Due to the potential arrival of Hurricane Idalia, Columbus County Schools will move to remote instruction for Thursday, Aug. 31. County schools will be on a regular schedule on Wednesday,...
A pending murder case may have been compromised when crime scene photos – including photos of the victim, Julian Juan Fipps – were released on social media last week. Sheriff...
Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the price gouging law is in effect after Gov. Roy Cooper declared a statewide state of emergency in anticipation of Hurricane Idalia. “Hurricane...
Updated 08/29/23 at 7:45 p.m. Hurricane Idalia is expected to make its impacts known here Wednesday into Thursday. Idalia is forecast to come ashore in Florida today as a Category...
After receiving a clean bill of health, Columbus Animal Protective Services (APS) reopened its doors for business this morning (Monday). “We are here and ready to help,” said APS employee...
Wednesday’s Catholic Charities distribution event at Old Dock has been cancelled due to the possibility of severe weather. The next distribution event will be Sept. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at...
Whiteville Police terminated a high speed chase involving a stolen vehicle Sunday out of safety concerns. Officers were not informed that the vehicle was stolen until several hours later. The...
A Boardman man was airlifted to an area trauma center after he was shot in an Evergreen-area home early Friday. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies were called to 2753...
An iconic wooden bridge in the Green Swamp Gamelands is being replaced. Work is underway replacing the heavy wooden bridge on Roberts Road off N.C. 211. The new reinforced bridge...
The New Tabor City School is open for business. The county school board and County commissioners were joined by Rep. Brenden Jones and other dignitaries this morning to cut the...
Star Telephone Membership Corporation will receive $24.9 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to connect rural residents, businesses and farmers in Bladen, Columbus and Sampson counties to ...
Child abuse charges were filed against a Clarendon woman after a girl was burned trying to prepare a meal. Donna McCutchen, 34, of 1904 Vinegar Hill Rd., Clarendon, was held...
The first of four bridge projects designed to help alleviate flooding has been completed in Crusoe Island. The Dock Road bridge project at the Waccamaw River, known locally as the...
She made the perfect image of a pretty Saturday morning. I meant nothing untoward when I looked at the young woman; she was just plain pretty, kneeling there in her...
Ron Sasser has been named the new chief of Lake Waccamaw Fire and Rescue. The new chief was sworn in this morning, with his father, Retired Superior Court Judge Douglas...
Animal Protective Services has temporarily closed due to an outbreak of parvovirus. APS posted on social media Monday evening that the shelter will be closed until Aug. 28 for a...