The May 2 shooting of a Tabor City man has led to the arrest of a suspect from the Chadbourn area. Kason Durante Johnson, 43, is being held under no bond on a single count of first degree murder, jail...
$40,000 damage to electronics. Cooking oil, maple syrup, honey and eggs were used to cause thousands of dollars in damage to East Columbus Junior Senior High school early Thursday. The sheriff’s offic...
Propane gas caused the explosion and fire that levelled part of Chadbourn’s Budget Inn early today (Wednesday). The only victim of the fire is in critical condition in the Chapel Hill burn center. Col...
An armed Cerro Gordo drug dealer will serve 33 months in federal prison and three years probation. Brandon Jeffrey Miller, 26, was sentenced after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon...
One of 20,000 ducks will be a ticket to Hawaii for someone, and help support crisis intervention. Jungle Rapids Family Fun Park will host the Duck Derby Friday to help Coastal Horizons, which pr...
Updated 4:45 p.m. The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether excessive force was used by a school resource officer who broke up a fight at South Columbus High School Tuesday. The SRO is...
Chadbourn Police Officer Johnathan Driggers entered the burning wreckage of the Budget Inn to save a man this morning. Mayor Phillip Britt said Driggers saved the victim of the explosion and fire. Bri...
At least one person was seriously injured early this morning in an apparent explosion at a Chadbourn motel. Witnesses said Mayor Phillip Britt and his wife, Councilwoman Shannon Britt, treated the inj...
Missing school didn’t mean the principal’s office, but a day in court for a Whiteville woman. Janoraleashia Doramaria Brown, 49, was charged with one count of violating school attendance laws, a...
Primary Day is tomorrow across Columbus County. Early voting wrapped up Saturday, with 2,202 of the county’s 36,170 registered voters casting a ballot. On the ticket are several county commissioners...
Columbus County Deputy Jose Garcia is being hailed as a hero after saving a possible overdose victim May 10. The deputy was responding to a call about a man in the roadway on Joe Brown Highway near Ta...
Columbus County Vice-Narcotics officers spent last week cleaning up. Operation Spring Cleaning netted a dozen suspects as well as narcotics, firearms, a stolen vehicle and cash. The drug in...
It’s puppy season – but not the cute and cuddly kind. Coyote sightings are on the rise as puppy season nears its peak, and parents forage closer and closer to human habitation in search of food. While...
A body thought to be that of Jeb Baldwin was found just before 1 p.m. today, washed up on shore at Lake Waccamaw. Baldwin, 18, disappeared Sunday after a kayak overturned in Lake Waccamaw. Baldwin and...
3:30 p.m. Update Two women were killed and a teenager seriously injured after a crash near Tabor City this morning (Wednesday). Teva Marie Norris, 44, and Taunya Norris, 64, both of the Tabor City are...
Conditions improve, but road still closed. Updated 1:30 p.m. 5/10/22 A stubborn wildfire in the Green Swamp at the Brunswick County line is causing an hour-long detour for motorists on N.C. 211. The D...