Recently, a broken bottle in Lake Waccamaw resulted in a trip to the emergency room for a child who cut her foot in the water. Olivia Bullard sustained a nasty...
The Columbus Dixie Darlings were honored in a parade through downtown Whiteville this morning. With flags and balloons flying, the sluggers were escorted by the Whiteville Fire Department and Columbus...
Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to turn toward Georgia tonight, and make a visit to North Carolina later Thursday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. update today (Wednesday)...
The man charged with a February 2020 murder is back in jail after a drug arrest Saturday. Jadekiss Jaheim Watkins, 20, was arrested on Elwell Ferry Road in Council after...
Town leaders discuss violence in Chadbourn Interim Town Manager Jerome Chestnut called on the citizens of Chadbourn to help fight the crime that has surged in the town in recent...
Storm weary towns and landowners along the Lumber River are hoping Elsa doesn’t bring more problems to already hard-hit areas in western Columbus. Fair Bluff was devastated by Hurricane...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...