
Whiteville Council Race has Vacancy
Elections Board to meet this afternoon to determine next step. No one filed to run for the Whiteville City Council seat held by Tim Blackmon by the noon deadline today. The county Board of Elections [Read More]
Elections Board to meet this afternoon to determine next step. No one filed to run for the Whiteville City Council seat held by Tim Blackmon by the noon deadline today. The county Board of Elections [Read More]
A midnight quest for a cigarette ended badly for an Ash man Tuesday morning. Ivan Yanez, 21, was arrested and charged with assault on a government official, resisting an officer, indecent exposure and simple assault, according [Read More]
A local couple with four children could soon be reunited – in court. Heliodoro Noyola Jr., 34, was returned to Columbus County Wednesday after he was arrested in Conway Feb. 6. Noyola faces charges of [Read More]
As prisons fight to recruit and keep corrections officers across the state, a Salisbury company will soon bring a number of high-paying jobs to Columbus Correctional. P&G Kiker Security has provided private guards to the [Read More]
Former Elections Supervisor said she “did not know” she was filing retirement papers. Carla Strickland said she is “not worried” about a computer drive turned over to federal investigators Tuesday. “I’m not worried,” Strickland emphasized, [Read More]
Dear President Biden, As I write these words, you are preparing your first State of the Union address. I’m scared to see what you plan to do to America this time. Honestly, sir, I didn’t [Read More]
The Brown Street Station in Chadbourn will follow their ribbon cutting on March 5 with a nod to first responders. The venue is offering free tickets to the “Them Sweeney Boys” 3 p.m. show to [Read More]
The Columbus County Shrine Club will be having their annual golf tournament on Friday, April 22 at the Land-O-Lakes Golf Course. Registration will begin at 10 a.m., and 11 a.m. is the shotgun start. [Read More]
Another roundabout could be coming to Columbus County roadways. The state Transportation Department (DOT) is recommending the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of N.C. 11 and Old Lake Road in Sandyfield. DOT is [Read More]
UPDATED 4:09 p.m. Multiple sources have confirmed that federal agents seized a computer at the Columbus County Board of Elections this morning (Tuesday). The computer hard drive was taken from the workspace formerly used by [Read More]
A fight Friday ended with the death of a Lake Waccamaw area man. The sheriff’s office reported that Luke Simmons, 39, died after he fell and hit his head during a fight with another man, [Read More]
A Chadbourn woman is in New Hanover Regional after a single-vehicle wreck Saturday, and a trooper is getting credit for saving her life. First Sgt. Andrew Pait of the Highway Patrol said Trooper Trevor Bryan [Read More]
The couple ex-police chief Anthony Spivey called “ma and pa” have been jailed for helping Spivey hide form law enforcement. Harold Dean and Debbie Sasser, both of Fair Bluff, were arrested Thursday and charged with [Read More]
The man and woman Anthony Spivey called “Pa and Ma” have been arrested. Harold Dean Sasser and Debbie Sasser were taken into custody this afternoon, according to jail reports. CCN has not confirmed their charges, [Read More]
Anthony Spivey was arrested early Thursday after running out of a relative’s apartment in South Carolina, where he had apparently been hiding since Sunday. The disgraced former Chadbourn Police Chief was arrested last year on [Read More]
Anthony Spivey Taken into Custody [Read More]
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