State Auditor Beth Wood released an audit this week questioning several financial practices that were in place during Eddie Madden’s time as Elizabethtown Town Manager. Madden was manager for Elizabet...
A Whiteville man has been charged with raping a 14 year old girl. Michael Chayton Bullard, age 21, is being held under a $150,000 secured bond on a single count...
An elderly woman is recovering after twice being treated for heat exhaustion when her electricity was turned off for non-payment The sheriff’s office reported that deputies were contacted when the...
Municipal filing began Friday in Columbus County. Bolton, Chadbourn, Cerro Gordo, Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw, Sandyfield, Tabor City, Whiteville and Brunswick all have town board and in some cases mayo...
Loud mufflers and a tail light led to the discovery of drugs in a vehicle near Whiteville Friday. Josie Camaro Boswell, 19, of 485 J.K. Powell Blvd., Whiteville, was held...
An internet outage has interrupted service at numerous driver license offices and license plate agencies in portions of central and eastern North Carolina, the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles reported...
Cellular phone coverage has been interrupted throughout southeastern North Carolina. A regional cell phone outage is affecting Columbus and Brunswick counties. Emergency officials said landlines and w...
An ongoing investigation into drug sales in the town of Brunswick led to a chase, a major haul of illegal drugs, and a $1.001 million bond on July 6. Curtis...
A farmworker was seriously injured Monday (today) when his leg was caught in an auger at Byrd Farms in Hallsboro. Chief Joe Tyler of the Hallsboro Fire Department said Joseph...
I saw America the other day. Her pigtails were sweaty, and her cleats clanked on the floor of the store. Her knees were muddy but her ball cap was straight....
Major improvements will soon get underway for a busy, dangerous intersection in Eastern Columbus. The crossroads of N.C. 11 and N.C. 87 in Sandyfield has been the focus of engineers...
With balloons, shaved ice, and a big crowd of kids, the new Trillium Playground opened at the County Fitness Park Thursday. Trillium is the county’s contract provider for mental health...
UPDATE: An earlier version of this story contained incorrect and incomplete information. We apologize for the errors. Police have arrested the suspect in a June 24 murder on Ward Street...
Whiteville Police have arrested a suspect in the June 6 shooting that left a man injured on Burkhead Street. Shaton O’Brian Shaw, 21, was arrested in a traffic stop July...
Gov. Roy Cooper cast down a gauntlet today and vetoed three major bills drawing national attention. Cooper spent days crisscrossing the state lobbying against House Bills 574 and 808, along...
Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser was honored Thursday by members of the Bladen and Columbus bar, the courts friends and family on his retirement from the bench. “It’s been a...