The six month old baby airlifted after a crash near Chadbourn has died. King Matthew Jaron Frink was identified as the third death from the headon collision. Baby King’s mother, Angela Shipman, and Ja...
• Pair was wanted for shooting, robbery. Two suspects wanted for attempted murder in Brunswick County led deputies on a chase through Hallsboro early Friday morning. The chase ended when the suspects ...
Longtime Chadbourn town board member Donald Ray Bass died Saturday at his home. Bass, 72, was known for his fiscal conservatism and love of youth sports. A tireless proponent of Chadbourn, he was reti...
Two suspects wanted for attempted murder in Brunswick County led deputies on a chase through Hallsboro early Friday morning. The chase ended when the suspects fled from their still-moving vehicle and ...
She was gentle when she needed to be, but she could fight, too. Most people remember their mothers as an example of the godly woman from Proverbs, but I’m sure, had the need arose, Miss Lois could als...
If your child is interested in playing baseball, T-ball, or softball this spring and summer in Columbus County, this weekend may be your last chance to get them signed up. Whiteville Parks and ...
A Bladen man has been arrested in Whiteville on charges he sexually abused a child. Dwayne Campbell Jr., 30, was ordered held under $150,000 secured bond on charges of crime against nature, indecent l...
Two people died in the head-on collision near Chadbourn. An infant and a passenger who survived Tuesday’s horrific crash near Chadbourn are in critical condition. Angela Lashon Shipman of Chadbourn an...
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Charles “Gary” Winters, 79, of Parkersburg on February 5, 2022. He was born in Logan, W.V., June 20, 1942, with his identical twin and lifelong b...
More people were killed in traffic fatalities in North Carolina last year than in any other year in the past two decades. A total of 24 people died in car crashes in Columbus County in 2021, according...
Citizen complaints led to six arrests and the seizure of a large quantity of drugs in Bolton Feb. 2. The sheriff’s office reported that the Vice Narcotics Division was investigating complaints about p...
I hate February. It wasn’t even February when I realized that my loathing for the second month was in full swing. It was still technically January, but a foul February wind had uncovered my pumphouse,...
THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a new weekly public affairs program produced in, for, and about Columbus County NC. Each week Jefferson and his In-Studio Guests discuss topics of inte...
Traffic was tied up on N.C. 130 near Brunswick today after a single vehicle wreck. The driver of the SUV reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and lost control on the wet roadway....
The man who allegedly shot a 17 year old female and caused a panic in the San Jose parking Lot has been arrested by Whiteville Police. Jalen Nique Shipman, 21, is being held under a secured bond on a ...
An undercover investigation into one alleged drug dealer led authorities to a second suspect Jan. 31. Willie Albert Batten, 60, of Country Club Rd., Whiteville, was held under $25,000 secured bond on ...