Three people were charged with trafficking in cocaine after more than a kilo of cocaine was seized in a traffic stop Friday. Lourdes Dixon, 56; Alexander Shellman, 60, and Hugo Nunez-Jaimes, 43, were arrested July [Read More]
Post time 3:30 p.m. Although Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to bring little more than some wind and rain here, emergency officials are double-checking equipment and keeping a close eye on developments. Elsa is expected [Read More]
The District Attorney’s office released the names of the three people gunned down at a party in Chadbourn Saturday. Deonde Qwabe Sadler, 27; Mack Darren Jenkins Jr., 26 and Kameesha Daezhneka Powell, 21, were killed [Read More]
Lake Waccamaw firefighters were directing traffic at the fire station and the State Park boat landing Saturday, but not because of emergencies.Firefighters and their families were out collecting money for the annual Boot Drop. Donations [Read More]
Local boy in burn center after accident. A local boy is in UNC Burn Center after sustaining second and third degree burns July 3. Ryder Faircloth, age seven, was seriously burned after an aerosol can [Read More]
BREAKING NEWS Chadbourn Police and the State Bureau of Investigation are on the scene of what may be the town’s first triple homicide. Interim Police Chief Ken Elliot said CPD was responding to a shots [Read More]
Alexis Kirt now faces charges in the hit and run fatality. Charges against Robert Bolick have been dropped. The Highway Patrol has charged a woman with the June 4 hit and run death of a [Read More]
An avid church member and former substitute teacher has died from injuries sustained in a traffic crash on U.S. 74-76 Wednesday. Bernice “Mickey” Little McKeithan, 90, was airlifted after a wreck near the N.C. 11 [Read More]
Note to my readers: With rare exceptions, I do not like to reprint columns, since I consider this to be a lazy habit. However, this is one people ask me about every year. This column [Read More]
The Columbus County Chamber of Commerce welcomed Dr. A. Nicole Jenkins Wednesday morning in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of her new practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy.The office is located at 612 Jefferson [Read More]
The cowboys (and cowgirls) are coming back to Lake Waccamaw. The Boys and Girls Home of North Carolina will host a rodeo Aug. 13 – 14. It is sponsored by the Southeastern Gospel Music Association. [Read More]
Local author Dr. Bobby Waddell continues to detail his journey as a Christian with the release of his second book, Turnabout. Turnabout was published in April. It follows Principles, which was released July 2020 and details the five major [Read More]
Columbus Career and College Academy will be having a Freshman Family Night and Picnic on July 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the Southeastern Community College campus. Due to seating limitations, the staff [Read More]
The company will bring 125 new jobs to the area. The sprawling industrial park on the Columbus-Brunswick line will soon have a new tenant. Precision Swiss Products, Inc. a manufacturer of high precision component parts, [Read More]
One man is in critical condition after a shooting Saturday night in Whiteville. Det. Sgt. Scott Moody said Whiteville Police were called to West Lewis Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard at 8:58 p.m. after [Read More]
Buying a new house is never an easy thing. You have to give a loan company your information, and let them delve deep into your paper trails, and pull out the insides. After all the [Read More]
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