Helicopters have been deployed to continue the search for a missing man at Lake Waccamaw. The 25 year old was kayaking somewhere between Dale’s Seafood and the 2500 block of Canal Cove when he went mi...
Water rescue units and drone teams are scouring Lake Waccamaw between Dale’s Seafood and the Sigmon Boat Ramp after a kayaker was reported missing. The kayaker has been described as a 25 year o...
Seven inmates on the county roadside cleanup crew gathered 995 bags of trash during August. The Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program (SCDM) allows eligible county inmates the opportunity to prov...
Fleeing a sobriety checkpoint led to high bonds and multiple charges for a man and woman Aug. 28. Kasie Gwen Leonard and Marvin Magay Green were arrested after Green allegedly fled a checkpoint at N.C...
Deputies are reviewing video to find out who broke a window at the Brunswick ABC store Sept. 3. The window was discovered broken around 3:34 p.m., according to the report. Deputies responded to the st...
A possible waterspout sent boaters fleeing for cover near Lynn’s Place on Lake Waccamaw this afternoon. The apparent funnel cloud turned water feature was just outside the no wake line, said a ...
One lane of Hallsboro Road is back open as of 9 a.m., after a head-on collision this morning *Saturday). A van in the left lane collided with a fuel tanker, according to Joe Tyler of Hallsboro Volunte...
The lockdown at East Bladen High School has been lifted according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. BCSO said in a press release that the school was secured earlier today “following a potential i...
Updated with the name of the inmate. Freedom was short-lived for a local inmate who broke away from a transport van Thursday, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. Court documents show An...
Imagine an additional 60,000 visitors to downtown Whiteville. That’s the goal for organizers of the Gateway Project, a new non-profit working to bring visitors off the U.S. 701 Bypass into busin...
After more than a year of investigation, Whiteville Police have arrested the man alleged to have stolen $11,500 worth of equipment from the county maintenance building in Whiteville. Nakema Wan...
Chadbourn Town Council members will now be able to use the back doors of the town hall during meetings, but they will not have unfettered access to town staff offices or the police department. Council...
The woman found deceased in an abandoned car in Whiteville Aug. 27 has been identified as Matassa Glenette Moore. Whiteville Police Chief Paul Rockenbach said foul play is not suspected in the death. ...
A woman is recovering from serious injuries after she was allegedly sexually assaulted and beaten by her estranged husband. Christopher James Frank, 25, of Pecan Wood Lane, Elizabethtown, is being hel...
West Columbus and South Columbus are mourning the loss of local high school coach Brandon Smith. Smith was a standout football player at South Columbus and most recently a longtime assistant of West C...
Victims of an alleged timber theft scheme are invited to attend a meeting with representatives of Congressman David Rouzer Sept. 8 in Whiteville. Joel Blake Lee, 55, is out on a secured bond, facing ...