School may be out but sports camps are in at West Columbus. June 17-19 is the West Columbus Youth Baseball Camp. Coach Connor Grainger will lead the camp, which will...
St. James Missionary Baptist Church will hold Vacation Bible School June 24-28. Dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m., and sessions last until 8 p.m. nightly. Everyone is welcome. The...
His name was Woody. He never got to run a deer, tree a coon or trail a rabbit. He never got to chase a ball, bark at a cat, or...
Update 12:05 p.m. – Mayor Phillip Britt said the fourth suspect is in custody. Three suspects are in jail after allegedly running out of gas while running from the law....
May 18, 1945 ~ June 12, 2024 (age 79) Lauretta Cox Smith, age 79, of Tabor City, NC, died Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in her home. Born May 18, 1945,...
December 29, 1962 ~ June 12, 2024 (age 61) Melinda Love Memory, age 61, of Whiteville, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at Lower Cape Fear Angel...
December 11, 2007 ~ June 7, 2024 (age 16) Kaiden Mautrel Powell, age 16 of Whiteville transitioned into eternal rest on June 7, 2024. Survivors are: father Karsten Powell, brothers:...
September 23, 1932 ~ June 9, 2024 (age 91) Mrs. Annie Kathryn Vance Cole, age 91, passed away June 9, 2024, at Lower Cape Fear Lifecare Angel House in Whiteville,...
June 5, 1941 ~ June 9, 2024 (age 83) Linda Faye Tyson Hilburn of Pinehurst, formerly of Cerro Gordo, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Pinehurst Healthcare &...
August 1, 1980 ~ June 9, 2024 (age 43) Kimberly Diane Wilson, age 43, of Chadbourn, NC, died Monday, June 10, 2024, in her home. Born August 1, 1980 in Horry County, SC,...
Patrols near Green Acres and Tabor City turned up four firearms and multiple illegal drugs Friday in two separate cases. Deputies on patrol in the Green Acres community saw a...
Five deputies have been restored to patrol duty as an investigation into a shooting continues. Henry Allen Zartman, 66, of South Carolina, died in the 10:45 p.m. incident, according to...
Bond was revoked for a Kelly man arrested for a second time in Columbus County on drug charges. Jordan Tyree Johnson, 21, of 1131 White Oak Rd., Kelly, was held...
Friends, family and classmates of Kaiden Powell will gather tonight at Whiteville High School to remember the athlete who died in a car crash minutes after school dismissed Friday. Kaiden...
A child was shot and injured Friday after someone opened fire on a home near Whiteville. The sheriff’s office is investigating three separate reports of gunfire damaging property over the...
A power outage may or may not have been caused by someone shooting a transformer Friday. Brunswick Electric Membership crews contacted the sheriff’s department after responding to a power outage...















