One of the largest food pantry and assistance non-profits in the area is teaming up with area businesses for a canned food drive. Community CPR is collecting canned goods for...
Vendors are being sought for a new farmers market for Whiteville. The market is scheduled to open April 16, and will be held twice a month in downtown Whiteville at...
A Pembroke man is now in custody after he allegedly stole a Bladenboro Police truck Monday, only to be yanked out of second vehicle by a private citizen Tuesday. Katrale...
I had to wave and smile as I saw a fellow commuter the other morning. It was a dreary, gray, cold day – a braw and bitter marnin’, as the...
• Suspect also held in Tabor City area thefts. A married couple was arrested on Valentines Day after an alleged larceny that led to cocaine charges and other felonies. Kenneth...
Just to hopefully reduce some confusion out there, I purchased Columbuscountynews.com from Jeff Allen Jones in December. Mr. Jones said he wanted to get out of the news business due...
As of Friday afternoon, 503 early ballots had been cast for the March 3 primaries. Early voting runs through Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. Voters who do not go to...
Elwell Ferry across the Cape Fear River is closed until Wednesday. The Department of Transportation said the ferry is expected to reopen Wednesday at 8 a.m. It crosses the river...
One man is in custody after allegedly racking up $1,300 on a stolen credit card. Dorrion McArthur, 21, of 475 Spring Hill Dr., Whiteville, was held under $7,500 secured bond,...
The driver who rearended a vehicle on U.S. 74 Jan. 25 has been charged with felony death by vehicle and driving while impaired. Jordan Alexander Kelly, 21, of 201 Broadway...
Early voting started this morning, and runs through Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. Five early voting sites are open in Columbus County – the board of elections, Ransom Center, Chadbourn...
Smoke from a burning home in Kelly Monday was visible across the Cape Fear River. Acme Delco Riegelwood Fire-Rescue Chief Steve Camlin said ADR responded mutual aid along with East...
She wasn’t always just a sweet little old lady. Don’t get me wrong; most of the time my mother, Lois C. Weaver, was a happy, loving woman. She was a...
Quick work by a Columbus County deputy prevented a grass fire from damaging a home Monday. Sgt. Jeffrey Thomas was escorting a funeral procession along Greens Mill Road when he...
Whiteville Police have identified the victim in Saturday’s fatal crash. Evelyn Rorie, 82, and Bobbie Rorie, 71, both of Whiteville, were in a Dodge Ram truck that was struck by...
Detectives have charged a Riegelwood man with statutory sex offense involving an underage girl. Sterling Robertson, 23, of 99 Christian Lane, Riegelwood, is being held under no bond. He was...