Deputies stopping a BMW automobile for alleged stolen plates ended up with two arrests and a quantity of marijuana Friday. Marvin Goodman, 57, and Gerald Lamont Hemingway. 52, were arrested...
Chadbourn Town Councilmember Rashad Roberts has been named Second Vice President of the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Black Elected Municipal Officials (NCBEMO). Roberts was officially swo...
Deputies and Tabor City Police worked together to stop an admitted truck thief early Monday. Camden Luke Caraballo, 18, was held under $10,000 secured bond. He was charged with fleeing...
A former employee of the Evergreen post office has pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and to making false entries and reports in U.S. Government records. Robert Raquan Patterson, 29,...
County governments and conservation nonprofit groups may apply for grant funding from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation projects. A new a...
On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has some commentary about The Dam Busters, and the ongoing flooding issues in Downtown Whiteville, and The Pet Population Problem the county...
The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for its upcoming Citizens Academy, scheduled to begin Sept. 16. This free, 10-week program offers citizens a behind-the-scenes look a...
A proposed federal program would help both private companies and non-profits train a new generation of foresters. Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC) with Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) intr...
The man who killed his roommate and dumped his body off the N.C. 11 bridge in 2020 has been found guilty of murder. James Robert Goins was found guilty of...
Updated 5 p.m. July 31 Authorities are searching for a girl and boy who ran away from the Boys and Girls Home on Saturday. Bree Alexandria Phillips, 15, has dark...
Crack cocaine was seized and multiple felonies filed against a Whiteville area man afer an investigation into narcotics sales in and around Whiteville. Tammy Tabor, 65, was held under $4,500...
James Patrick “Pat” McCormick will serve a minimum of 60 years in prison for raping a child in 2019. Jury selection began yesterday in Columbus County Superior Court, and McCormick...
In an attempt to avoid stepping on a toad the other night, I inadvertently found a piece of broken glass. In the interest of keeping this column family-friendly, I will...
County commissioners on Monday expressed support for a proposal to require permits for large protests, as well as limiting where protests can take place. Commission Chair Laverne Coleman emphasized th...
A woman who allegedly brandished a handgun at a group of people has been arrested. Ernestine Victoria Jackson, 61, of 107 Mill Stream Apartments, Brunswick, was released on a $20,000...
Deputies are searching for a bandit who couldn’t quite complete a robbery in Brunswick. The sheriff’s office reported that a clerk called 911 after the unidentified male came into the...