Three men were charged after county Vice-Narcotics detectives raided a Whiteville home Thursday. Brandon Tyler Butler, 30, Ricky Dale Butler Sr., 60, and Cameron Quattlebaum, 26, were arrested after an investigation sparked by citizen complaints, [Read More]
Earlier this year, a friend contacted me about her goose. Her husband was considering killing the long-necked varmint, whom she had raised by hand from a baby. Could we give the baby a home? “He” [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for October 21, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
A joint operation between Columbus and Bladen deputies and Elizabethtown Police led to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect Monday. Glenn Davis Bowen, 66, of 509 S. Lower St., was held under $100,000 secured [Read More]
More than 11,000 people in Columbus County could lose more than $1 million in food stamp benefits Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown. County commissioners got the news Monday during a briefing by [Read More]
Deputies have charged a Snake Island Road woman with child abuse after her toddler son was found playing naked in a roadway. Cheyanne Angel Spurling, 23, of 604 Snake Island Rd., Whiteville and 308 Cedar [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for October 20, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
Deputies have charged a Cerro Gordo man after he allegedly threatened a deputy with a suppressed, fully automatic weapon and assaulted his wife Saturday. Marty Levon Strickland, 64, of 3781 Cherry Grove Church Road, was [Read More]
The federal government shutdown may affect local recipients of some kinds of public assistance in the coming weeks. Republicans and Democrats are at an impasse over a new spending bill that would, among other things, [Read More]
Deer season officially began Saturday in Columbus County, but about 60 members of New Life Community Church had an early — and frightening — start to opening day Friday night. The church was hosting its [Read More]
The Good News — Weekend Audio 🔊 Report for October 18, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio)
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for October 17, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
Sunday’s double-punch of heavy rain didn’t catch Whiteville Public Works unaware, but there was little that could be done when an additional foot of runoff came downstream from heavy rains that fell west of the [Read More]
Editor’s note: This column is from 2021, so some of the figures are outdated. Thankfully, some things have changed since then. We are seeing more support for law enforcement than we did when I angrily [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for October 16, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
A shooting in Bladen County led to the arrest of a Whiteville woman Wednesday. Alisa Michelle Rich, 50, of 148 Twin Pines Circle, was held without bond pending a first appearance in Bladen County court. [Read More]
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