County commissioners Monday approved the Fiscal 26-27 operating budget, maintaining the 80.5 cents per $100 valuation property tax rate and instituting major reductions for the coming year. “This is a...
The first thing I do after starting the car in the morning is pray for the day ahead, and on the particular day in question, I had a lot to pray for. It was a Monday for starters, and that’s never a g...
Leland Police have arrested the suspect in Thursday’s drive-by shooting in Whiteville. Javion Delton Evans, 22, was arrested Sunday in Leland. He was held without bond pending transfer to Columbus Cou...
Deputies arrested two men in separate felony cases during proactive patrols in the Boardman area. The sheriff’s office said Damian Kelly Thompson, 38, of Wilmington was spotted near the Sun-Dew in Boa...
Authorities on both sides of the state line are searching for a woman reported missing from Horry County. Her husband is in jail in New Hanover County on unrelated charges. Cyrena Anderson, 48, is a w...
A Facebook post warning of drastic changes to the local voting schedule is false, according to the Board of Elections. The post, which has been widely shared, claims that the Elections Board will meet...
Bitcoin transactions and online activity led to the arrest of a Whiteville man on child porn charges Thursday. Michael Deshawn Smith-Green, 38, of 101 Stanley Street, was jailed under a $5,000 secured...
Developing story Whiteville Police are investigating a shooting at Covey Run II apartments Thursday around 5 p.m. One person sustained a minor neck injury from a stray bullet, according to police. Mul...
Whiteville Police have charged a man after he allegedly forced another man to perform a sex act. Jeremy Tyler Hilburn, 30, of 131 Mill Pond Rd., Lot 131, Whiteville, is being held under no bond. Deten...
One person was airlifted after a water rescue near Nakina Wednesday. Nakina Fire and Rescue said in a social media post that the department was called to the 2100 block of River Road around 8 p.m. Nak...
UPDATED 4:45 p.m. May 27 with additional information. The man who pleaded guilty to the motor vehicle death of a Whiteville firefighter has been charged with stealing a roadside monument to the victim...
A Chadbourn-area woman allegedly beat a disabled child with a baseball bat and other blunt objects, according to arrest warrants. Tammie Bennett Rutledge, 62, was held under $10,000 secured bond, char...
An admission that only methamphetamine, not fentanyl, would be found in a vehicle led to the arrest of a wanted man Monday. Jonathan Kellihan, 33, of 412 Evergreen Baptist Church Road, was held under ...
Rabies vaccinations will be available for free Saturday from 2-6 p.m. in Delco. The second free clinic for the year is being held at Brown’s Outdoor Headquarters, 25409 Andrew Jackson Hwy. East (U.S. ...
Chadbourn has issued a boil water advisory starting Thursday, due to a planned water shutdown to complete waterline tie-ins on Institute Street. The outage for the Town of Chadbourn customers will sta...
They stand frozen in time, two men far younger than I am now, Gary Cooper-esque smiles under dark eyes. The taller of the two is my grandfather, W. Thomas Weaver. My dad was 2, leaning to 3, when Gran...