A convicted felon who robbed three Whiteville retailers in 2014 and fled to Florida is back home, awaiting trial. Andre Alexander Freeman, 36, was released by Florida authorities into custody of White...
CCN Weather Update for Monday August 18, 2025. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. No weather worries with Freedom Insurance. For home, car, boat, or whatever you need...
July 25, 1979 — August 16, 2025 Mr. Frankie Delynn Dossie, age 46, of Fair Bluff, NC, passed on Saturday, August 16, 2025, in Dillon County, SC. A viewing will be on Thursday, August 21, 2025, in the ...
News Briefs for August 17, 2025 Whiteville City Council woman Helen B. Holden was arrested this morning (Sunday) for driving while impaired. Two planned unit developments are scheduled for public hear...
Updated 4 p.m. Aug. 18. Whiteville City Council woman Helen B. Holden was arrested this morning (Sunday) for driving while impaired. Holden, 49, was released on $1,500 unsecured bond, according to Det...
The county’s seventh highway fatality this evening (Saturday) claimed the life of a Spring Lake man. William Washington Jr., 50, was driving his 2015 Harley Davidson at a high rate of speed when...
Landyn Jacobs was remembered tonight (Saturday) with a sunset service at Elizabeth Brinkley Park. The rising East Columbus High School senior died Thursday in a single vehicle wreck on Canal Cove Driv...
May 16, 2008 ~ August 14, 2025 Gary Landyn Jacobs 17, of Lake Waccamaw passed on August 14, 2025. He was born May 16, 2008 in New Hanover County, NC, the son of Greg Randal Jacobs and Heather Creech ...
CCN Weather Update for Saturday August 16, 2025. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. No weather worries with Freedom Insurance. For home, car, boat, or whatever you ne...
Weekly Podcast: The Columbus Connection – Whiteville City Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder Jr.
The Columbus Connection – Whiteville City Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder Jr. On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has Whiteville City Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder Jr...
July 22, 1953 ~ August 13, 2025 (age 72) Sharon Sue Gurley, age 72, of Clarendon, NC, died Wednesday, August 13, 2025, in McLeod Seacoast Hospital, Little River, SC. Born in Hattiesburg, MS. she was t...
February 19, 1949 ~ August 14, 2025 (age 76) Sylvia Mae Baldwin Smith-Burton, 76, of 101 Jones Place, Whiteville, NC, died Thursday, August 14, 2025, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. The funera...
March 2, 1939 ~ August 12, 2025 (age 86) Garland Frank Batten, age 86, of Whiteville, passed away at New Hanover Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Garland was born on March 2, 1939...
News Briefs for August 15, 2025 Landyn Jacobs died Thursday morning in a single-vehicle crash at Lake Waccamaw. The seventeen year old was on his way to work in the predawn hours when the wreck happen...
Two planned unit developments are scheduled for public hearings Monday at the county commissioners meeting. The proposed Coleman Tract will be the site of a planned unit development with 190 single fa...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared August as Tree Check Month for Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB). August is the best time of year to check for adult beetles that have emerged from ...