Early voting ended Saturday with staggering numbers for the county and state. More than 18,500 ballots have been cast in Columbus, either at early polls or by mail in absentees. That was more than fifty [Read More]
The man who killed a Bladenboro resident in a drive-by shooting will serve up to 28 years in prison. Daniel Autry pleaded guilty today (Nov. 4) in front of Chief Superior Court Judge Ashley Gore [Read More]
An Elizabethtown man is out on bond on felony drug charges because he failed to wear a seatbelt. James Warner Littrell, 19, of David Street, Elizabethtown, was charged with possession of psychedelic mushrooms, drug paraphernalia [Read More]
A man narrowly escaped injury after he was robbed at gunpoint and reportedly shot at Wednesday. The victim, Kelly Delane Mills, said a man he knows assaulted him and took $695 from Mills on Pine [Read More]
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s a big election year. The ads have gotten nastier in recent weeks, as early voting kicked in and Nov. 5 looms. Although I am a traditionalist, and enjoy the [Read More]
Starting at 10 a.m. Saturday is the Pecan Harvest Music Festival in Downtown Whiteville. Festivities are centered around Vineland Station. There will be live bands, food vendors, and more all day and into the evening. [Read More]
Saturday is the last day for early voting in Columbus County. All five Columbus county one stops are open until 7:30 p.m. tonight (Friday), and until 3:30 p.m. Saturday. As of Thursday night, early voter [Read More]
On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has in studio guest Mike Creen of the Veterans of America where they talk about Veterans Day and the big Veterans Celebration Parade in Downtown Whiteville. Veterans [Read More]
The Alliance for Cape Fear Trees, in partnership with Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Tree Recovery program and International Paper, will give away 900 trees at Riegelwood Baptist Church, 103 N.C. 87, Riegelwood, on Saturday from [Read More]
Four people suspects face charges after an attempt to supply prisoners at the county jail with contraband. Curtis Demetrius Gowans, 36; Christopher Jerome Taylor, 47; Latonya Willis, 40; and Savannah Willis, 38, face charges of [Read More]
All events are scheduled for OCt. 31 (Halloween). Trinity Baptist Church at 201 South Thompson Street in Whiteville will host trunk or treat from 5 to 8 p.m. Whiteville Police and Whiteville Firefighters will sponsoring [Read More]
The sheriff’s office has completed its sixth and last – for now – hurricane relief trip to the North Carolina mountains. Sheriff Bill Rogers said two tractor-trailer loads of local contributions were delivered to Riverside [Read More]
No one was injured when a Peacock Road home was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The sheriff’s office reported that fire units were called to 15575 Peacock Road at 7:09 a.m. Cpl. Z. Moody of the [Read More]
There’s always a lot of buzz and sometimes controversy regarding political endorsements during election season. This year everything seems a bit more strident, so the subject of promoting one candidate or another is bigger news [Read More]
Checkpoints led to drug charges in two separate cases Monday. James Walter Dicicco, 57, was released on a $50,000 secured bond after he was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell [Read More]
A Tabor City area man is in jail after he allegedly had a suppressed handgun converted to fully automatic as well as a marijuana growing operation in his home. Dustin Randall Duncan, 34, of 7922 [Read More]
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