Diamondback Terrapins are small, aquatic turtles that live near coastal marshes, estuaries and tidal creeks. They are listed in North Carolina as a species of special concern and a Species of...
Celebrate the Arts, North Carolina’s largest student arts festival, is Saturday (March 23) from 5 -9:30 p.m. at East Columbus Junior/Senior High School. The event is a partnership between Columb...
High winds, dry conditions and plenty of fuel have increased the fire danger for the entire state of North Carolina today. The N.C. Forest Service and National Weather Service issued...
The sheriff’s office and other agencies joined forces March 14 for a major checking station at Haynes Lennon Highway and Princess Ann Road near Chadbourn, netting 31 violations in three...
Road construction is once again causing water pressure problems at Lake Waccamaw, leading to yet another boil advisory. Lake Waccamaw announced Monday that the new advisory is in effect through...
Two men ended up going to jail after a fight in Riegelwood March 15. The sheriff’s office was called to 18 Country Club Trail just after 1 p.m. to a...
Year-long Investigation Leads to Child Abuse Charge A Whitehall Road man was arrested Monday after he allegedly fractured his child’s skull in 2023. Joey Russ, 40, of 3233 Whitehall Road,...
Multiple sources have confirmed that Antonio Jamal Maultsby Jr. was the child killed on Braswell Road Saturday. The boy’s obituary said he would have turned eight years old March 29....
March 16, 2024 Mrs. Christine McKenzie Williams 82, of Cedar Grove Community of Whiteville, NC exchanged this life for a home in glory on Saturday, March 16, 2024, surrounded by...
June 27, 1956 ~ March 15, 2024 (age 67) Sabrina Rising, age 67, joined the angels on March 15th, 2024, in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare after an 8-month long battle...
December 26, 1921 ~ March 16, 2024 (age 102) Lena H. Nance, 102 of Whiteville transitioned into eternal rest on March 16, 2024. The family will receive friends at 1820...
March 29, 2016 ~ March 16, 2024 (age 7) Antonio Jamal Maultsby Jr. 7 of Chadbourn transitioned into eternal rest on March 16, 2024. Survivors are: Guardian: Martha Davis, father:...
December 27, 1941 ~ March 16, 2024 (age 82) With her family by her side, Rebecca Lucille Strickland “Granny Lou”, 82, of Cerro Gordo, passed peacefully on Saturday afternoon March...
December 20, 1946 ~ March 17, 2024 (age 77) Jerald Goins Gore, 77, of Whiteville, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Novant Health New...
April 13, 1925 ~ March 16, 2024 (age 98) Dorothy Sutherland Council, age 98, of Alpharetta, GA (formerly of Lake Waccamaw, NC) After a brief illness, our beloved Dorothy “Dotty”...
November 15, 1930 ~ March 16, 2024 (age 93) Mrs. Juanita Suggs Russ 91, of Whiteville passed on Saturday, March 16, 2024 in Columbus Regional Healthcare. She was born November...