The Columbus County Beekeepers are partnering with the North Cooperative Extension to a host a beginner beekeeper class. The seminar will begin on Friday and run from 6 p.m.- 9 p.m., continue on into...
Rykeem Tyler was sentenced to 94 to 125 months in prison today (Monday) after an “ongoing dispute” led to an April 2018 killing in Fair Bluff. Tyler pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Columbus ...
• Some questions still remain about missing funds. Former Animal Control Supervisor Joey Prince pleaded no contest to embezzlement charges and received a prayer for judgement (PJC) in superior court t...
Updated with arrestee names.A multi-agency, months-long investigation has resulted in over 30 arrests and more than 200 drug, alcohol, and weapons charges across Columbus County. The operation ...
The Good News Jan. 29- Feb. 4. Columbus County has been seeing some frigid temperatures and unusual weather for the South. What better way to beat the chill if you’re stuck inside than to play a...
Fair Bluff Police and the sheriff’s office arrested a man on assault and other charges Thursday after officers forced entry on his home. Warrants show Demonte Shamaur Player, 22, of 128 Bruce St., Fai...
The Hearts and Vets Walk-a-thon hosted by the Veteran’s Memorial Park is now virtual due to the chance of inclement weather. The countywide event was scheduled to begin Saturday at 10 a.m. in h...
A second Tabor Correctional inmate has been found dead of an apparent suicide. The N.C. Dept. of Public Safety said in a press release that Robert B. Walker was found unresponsive in his cell at 6:06 ...
• Spivey hid parts in Christmas boxes, report says. The former chief of Chadbourn police has been charged with stealing two catalytic converters from a Tabor City garage. William Anthony Spivey, 36, o...
I was a lousy athlete, but I never wanted to play against a girl to make myself look better. I was a chubby, sometimes fat kid. I was always both big and tall for my age, which led to me be kind of a ...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has now been confirmed in 53 hunter-harvested wild waterfowl at three sites in North Carolina. These sites are Hyde County, a site located on the Pamlico/Beaufo...
Chaplain Marcia McMullen DeRush has opened her heart and the doors of her office with special individuals in mind. McMullen House of Heroes is a safe haven where the chaplain offers a multitude of thi...
Small, women-owned and disadvantaged business owners wanting to learn how to compete for state transportation contracts are invited to attend a free workshop Feb. 19 at Robeson Community College....
Chadbourn Police arrested a Clarkton man Tuesday after he allegedly stood in the roadway, fought officers and had narcotics in his pocket. Davion Jabias Frink, 21, was charged with two counts of assau...
Arthur Larry Barnhill, age 78, of Whiteville, N.C., passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Premier Living, Lake Waccamaw, N.C. Larry was born on June 10, 1943 in New Hanover County, to the late Art...
Deputies were the victims in two recent shooting incidents, but no one was injured in either case. On Jan. 8, according to sheriff’s reports, a deputy reported finding a bullethole in the rear of his ...