The growing surge of COVID-19 in the state is causing local officials to take action on a number of fronts. Whiteville Police announced Wednesday (today) that the office is closed...
The money left in a watermelon honor system cash box Tuesday was less than honorable. Robert Worley of Cerro Gordo contacted the sheriff’s office after someone left a movie prop...
Chadbourn Police have charged a Nakina woman after she allegedly overdosed with a four-month-old child in her car. Victoria Alex Anne Fipps, 26, was released on a secured bond, according...
Dogs, cats, kittens and puppies will be available for adoption Saturday during a special event at the Columbus County Animal Shelter. The adoption fair and rabies clinic will be held...
The body of a Shallotte man was pulled from the Lumber River this morning after he apparently drowned at the Lumber River Campground. Brian Thomas Lynch, 36, of Shallotte was...
The former Acme-Delco school campus could be home to a satellite sheriff’s office as well as a farmers market. County Commissioner Laverne Coleman, County Manager Eddie Madden and Sheriff Jody...
The latest Columbus County sobriety checkpoint tallied 67 violations Friday night, including 13 drug offenses. The checkpoint was set up at the intersection of Princess Ann and N.C. 242 near...
One man was airlifted from Tabor City after he was stabbed in the head during a melee near Chadbourn Monday. Shikei Daniels, 24, was transported to New Hanover Regional. Daniels...
The operation involving Bladen and Columbus counties was the second meth trafficking investigation in a week. Three Bladen County residents are in jail after the second case involving crystal methamph...
Thomas Newman Powell lives, works, and plays in the Green Sea/Tabor City area, but the small-town kid aspires to go far beyond small-town life. Powell was born and raised in...
If you have ever lived in the country, then at some point in your life you have been tempted to raise a flock of chickens. Growing up, my daddy...
Lake Waccamaw’s town hall is closed to walk-in traffic due a possible outbreak of COVID-19. Sara Coffman of the town staff said Town manager Damon Kempski and town officials made...
An arrest has been made in a shooting where one man was wounded and a juvenile almost hit by gunfire in Whiteville. Christopher Jerome Taylor, 43, was arrested by Whiteville...
A joint operation between Whiteville Police, the sheriff’s office, and the State Bureau of Investigation jailed two alleged drug traffickers and pulled a quantity of narcotics off the street. Marion...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will host an Introduction to Falconry Workshop presented by the North American Falconers Association on Sept. 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its headquarters loc...
We were knights, pilots, adventurers, daredevils and the good kind of motorcycle gang members. In reality we were just kids on bicycles, but the world was ours, as long as...