Chadbourn will be under a boil water advisory starting Tuesday, Oct. 27, until further notice for removal of old water mains and putting new water mains in service. Outages will take place Tuesday thr...
Updated Oct. 23 1 p.m. Horry County Police have charged a Columbus County detention officer with felony domestic violence. Nathan Christopher Gilbert, 29, is alleged to have used a pistol to threaten ...
What came in as a medical call to 911 turned out to be much more. The sheriff’s office reported that a deputy went to assist a man who a third party said was having a medical problem just after midnig...
Two men were caught allegedly stealing pump and materials from the Whiteville Wastewater Treatment Plant Tuesday. Whiteville Police said Clayton Donald Soles and Michael Cartrette were detained after ...
After the usual initial surge, early voting has slightly slowed down again in Columbus County. Wednesday saw just 600 voters visiting the polls. The Board of Elections office had 331; Chadbourn 73; Fa...
Early polls slowed slightly on Tuesday, but voters continued to turn out and cast ballots. Tuesday’s total voter turnout was 664, the second slowest day since voting began Thursday. The Board of Elect...
It’s rare that we can look at a tax as a good thing, but the quarter-cent sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot (also your early ballot) is a tax everyone should get behind. It’s one-quarter of one penny on ...
Three days into early voting, totals have already more than doubled the first day’s turnout. Early voting for the Nov. 3 election began Oct. 15, with 722 ballots cast. The next day (last Friday) staye...
A registered sex offender with pending drug charges was arrested Saturday at the Columbus County Fair. Augustus Sharee Huggins, 35, of 2844 Fruit Ridge Rd., Whiteville, was charged with being a sex of...
A Whiteville-area woman is being held under no bond after she allegedly shared photos of her infant playing with drugs and a firearm. Kristen Michelle Boredeaux, 27, was arrested Oct. 16. She faces ch...
Lake Waccamaw Fire and Rescue safely located and picked up a buster worth minutes of a 911 call Oct. 16 (today). In a press release, Mayor Greg Jacobs said the boater called 911 because he thought he ...
An investigation into what the sheriff’s office called an “organized theft ring” has resulted in one arrest and the recovery of multiple stolen vehicles. Eric Matthew Ward, 40, of Whiteville, w...
Highway Patrol stopped a Holly Ridge woman for a traffic ticket Oct. 13, and found large quantities of drugs, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. Amanda Marie Hawksworth, 39, was s...
A New Hanover County judge has sentenced a Riegelwood man to 23-40 months in prison after a drug arrest in Wilmington. George Devon McNair, 51, pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine within 1,000 feet o...
Early voting was steady across Columbus county Thursday, but some precincts statewide were almost overwhelmed. More than 27,000 early voters cast ballots in the first few hours of early polls opening ...
It’s Fair Week in Columbus County, and it’s been a busy one.Thousands of visitors have attended the 46th annual fair so far. Tuesday was opening night, and 2,338 tickets were sold. Simons’ Chevrolet G...