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 dr...
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...
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. Ber...
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, in Columbus C...
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. ...
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 ...
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 Lillian Pearl E...
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 Ca...
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 ...
On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has in studio guest Marcia DeRush of The Columbus County Disaster Coalition. Marcia and Jefferson talk about their upcoming event, “Faith in...
The rainy weather cancelled or postponed a number of events – even football – in our area, but there’s still plenty going on, rain or shine. • The Southeastern Genealogical Society will meet Saturday ...
The Thursday night lights didn’t shine bright for two of the three county football teams that moved their games due to the forecast rain for tonight. Whiteville brought a win home Thursday from ...
Yet another student is facing disciplinary action after the fourth prank threat against a county school in three days. The sheriff’s office said a seventh grader at East Columbus Junior-Senior High wa...
Leroy Moore Jr. will spend the rest of his life in prison, after the jury in his retrial returned a guilty verdict today (Sept. 12). Moore was found guilty of first degree murder, possession of a fire...
Columbus Regional Healthcare System has added a new and more advanced robotic surgery assistance device to its treatment options. The Intuitive da Vinci 5 surgical system is designed with the goal of ...
More than $554,000 in food benefit dollars have been stolen from North Carolina’s Food and Nutrition Services participants since Aug. 18, according to a news release from the state Department of Healt...