August 31, 1950 ~ September 27, 2024 (age 74) Robert Lee Jefferies, 74, formerly of Whiteville, died Friday, September 27, 2024, at his daughter’s home in Fayetteville, NC. The funeral will be 1:00 PM...
For the second week in a row, we’ve seen some rough weather in our area. Thankfully the rest of the weekend should be lovely, if a bit more like midsummer than early fall. Get outside and enjoy it. Ar...
Helene Update 2:40 p.m. 9/27 Columbus County has a tornado watch until 6 p.m. and there have been unconfirmed reports of tornadoes on the ground in several areas. Warnings have been issued in Brunswic...
Columbus County elections officials were removing ineligible voters well before the recent lawsuit against the state state elections board and increased calls for more oversight of the state board. Vo...
June 1, 1938 ~ September 19, 2024 (age 86) Annie Ruth Connor 86 of New York, formerly of Chadbourn N.C. transitioned into eternal rest on September 19, 2024. Survivors are daughters: Loretta Conner an...
July 29, 2024 ~ September 23, 2024 Kenneth Wayne Williams and Raneshia Brett Spivey of Clarendon, announce the passing of their precious son, Jayce Wayne Williams. Jayce entered this world on July 29,...
October 16, 1953 ~ September 25, 2024 (age 70) Randall Blaine Fulford 70, of Shallotte passed on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 in Mcleod Hospital, Little River, SC. He was born October 16, 1953 in Br...
A busy convenience store in Whiteville has closed its doors due to crime in the area. Workers began emptying fuel tanks and packing up stock at the Speedway at 207 N. Powell Boulevard Monday. By edne...
Southeastern North Carolina is now under an enhanced risk for tornadoes as powerful Hurricane Helene heads for the Florida panhandle. The National Weather Service office in Wilmington in a 1 p.m. upda...
The potential for high winds and some flooding has led both the city and county school systems to shift to a storm footing for Friday. Hurricane Helene is forecast to come ashore today as a powerful C...
Johnathan Terrille Jordan will spend the next 10 to 23 years in prison on drug trafficking charges. Jordan, 36, was found guilty on two counts each of trafficking opioids and heroin, plus possession o...
The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles’ license plate agency (LPA) in Elizabethtown will close at 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 after the current operators announced their retirement. The current agency, at 307 E. ...
Emily Sandlin has been charged with accessory in the May killing and disappearance of Shanna Perry. Sandlin, 46, is being held under $10,000 secured bond. She is charged with communicating threats an...
Embattled candidate Mark Robinson said Monday he is not exiting his bid to become the state’s first black governor. Robinson, who was elected lieutenant governor in 2020, has come under scrutiny since...
The ex-wife of a murder suspect was arrested this morning and charged as an accessory in the murder of Shanna Perry, the pregnant Delco woman who vanished in May. Lance Arrington Sandlin IV, 47, was a...
Lance Arrington Sandlin IV has been charged with murder of a woman who has been missing since May. Sandlin, 47, was arrested this evening and booked just before 8 p.m., according to the sheriff’s offi...