Fireworks weren’t the only flames in the sky over the July 4 weekend in Columbus County. Firefighters in Riegelwood, Nakina and Tabor City responded to brush fires in several areas. Columbus County Fi...
A man was struck and killed Thursday near Council in Bladen County, and investigators have no information who he was or what hit him. First responders were called to the scene on N.C. 211 at 8:28 a.m....
A Superior Court judge denied bond for Eric Lamont Martin Jr. this morning (July 6). Martin faces a charge of first degree murder in Columbus County and another in Halifax County. He was arrested Satu...
Superior Court Judge Giles Clark, a fixture in courts in Bladen and Columbus for more than a half-century, died July 4 in Wilmington. Clark had been hospitalized while undergoing treatment for cancer ...
The suspect in three murders was arrested early today (July 4) in Wake County. Eric Lamont Martin, 18, was taken into custody in a joint operation by the Wake Sheriff’s Office, N.C. Dept. of Correctio...
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BKy2Tb1aU/ Editor’s note: The following is the text of the video message shared on our Facebook page. As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary, we’re cele...
The family of a Columbus County man killed in the line of duty in South Carolina has a mortgage free home. Devin Mason was a deputy with the Florence County sheriff’s Office when he was killed during ...
Eric Martin – already wanted for the June 11 shooting of Raphael Gowans in Brunswick – is now wanted for the murder of two local youth who were with Martin’s alleged accomplice when they were slain. T...
Patrick Corey Fields pleaded guilty Tuesday to two misdemeanor charges and saw his child sexual assault charges dismissed. Patrick Corey Fields, 35, of Bladenboro, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child ...
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this report featured an outdated graphic. Around 80 percent of Columbus County is now experiencing extreme drought conditions. The N.C. Drought Monitor relea...
The ongoing drought and a preponderance of wildfire fuel has fire officials concerned that Independence Day fireworks could lead to more than fire in the sky. “We encourage folks to just use common se...
The teen who drove two murder victims to Roanoke Rapids has been charged as an accessory after the fact in the killing of a Brunswick man. Isaiah Napoleon Cooper, 19, of 151 Mill Pond Rd., Whiteville ...
Clarkton will experience some “Hazzardous” conditions Sunday, as an iconic television car makes an appearance. The Helms General Lee, a replica of the car used in the Dukes of Hazzard television show,...
Two changes in Columbus County elections will be decided by the State Board of Elections. In split party line votes Monday, the Elections Board voted to close the Fair Bluff early poll, and to have a ...
I wonder sometimes if that group of sweating, tired, frustrated men truly realized what they were creating. They had spent days locked together in a room where even the windows were kept shut, to keep...
America’s 250th will be celebrated Thursday night with a special dinner at the Veterans Memorial Park of America. The Colonial Independence Encounter will feature colonial-era food as well as a s...