It’s Fair Week in Columbus County, and it’s been a busy one.Thousands of visitors have attended the 46th annual fair so far. Tuesday was opening night, and 2,338 tickets were sold. Simons’ Chevrolet G...
Investigators are still running down leads in the September disappearance of a Whiteville-area man. Williams “Barry” Freedman, 62, was last seen Sept. 23 in the 1200 block of Jordan Road. The sheriff’...
A Whiteville whitetail deer is free and clear after some help from firefighters this morning. Whiteville Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder said emergency crews were called to a Fuller Street home...
Kenneth Bernard Wooten will spend the next 30 years in prison for shooting and killing a man in 2023. Wooten, 35, was found guilty of second degree murder in Columbus County Superior Court today (Oct....
As I stepped outside to greet the morning, the fog gave everything that ethereal feel that Hollywood can never quite capture. The pines were disputing the sun’s right to seize the day, but Ol’ Sol was...
Some Lake Waccamaw residents may see smoke rising from the ground Thursday, but the town says it is no cause for alarm. Pressurized smoke is used to help find leaks in drainage systems. Inflow and inf...
Dylan Fowler will serve 64 to 89 months in prison for providing the drugs that killed a Brunswick County man in 2024. Fowler, 34, pled guilty to death by distribution of a controlled substance in Brun...
By Cynthia Nelson Tabor City Chamber of Commerce EVP The North Carolina Yam Festival is upon us! Entries for the Sweet Potato Quality Contest will begin being accepted this Friday, Oct. 16. Youth and ...
The sheriff’s office is asking for assistance in the search for William “Barry” Freedman. Freedman, 62, was last seen in the Whiteville area on Sept. 23. No description of his clothing or method of tr...
Whiteville Police have arrested a man wanted on dozens of breaking and entering charge in Mecklenburg County. Colby Douglas Brown, 25, of 945 N. College St., Charlotte, was transferred to Charlotte Po...
Updated 3 p.m. to include new information. A strong line of unstable weather caused by Hurricane Isaias brought two confirmed tornados to the area Sunday. And may have spawned others. The confirmed to...
A joint effort by the sheriff’s office, Whiteville Police and the Borderbelt Drug Task Force netted the arrest of an alleged drug dealer near a school Thursday. Christopher Jerome Taylor, 49 of 402 W....
One horse is dead and another is being treated after a case of alleged animal cruelty near Chadbourn. The sheriff’s office said that the two equines were off Wagon Wheel Drive. Deputies were called to...
The pain at the gas pump was slightly lessened today, as Gov. Josh Stein signed House Bill 3 into law, suspending the state’s gas tax until Nov. 30. House Bill 3 passed the General Assembly Wednesday ...
A specialized foam truck from Columbus County was used to help prevent Wednesday’s military aircraft crash in Bladen from becoming a major forest fire. Acme-Delco-Riegelwood Fire and Rescue deployed t...
Two suspects were jailed after deputies responding to a larceny call allegedly found not just a damaged home, but methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia. Stephanie Renee Fowler, 41, and John Burvie S...