A license checkpoint on Farmers Union Road led to multiple charges for a man and woman Oct. 26. Karrie Reene Mitchell, 34, and William Alex Lee Warren, 25, were arrested after deputies allegedly found...
Contractors broke a water line in Columbus County District II today (Oct. 28), leading to a boil advisory from the area. Affected areas include all customers from 3049 Andrew Jackson Highway Southwest...
Updated with information from the search warrant. The raid on a Slippery Log Road home Monday “was not a mistake,” according to Whiteville Police. WPD Chief Paul Rockenbach said in a press release tha...
HALLSBORO–Willie Cecil Sasser, 67, of Hallsboro, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare in Whiteville. Willie was born on Feb. 25, 1959 to the late Cecil Elwood Sasser...
Almost 15 percent of Columbus County voters have cast an early ballot for the Nov. 3 election. As of Monday, the Columbus County Board of Elections said that 5,415 ballots have been cast at the county...
State Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced today (Oct. 27) that he is suing Dollar General for inflating prices without telling customers. Jackson announced at a press conference that he is joining...
Both defendants in a 2023 drug robbery and murder have been sentenced to prison in Columbus County Superior Court. Kenneth Bernard Wooten – who turned 27 today (Oct. 27) — and Nicholas Mitchell...
Mr. Paul Worley Hinnant, 97, of Lake Waccamaw passed on Friday, October 23, 2026 in Wilmington. He was born June 30, 1929 in Wilson, N.C. the son of the late Berry Lee Hinnant and Ruth Worley Hinnant...
We have officially reached that point in the election process where I must wonder, however briefly, if being ruled by an inbred, psychotic, syphlitic despot thousands of miles away in England was real...
Chadbourn officials said Monday that the planned outages and boil advisory for this week have been suspended until a later date. “The contractor was having some issues and couldn’t get sta...
A larceny suspect is being sought after allegedly threatening a member of a Whiteville church with a knife — then fleeing when the congregant responded with a board. Whiteville Police said the inciden...
An infant is being treated in an area hospital and the child’s mother is in jail after the newborn tested positive for multiple illegal drugs. Lindsey Ann Miller, 32, was arrested by the Bladen County...
Chadbourn will be under a boil water advisory starting Tuesday (tomorrow) while the town upgrades critical water infrastructure. The advisory will be in place until further notice for removal of old w...
Early voting wrapped up its first full week with 4,601 ballots cast as of Friday. Turnout continues to be strong across the state as well as Columbus County, despite the usual midterm doldrums. Democr...
A man shot on MLK Drive in Bladenboro Oct. 19 has died, and his alleged assailant is now facing a murder charge. Bladenboro Police announced on social media today (Oct. 23) that Mario Gillespie died f...
Early voting totals hit 3,966 for the first six days on Thursday, with 625 ballots being cast at all five polls. Whiteville had the most traffic, with 304 ballots cast. Chadbourn saw 96, followed by R...