The 2021 Pecan Harvest Festival is set to take place on Saturday, Nov. 6 in downtown Whiteville. The day will include a parade, car show, and many vendor booths...
Crystal Faircloth Emma sat on the front porch watching her glass of sweet tea sweat in the mid-afternoon sun. She slipped one foot out of her cheap plastic flip-flops and...
Two of the most hotly contested municipal elections in the county came down to the wire yesterday, with Shannon Britt and Rashad Roberts winning two seats on the Chadbourn Town...
Cocaine, oxycodone, and a stolen firearm were among the contraband seized after a traffic stop Monday. Charles Brown, 28, of 223 Old N.C. 211, Bolton, and Karlie Raelyn Brown, 23,...
Town awarded sewer, pedestrian/bike plan grants Lake Waccamaw has hired of the town’s first female firefighter, and was recently awarded grants for sewer improvements and a bicycle and pede...
Tuesday is the last chance for voters in most area municipalities to elect mayors and board members. Every town except Lake Waccamaw has seen a low turnout for municipal...
After four murders in two years and dozens of violent crimes, a superior Court Judge on Friday granted a nuisance abatement order against Sandy Ridge Apartments in Whiteville. Whiteville Police...
One woman was shot at the Whiteville San Jose restaurant Friday night, according to Whiteville Police. in a press release, WPD said the woman was transported to New Hanover Regional...
Trick-or-treaters are heading out to collect some goodies in Columbus County this weekend, and they will not be disappointed. This year there are opportunities all weekend long to give those...
The State Medical Examiner has confirmed that the body found off a Rowland road was Jessica Lawrence. Deputies and search crews found Lawrence’s remains Monday during a ground search off To...
The suspect in an attempted murder in South Carolina was located by Columbus County Deputies in eight minutes Monday. Anthony Wade Lamb, 32, of Timmonsville, S.C., was arrested at a...
Developing One man has been jailed in the September shooting that left a Chadbourn man dead and two other people injured. Chief Deputy Aaron Herring of the Columbus County Sheriff’s...
The four-way stop at Peacock Road and Chadbourn Highway will remain in place. Andrew Barksdale of the N.C. Department of Transportation said public comments about the proposed roundabout at the...
I shall never know who the Evil Princess was, nor does it really matter. The spooky old house where she went to the door is gone now, replaced by something...
As you head out the door with a costume clad character of your child’s choosing, you may stop to pick up an orange bucket or bag on your way. You...
Christy Harrelson is an energetic mother and grandmother who absolutely loves Halloween. Her home, located at 1905 Lakewood Avenue in Lake Waccamaw, is decorated with pumpkins, hay, cobwebs, a...