It was perfect weather Saturday morning for the Kevin Conner Memorial Run. The event is held annually to honor the local native, a State Trooper who died in the line of duty near Whiteville on Oct. 17...
One victim was airlifted to New Hanover Regional after a shooting in Chadbourn Thursday afternoon. Chief Ken Elliot of the Chadbourn Police said the victim was shot around 4:25 p.m. in a vacant lot in...
State Highway Patrol Troopers and other agencies will be aggressively enforcing school bus safety laws next week as part of Operation Stop Arm. Passing a stopped school bus is a Class 1 misdemeanor in...
Animal Protective Services officers are riding the range this afternoon, chasing a stray Charolais cow in the Pleasant Plains area. The cow was first reported Wednesday evening. It’s been wandering Pl...
Due to the threat of inclement weather on Thursday, Whiteville City Schools and Columbus County Schools have moved Kindergarten Day to Friday (Oct. 14.) The same activities will be available for the s...
A man and woman are being sought after a pre-dawn lawnmower ride south of Whiteville. Elicia Porter Sellers, 45, of Clarendon, and Timothy Lewis, 35, of Whiteville, are sought by deputies for al...
Fire Chief David Yergeau was back on duty at 8 a.m. Wednesday (today) after being reinstated by the city. Yergeau was put on suspension last month due to an unspecified complaint. The city conducted a...
Since I got wrapped halfway around a tree whilst canoeing out of our house during Hurricane Matthew, my back has never quite been the same. Sometimes it’s even less the same than others, if you know w...
As fall fire season gets underway, state and federal forestry officials are urging extreme caution with both recreational fires and controlled burns of all sizes and kinds. Peak fall fire season runs ...
Cocaine and cash sent three men to jail Saturday in the Dothan area. Jamie Mejia Garrido, 36; Juan Enrique Guerrero, 32; and Jaime Mesia, 21, all of Bolivia, were arrested on charges of felony cocaine...
A Hallsboro woman was jailed after allegedly breaking a windshield and trying to burn a man’s car at the Holiday Motel. Patricia Ann Jackson, 39, was held under $5,000 secured bond Saturday on charges...
The Columbus County Fair now owns the fairgrounds it has called home for years. Rep. Brenden Jones (R-Tabor City) brokered the deal between the Department of Corrections, which has owned the property ...
Couldn’t make it to the parade? We hope you enjoy these images from what is thought to be the largest fair parade ever in Columbus County....
After more than two weeks of testimony it took four hours for a Columbus County Jury to find Daquon Rollo Carrothers guilty of first degree murder today (Oct. 10). Corrothers was sentenced to life wit...
After two years of hurricanes, COVID-19, floods and the need for a new contractor, the Elwell Ferry began running again today (Monday) just past 7 a.m. The ferry crosses the Cape Fear River between Ca...
It was déjà vu for a Bolton man Tuesday. Paul Wallace Young, 46, of Bolton was arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop for the second time in less than two weeks. Arrest reports show he wa...