The interim town manager for Chadbourn is a familiar face. John Bauer served as town manager for Chadbourn from December 2018 through June of 2019. At Tuesday’s town council meeting, Mayor Phillip Bri...
Emergency repairs to the water system are affecting some customers in County Water and Sewer District One. The affected areas include Spivey Ward Road, Nealy Drive, Antinori Drive, Harper Drive, and f...
A landmark fried chicken sale benefitting a local church is set for Saturday. Bethel Methodist Church will hold its Famous Fried Chicken Plate Sale Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., or until all the...
Ongoing aggressive patrols in the eastern part of Columbus led to drug charges for a Bladen County man April 1. Bruce Spencer, 46, of 531 McKoy Loop Rd., Ivanhoe, was charged with three counts each o...
An infant is recovering after apparently ingesting an unknown substance Monday afternoon. The sheriff’s office responded to a medical call at a home on Crusoe Island Road around 3 p.m., according to a...
Spring is one of my favorite times of the year; baby critters are being born, flowers are blooming, more moderate temperatures (even though I love winter, by March the honeymoon is over). There’s East...
Detectives are actively searching for a vandal who damaged around 20 mailboxes early Monday. The vandal hit mailboxes along Peacock Road and elsewhere in North Whiteville, the sheriff’s office said. T...
Columbus Animal Protective Services will hold two free rabies clinics in the coming weeks. County Commissioners in Monday unanimously approved a request from APS to offer the vaccinations for free. No...
Deputies arrested a Bladen County suspect during a traffic stop in Delco March 31, according to the sheriff’s office. Benetta Renee White, 52, was charged with five counts of failure to appear in Blad...
Two suspects were jailed after a Friday night fight on Smith Street in Whiteville. John Wayne Cooper, 44, of 108 Buttercup Lane, Lumberton, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and placed und...
I am ashamed to admit I rarely make it to a sunrise Easter service anymore. Animals and malfunctioning body parts make for a slow start to any day, and starting one even earlier is to say the l...
Dry conditions have turkeys moving more and strutting earlier this year, possibly making Saturday’s youth season opener a bigtime for young hunters. Whild turkey season for youth is open Saturday and ...
Chadbourn Town council is scheduled to meet Tuesday night, after a dramatic series of meetings in February and March that were ended without being adjourned or were cancelled at the last moment. The t...
Petowners may have two opportunities to get free rabies vaccinations, if a measure before county commissioners is approved Monday. On the agenda is a request from Animal Protective Services via the sh...
In response to rising fertilizer costs and increasing grower interest in soil health practices, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Agronomic Services Division has released a new...