comments through December 14 on proposed changes in using federal funds to rebuild homes damag...
The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) is accepting public comments through Dec. 14 on a proposed amendment to the action plan for administering HUD Community Development Block Grant-Mitig...
Hi everyone, meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with the weather update for Thursday December 5, 2024. A cold front has blasted off the coast at the time of this writing (9:01 PM Thursday). Tempera...
September 22, 1941 ~ December 3, 2024 (age 83) Phillip Rodney Stevens, 83, of Whiteville, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at home. He was born September 22, 1941, to Hubert Rodney Steven...
News Briefs for December 5, 2024 A Southeastern Community College student sustained an accidental gunshot wound Wednesday when a firearm fell from the student’s vehicle. Lake Waccamaw Community...
August 17, 1975 ~ November 30, 2024 (age 49) Derrick Lamont Thurman of Hallsboro, passed away November 30, 2024 at age 49. Visitation, Friday December 13, 2024 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Union Funeral...
Surveillance cameras once again helped solve a theft case in Columbus, this time in Sandyfield. Robert Silvestia Bowen, 76, of 1001 East Arcadia Rd., Riegelwood, was released on a $7,500 secured bond ...
A Southeastern Community College student sustained an accidental gunshot wound Wednesday when a firearm fell from the student’s vehicle. SCC said in a press release that no other students or sta...
An alleged murderer and two other inmates have been charged with planning to murder a law enforcement officer and effect a jail break. Natrelle McKinnies, 28; Javon Bowen, 28; and the 17 year old were...
September 14, 1942 ~ December 3, 2024 (age 82) Dorothy Annette Moore Capers, 82, of 2945 Carver Moore Road, Clarkton, NC, died Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare in Wilmington, NC....
News Briefs for December 4, 2024 On Wednesday evening at Southeastern Community College there was an accidental firearm discharge on campus when a firearm fell from a vehicle, causing a self-inflicted...
Columbus County Commissioners passed one of the strictest vape store regulations in the state Monday. The board rejected a proposal to define vape stores as any business with 85 percent of its sales i...
A massive, mobile memorial to those who served in Vietnam is coming to the Veterans Memorial Park next spring. The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along...
By Emily Cross Whiteville Downtown Development Wondering what you can expect at the Downtown Whiteville Christmas Extravaganza? We’ve got a loaded evening of festivities so please read below to make s...
A stop for a speeding ticket led to the arrest of an alleged drug trafficker and shutting down a narcotics operation, Sheriff Bill Rogers said. Zaki Rashad Butler, 44, of 102 Pine Circle Road, Tabor C...