A busy convenience store in Whiteville has closed its doors due to crime in the area. Workers began emptying fuel tanks and packing up stock at the Speedway at 207 N. Powell Boulevard Monday. By edne...
Southeastern North Carolina is now under an enhanced risk for tornadoes as powerful Hurricane Helene heads for the Florida panhandle. The National Weather Service office in Wilmington in a 1 p.m. upda...
The potential for high winds and some flooding has led both the city and county school systems to shift to a storm footing for Friday. Hurricane Helene is forecast to come ashore today as a powerful C...
Johnathan Terrille Jordan will spend the next 10 to 23 years in prison on drug trafficking charges. Jordan, 36, was found guilty on two counts each of trafficking opioids and heroin, plus possession o...
The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles’ license plate agency (LPA) in Elizabethtown will close at 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 after the current operators announced their retirement. The current agency, at 307 E. ...
Emily Sandlin has been charged with accessory in the May killing and disappearance of Shanna Perry. Sandlin, 46, is being held under $10,000 secured bond. She is charged with communicating threats an...
Embattled candidate Mark Robinson said Monday he is not exiting his bid to become the state’s first black governor. Robinson, who was elected lieutenant governor in 2020, has come under scrutiny since...
The ex-wife of a murder suspect was arrested this morning and charged as an accessory in the murder of Shanna Perry, the pregnant Delco woman who vanished in May. Lance Arrington Sandlin IV, 47, was a...
Lance Arrington Sandlin IV has been charged with murder of a woman who has been missing since May. Sandlin, 47, was arrested this evening and booked just before 8 p.m., according to the sheriff’s offi...
Columbus County could soon be limiting the locations of vape and tobacco shops in unincorporated areas. Commissioners instructed County Manager Eddie Madden at the Sept. 3 meeting to research ways the...
An Oak Island man was sentenced to 16 to 20 years in prison for beating and stabbing his girlfriend to death with a liquor bottle. Kevin Vaughn of Oak Island pled guilty to second degree murder today ...
• Sunday at 4 p.m. is the kickoff for this year’s See You At the Pole rally. There will be free food, praise music, and a special message from Pastor Nate Watts at 38 White’s Plaza Shopping Center in ...
Dear Mother, I am sure you will be surprised to see this letter, considering the last time we saw each other was during the Great Conflagration. I was relieved to see you made it out of the fire alive...
After 34 years of service to the state of North Carolina, Cameron Ingram, executive director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC), has announced his retirement effective Dec. 31. Ingram h...
The largest discount spay and neuter clinic in Southeastern North Carolina was destroyed by four feet of floodwaters in Brunswick County Monday. Fix-A-Friend is a non-profit clinic sponsored Adopt An ...
In a meeting that was delayed due to a major rain event that shut down the county, Commissioners on Monday will discuss assistance to farmers hit hard by the drought earlier this summer. Monday’s 6:30...