Families First hopes a Thursday event will bring more awareness to stalking. “Making the Invisible Visible” is from 6-8 p.m. at San Jose Restaurant in Whiteville. The bar outreach event will feature i...
Deputies were called to a Sam Potts Road home Friday after a man accidentally shot himself. Robert Marvin Hinson, 77, was shot while answering the door just after 9 p.m., the sheriff’s office said. Hi...
Parents and staff spent several tense minutes Friday after a report of possible violence at an area school. The sheriff’s office said the case was “unfounded.” Deputies were called to the West Columbu...
The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) has been awarded a $9.6 million grant over the next five years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, an organization dedicate...
Two gunmen allegedly blocked their victim in, riddled his car with bullets and fled the scene Saturday near Tabor City. Billy Lenny McCovers, 24, told deputies he was driving down Miller Road when a v...
November 3, 1947 ~ January 13, 2024 (age 76) Patty Jo Milligan Long, 76, of Lake Waccamaw and formerly of Whiteville, went to her Heavenly home on Saturday, January 13, 2024, while in Premier Nursing ...
June 9, 1939 ~ January 12, 2024 (age 84) Eunice Ann Daniels Dennis, 84, of Clarkton passed away on Friday, January 12, 2024. She was born in Robeson County, the daughter of the late William C. Daniels...
Photos by Darrell Jackson Saturday saw an enthusiastic crowd honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in downtown Whiteville. The annual march, sponsored by the Whiteville Alumni cha...
June 3, 1947 ~ January 13, 2024 (age 76) Clyde Franklin “Frank” Stanley, Jr. of Tabor City, NC, died January 13, 2024, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC. He was born June 3, 1947,...
November 9, 1950 ~ January 13, 2024 (age 73) Mable Cartrette Cribb age 73, of the Beaverdam Community, died Saturday, January 13, 2024 in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Life Care Center, Whiteville, NC...
February 22, 1932 ~ January 12, 2024 (age 91) Mezella “Zell” Watts Soles also known as “Ladybug” age 91, died Friday, January 12, 2024 in her home. Born in Horry County, SC. Sh...
February 17, 1940 ~ January 12, 2024 (age 83) Audrey Erthel Larkins Brown, 83, of Riegelwood, NC, died Friday, January 12, 2024, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. The funeral will be 12:00 PM Th...
December 13, 1949 ~ January 10, 2024 (age 74) Ronald Hugh Thompson, 74, of Whiteville passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. He was born December 13, 1949 in Robeson County, the son of the late G...
January 25, 1952 ~ January 12, 2024 (age 71) Jesse Wayne Hilburn, 71, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2024. He was born in Columbus County, the son of the late Jesse Hilburn and th...
April 9, 1929 ~ January 10, 2024 (age 94) Lessie Lewis-Coston, 94, formerly of Clarkton, NC, died Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at Haymount Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Fayetteville, NC. The ...
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) on Friday announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), the state’...