Gov. Roy Cooper and the COVID-19 task force will hold a video conference at 3:30 p.m. today (Jan. 12) to discus the state’s response. You can view the livestream here:https://www.ncdps.gov/news-...
Fire crews are on the scene of a structure fire at 216 E. Webster Street. No injuries have been reported. Smoke was visible throughout downtown just after the 2 p.m. fire was called in. We’re wo...
A space heater is being blamed for a fatal fire Saturday morning. Deputy Fire Marshal Chase Lancaster said the fire on Tommy Wooten Road was called in at 7:03. a.m. Despite quick response from multipl...
A burn barrel allegedly shot a Tabor City man Jan. 5. Joshua A. Vereen, 29, was transported to Columbus Regional with multiple bullet wounds in both legs, according to the sheriff’s office. He t...
The man charged with the county’s first serious assault of the year had a cigarette box of narcotics between his buttocks, according to the sheriff’s office. James Levi Clewis, 29, of Chadbourn, was h...
Developing story. The Health Department will not be making any new appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations until Feb. 1. Daniel Buck said in an email this morning that the sheer volume of calls led off...
The increased spread of COVID-19 in Columbus County has caused Columbus Regional to activate its surge plan. “We’ve had our surge plan in place for months. We were hopeful we wouldn’t have to use it. ...
Twice-weekly reports of COVID-19 cases are no longer being provided by the county Health department simply because the agency is stretched too thin, spokesman Daniel buck said Wednesday. “The informat...
Citing the continued rise in COVID-19 cases statewide, Gov. Roy Cooper announced today that he is extending the modified stay at home order at least until Jan. 31. While Columbus had seen an improveme...
COVID-19 is filling local hospitals, officials from two area medical centers said Wednesday. Columbus Regional is converting unused space back into patient rooms while UNC Southeastern in Lumberton is...
Gov. Roy Cooper will provide an update on COVID-19 in North Carolina at 2 p.m. You can view the livestream here. https://www.ncdps.gov/news-conference...
We call it the Blue Room, simply because that’s the color of the walls. The modern term is “man cave,” which I despise almost as much as the phrase “she shed.” My blue room is sometimes called the Off...
A man was stabbed repeatedly Friday in broad daylight at the Hallsboro sam’s Pit Stop. James Levi Clewis was arrested Friday night for the attack, Chief Deputy Aaron Herring of the sheriff’...
Vaccinations for seniors start Jan. 11; COVID numbers surge Following is a roundup of COVID-19 related news from this past week: • The county health department on Thursday announced that due to t...
A pack of Newport cigarettes usually costs a little over $6, but a pack of smokes is costing a local man much more than that. Warrants and jail reports show that Joshua Michael Zimmerman, 32, with add...
An all-terrain vehicle stolen Monday was retrieved Tuesday, and the alleged thief jailed. Theodore Jevaugh Booker, 44, of Pinewood Drive, Whiteville, was charged with felony larceny and held under a $...