Two well-known local musicians were injured in a collision Sunday at Midway and Union Valley Roads. Ryleigh Madison Bunch and Dustin Chapman were on their way to band rehearsal when...
County water customers in part of District III are being advised to boil their water due a line break. Contractors bored through a line that services homes on U.S. 701...
Updated 5:29 p.m. State investigators were called in after a Chadbourn man in the county detention center was severely assaulted by other inmates. Chief Deputy Aaron Herring confirmed that the...
A Lake Waccamaw area man died in a Leland shooting Sunday. Another local man faces charges connected with the case, but is not charged with the death. Leland Police said...
Several members of Lake Waccamaw Fire and Rescue Auxiliary were involved in the series of events that led to the department losing its contract with the county, according to a...
• How do you feel about firearms in businesses? Join the discussion on the Columbus County News Facebook page. Gunowners say they are turning their backs on Hills Grocery stores...
Eastern Columbus residents turned out Tuesday for the first-ever National Night Out observance at the sheriff’s office substation. While temperatures still flirted with 100 at 6 p.m., deputies a...
Whiteville Police recovered a stolen truck and trailer – and the alleged thief — within minutes Tuesday (today). Jimmy Allen Lowery was charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, felony...
The recent Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade handed the responsibility for abortion law back to the states, where it should have been in the first case. Nowhere in the...
Voters in North Carolina now have another choice when it’s time to register. The State Board of Elections on Monday voted 4-0 to recognize the North Carolina Green Party as...
After a brief executive session Monday, Columbus County commissioners voted to cancel the Lake Waccamaw EMS contract with the county. The motion was suggested by County Manager Eddie Madden and...
Deputies used the county’s armored vehicle and tear gas to end a standoff on Beaverdam Road with no injuries early Monday. Brandon Nobles, 33, of 3810 Old Cribbtown Rd., Chadbourn,...
Surveillance footage and a bank card led to the arrest of a Delco man on multiple theft charges. Curtis Wayne Cruse, 50, of 5316 Delco Prosper Rd., was charged with...
No one was injured after a suspect shot at deputies in a domestic violence call this morning. Brandon Nobles was taken into custody around 4 a.m., Chief Deputy Aaron Herring...
One woman was burned in an early morning housefire in Whiteville this morning (Sunday). Whiteville Fire Marshal Hal Lowder said three people lived in the home in the 100 block...
This week Jefferson the In-Studio Guest is Dr. Chris English of Southeastern Community College. Jefferson and Dr. English talk about the new Automotive Systems Technology Program, and other Ski...