UPDATE: some customers now have power; trees blamed for outage.More than 1,500 Duke Progress Energy customers are without power this afternoon (Thursday).The outage was reported at 12:30 p.m., according to the utility. Duke’s outage map [Read More]
While it may cause a few weeks of headaches, officials hope a drainage project in Whiteville will have longterm benefits. South Franklin Street between Madison and Caldis will be closed May 17-28 to allow crews [Read More]
The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance identifying and contacting a man about a crime that occurred in Fair Bluff. Detectives have not released any additional details about the suspect, or the [Read More]
While the panic over fuel supplies maybe have kept some people home, there were still plenty of suspects on the road during the Mother’s Day weekend. On Friday, the Tri-County Community Impact Team (C.I.T.) Task [Read More]
Since Jan. 1, 58 law enforcement officers have died doing their jobs in the United States. Another 64 died on duty due to other causes, mainly COVID-19, 9/11 related cancer, and heart disease. Discounting the [Read More]
UPDATE: More areas were added to the notice late Tuesday night. A broken main on Red Bug Road left some county customers without water Tuesday, and affected other areas as well.County staff is working to [Read More]
Gas stations across the area are seeing long lines, if they’re even open, due to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown. The pipeline feeds roughly half of the gasoline supply in North Carolina and along much of [Read More]
The sheriff’s office will be hosting a community emergency blood drive on May 11 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The drive will be held in the Sheriff’s office parking lot on Washington street in [Read More]
Three baby racoons are now in the hands of a rehabilitator after their home was burned. Firefighters from Klondyke and other departments were conducting a controlled burn May 1 near Chadbourn when a hollow tree [Read More]
UPDATE: Victim identified. The woman struck and killed on J.K. Powell Boulevard Saturday night has been identified.The Whiteville Police said Khadijah Bellamy, 26, was struck and killed by a vehicle near the intersection of West [Read More]
Former Police Chief Anthony Spivey is now facing additional charges in the ongoing investigation into missing evidence at the Chadbourn Police Department. Warrants show that Spivey was charged with obstruction of justice, failure to discharge [Read More]
First responders from Columbus and Brunswick scrambled on a reported plane crash in the Green Swamp on Tuesday, but the crash turned out to be a pit stop.Brunswick 911 calls show a motorist heading toward [Read More]
North Carolinians can get critical help to pay for high-speed internet from a $3.2 billion federal program opening in May for families and households working, learning and shopping from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency [Read More]
We all can use a smile sometimes. If you have a church announcement, event, festival, family or nonprofit yard sale, or just a happy story you want to share with your neighbors, send it to [Read More]
Dear Papa, There are those who find it maudlin, if not morbid, to write to someone who has died; after all, the intended recipient doesn’t have a postal service, whichever direction they took. I know [Read More]
One of the county’s deadliest intersections will soon become an interchange. The crossroads at Old Boardman Road and Macedonia Church Road intersects with U.S. 74. Drivers currently must stop for stopsigns on either side of the [Read More]
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