Rising COVID-19 cases at Whiteville High School have put the school back on virtual learning through March 9, and postponed two upcoming football games. The school system announced the change...
A Wildlife officer investigating a stolen game camera helped deputies make a drug bust at Tabor Correctional Monday. The sheriff’s office reported that the Wildlife Officer asked for the assista...
A busy road at Lake Waccamaw will be closed for an indefinite period after it was damaged by high water.Mayor Daniel Hilburn said on the Lake Waccamaw community Facebook page...
The suspect jailed for the Nov. 29 ambush killing of a Hope Mills man had “several” firearms, ammunition and narcotics in his Chadbourn home, the sheriff’s office said. Christopher Jermaine...
Police are searching for an armed robber who got away with cash and noodles Saturday in Tabor City. Tabor City police were called to the Food Lion at Tabor Crossing...
An East Bladen High School football player has died 11 days after being shot twice in the back. The victim of a February 10 shooting has died. Lamont Pridgen Jr.,...
The sheriff’s office has arrested the third suspect in the Nov. 29 ambush that left a grandfather injured and his grandson dead. Christopher Jermaine Reaves Jr., 22, was arrested Thursday...
The water is rising fast across Columbus County. In addition to five days of measurable rainfall over the past week, an additional two-plus inches have fallen in Columbus since Wednesday...
Gov. Roy Cooper will hold a briefing at 2 p.m. on the state’s COVID-19 response and the winter weather. You can view the video here.https://www.ncdps.gov/news-conference...
A Whiteville man who was arrested in a drug raid last year has received federal prison time. Alfonzer Shavaar “Showtime” Blanks, 37, was sentenced to eight years in prison for...
It surprises, even shocks, some people when they realize the woman in the black and white swimsuit pictures is my mother. Neither photo is objectionable, especially not by modern standards....
May 4, 1928 ~ February 15, 2021 Louise Elliott Davis, age 92 of Chadbourn, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 15, 2021 at her sister’s home. Louise was born on May 14,...
November 2, 1963 ~ February 11, 2021 Harvey Gaston Jacobs, age 57, of Bolton, N.C., died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Harvey was born on Novemb...
June 24, 1929 ~ February 7, 2021 Edward (Ned) Council passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. He was born June 24, 1929 to the late John Monroe and Louise Land Council in...
Multiple charges were filed against a Hamlet man after a high speed chase through Whiteville Saturday. Rodrick Terrell Powers, 30, of Perry avenue, Hamlet, was held under $7,500 secured bond...
October 27, 1926 ~ February 11, 2021 Fredrica Stell passed away peacefully on Feb. 11, 2021 during her 94th year of a glorious life. She wanted folks to know that her death...