Columbus County will continue to have five early polls but Sunday polls will not be open this year. State law requires that all election rules for primaries and general elections be approved by unanim...
Vice-Narcotics detectives arrested a man on drug charges after an Aug. 11 traffic stop. Roger Dale Reaves, 59, of 3288 Gore Trailer Rd., Whiteville, was held under $3,500 secured bond, according to de...
Fair Bluff is looking forward to the ribbon cutting for its newly reopened grocery store next month, and residents are coming together Sunday to ask God’s blessings on the effort. A community prayer s...
Arson is thought to be the cause of a wildfire that destroyed a truck and some woodland Aug. 13. The sheriff’s office said deputies were called to 291 Laura’s Lane on the Game Lands. A truck was also ...
Richard Dean is used to seeing herons and other water birds in the ditches and pond at his home on U.S. 701 in Williams Towsnhip, but not pelicans. “I never saw one up close before,” the U.S. Army vet...
A longterm investigation into suspected illegal narcotics sales resulted in the arrest of an Elizabethtown man, according to officials. Justin “Jay” Romales Williams, 46, of 802 Fox St., Elizabethtown...
State officials will decide whether Columbus will have four or five early polls during what is expected to be a marathon meeting in Raleigh Thursday. Multiple counties across the state failed to reach...
Possibly the only benefit to the ongoing drought is that clearing crews have better access to Soules Swamp through Whiteville, and teams are taking the opportunity to clear out beaver dams and blockag...
Two hot political bills met their expected fate under Gov. Josh Stein’s veto pen Monday, likely leading to overrides by the General Assembly. House Bill 958 would make a number of changes to election ...
Some time back, I had a problem with a purchase from a locally-owned business. Thankfully I discovered it before leaving the parking lot. I turned the truck off, went back inside, politely asked to sp...
Matthew Mercer pleaded guilty today (Aug. 17) in the shooting death of his son Brady Lee Mercer. District Attorney Jon David said Mercer pleaded guilty to second degree murder, and received a sentence...
The last two men wanted in Friday’s shooting in Whiteville have joined three other suspects in jail. Zyon Willis and Dale Freeman were arrested Monday afternoon, Whiteville Police said. Willis and Fre...
A resident of a local RV park has been charged with molesting a girl.Patrick Anthony Keese, 69, whose address was listed as the Lake Waccamaw RV park, is being held under no bond on the single charge ...
Two Whiteville men face charges after a shootout on Ward Street Friday. Shyreak William Belton, 34, of 429 Ward Street, was held without bond on a single count of firing into an occupied vehic...
Corrections Officers stopped a woman form smuggling opiates into Columbus Correctional Wednesday. Pamela Miller Blackwell, 57, of 442 Pine Acres Dr., Chadbourn, is being held under $100,000 secured bo...
Most of Columbus and all of Bladen County are now considered to be in severe drought conditions after several days of spotty but heavy rains across the area. Only a small section of Columbus and Bruns...