A caravan of Whiteville Police, state troopers, deputies and officers from other agencies escorted the hearse carrying Sgt. Cameron Lemmons down the streets he patrolled one last time today.Lemmons, 2...
Three men were hurt and one arrested after a stabbing Saturday near Chadbourn. Michael Joseph Tubbs, 42, was held under $75,000 secured bond, according to detention center reports. He was charged with...
Extra hands are need Thursday to help prepare 12,000 keychain Bibles for delivery to Ukrainian refugees. Rev. Dave Heller of the Columbus Baptist Association said the QR Code Bibles will be delivered ...
Two people were arrested on multiple narcotics charges after a deputy stopped their vehicle for reckless driving. Warrants and jail reports show Henry Charles Brandt, 34, and Summer Coleman, 30, were ...
After Monday’s schedule was washed out, Whiteville’s Wolfpack will have two matches today in the Pitt Classic. At noon, the Pack faces Northside Pinetown. With barely time to knock the clay off their ...
The Pitt County Classic Baseball Games scheduled today are postponed. We’ll have more details about rescheduling as soon as we have additional information. The Whiteville Wolfpack had two non-co...
Local: No school April 15 through April 22. Pitt County Classic has been moved to Conley High School and the game times have been changed. Whiteville plays a neutral non-conference game versus t...
The end of Holy Week is drawing near, and so are the end of Easter activities as of Sunday. Be sure to catch some of the events happening in your area starting this evening. Engage Life Church has mo...
With the arrival of spring and warmer weather, strawberry farms are opening for shoppers and, undoubtedly, strawberry lovers are ready for local berries. “Growers have done a good job protecting...
Updated 5 p.m. Seven people were jailed Tuesday after county drug agents raided a home less than a block from the Whiteville city hall complex. The raid Tuesday evening turned up cocaine, crack, marij...
As much as I love autumn and winter, and tolerate summer, spring is likely my favorite season. It comes after the end of the misery of February, which I famously loathe. Temperatures warm up, but with...
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Executive Director Cameron Ingram announced today that he has invoked Emergency Powers to activate a localized response plan to assist with the detection...
Unconventional warfare is coming to Columbus County. Robin Sage, the “final exam” for U.S. Army Special Forces personnel, begins Friday. Green Beret candidates will work with “insurgents” in the...
Deputies arrested a Red Store Road woman April 9 after she allegedly charged them while completely naked. Elisha Shamae Colson, 37, was charged with assault on a government official, property da...
Music, dance and the visual arts will be front and center Thursday (April 14) at the first Classical Charter Schools of America-Whiteville Performing Arts Show. “We are excited to provide this opportu...
A mechanic was killed Friday at his home in Old Dock, and his fiancé has been charged with second degree murder. Jennifer Crafford Scurdato, 38, is being held under no bond in the Columbus Detention C...