Bags, pocketbooks, backpacks and standing at all county sporting events are no longer allowed. Count Schools Spokesman Kelly Jones said the new policy is designed to improve safety at ball games, and ...
Chancy Askew will not face the death penalty for the 2018 killing of Trooper Kevin Conner. Askew entered a guilty plea today in Brunswick County Superior Court as testimony began in his trial for the ...
Multiple sex charges sent a Chadbourn-area woman to jail Thursday. Tiffany Charmin Norris, 35, of 1455 Shade Fisher Rd., was arrested after an investigation by the sheriff’s office. Warrants show she ...
Turkey shoots aren’t just for the fall of the year. Sandy Plain Baptist Church is hosting one more shoot Saturday, Jan. 21. Starting time is 630. There will be $4 meat rounds, $5 50-50 rounds, and bot...
A deadbeat young mother goat and a few other needs sent us on a semi-emergency trip to town the other night. It was a Saturday, which means dress codes are not enforced at Valhallasboro, plus the tri...
County Commissioner Giles “Buddy” Byrd on Tuesday demanded the board vote on other uses for the old county courthouse before it reopens this summer. The project is expected to be completed in April, a...
Families First hopes a Thursday event will bring more awareness to stalking. “Making the Invisible Visible” is from 6-8 p.m. at San Jose Restaurant in Whiteville. The bar outreach event will feature i...
Deputies were called to a Sam Potts Road home Friday after a man accidentally shot himself. Robert Marvin Hinson, 77, was shot while answering the door just after 9 p.m., the sheriff’s office said. Hi...
Parents and staff spent several tense minutes Friday after a report of possible violence at an area school. The sheriff’s office said the case was “unfounded.” Deputies were called to the West Columbu...
Two gunmen allegedly blocked their victim in, riddled his car with bullets and fled the scene Saturday near Tabor City. Billy Lenny McCovers, 24, told deputies he was driving down Miller Road when a v...
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) on Friday announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), the state’...
The annual Martin Luther King Day march is Saturday (Jan. 13) at 10 a.m. Marchers will gather at Vineland Station in Whiteville and walk to the courthouse for music, speeches, and fellowship. The eve...
The N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is requesting applications from qualifying organizations that support the agricultural industry, impact rural communities, and stimulate economic development. On...
This is an election year, and it’s going to be a nasty one. While we will not hesitate to share opinions on the Columbus Connection podcast or in the commentary section on the CCN website, we are goin...
More than 100 properties damaged by flooding from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, as ell as other storms, could soon become city property. Whiteville City Council tonight is expected to vote to appro...
Renovation of the iconic Columbus County Courthouse is expected to wrap up by June, and officials are working out final details on how to use the structure. The courthouse was built starting in 1914, ...