The iconic Guiton’s Drug Store has a new name and management. Whiteville Family Pharmacy held a ribbon cutting Wednesday. The downtown staple with one of the last remaining soda and ice cream fountains in the [Read More]
The Columbus County Swap Shop, a long-running radio program that was a favorite of local listeners, is now on WTXY 103.9. The Swap Shop is a free opportunity to buy, sell, trade of give away [Read More]
Mother Charged in Deaths; Funeral Saturday Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal and sheriffs from Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina have joined forces to fully cover the funeral expenses of the four girls killed in a structure fire [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for September 11, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
The mother of the four girls killed in a structure fire Aug. 30 has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse. Reagan Noelle Powers, 28, faces four charges each of involuntary manslaughter and [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for September 11, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
Following is a weekly feature of Columbuscountynews.com. All records and information are obtained through arrest reports and warrants. While the focus is primarily to draw attention to driving while impaired (DWI) cases, other charges are [Read More]
Testimony is continuing in the first degree murder trial of Prentiss McDuffie in Columbus County Superior Court. McDuffie and Demarius Washington were arrested for the deaths of Alexis Ciprian Trujillo, 5; his mother Nancy Trujillo [Read More]
Someone commented a while back that she liked my business card holder. I explained to her that it is much more than just a pedestrian piece of desk furniture: it’s a reminder of when our [Read More]
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for September 10, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for September 9, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊
Both war and peacetime veterans came together today to honor a local Marine that none of them knew. Corby Ward Jr., 77, died in a nursing home in August. He is survived by his sister, [Read More]
Deputies confiscated a handgun after a juvenile was removed from a home Monday. A resident of the home on Maple Lane near Chadbourn called 911 after finding the Glock 43 Monday evening. The sheriff’s report [Read More]
A man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the same home where his father was killed in 2022. Normal Foggan called 911 just before 4 a.m. Monday, according to a sheriff’s report. Foggan told [Read More]
Deputies charged a woman with misdemeanor child abuse after her daughter was found walking down a roadside Sunday, crying and barefoot. Dusty Brooke Earp, 28, of 9542 Andrew Jackson Hwy., Cerro Gordo, was charged with [Read More]
By Justin Williamson Week Two of the Whiteville Area Burger Battle takes us to the Etna Diner. This is a local establishment that has garnered a huge following over the years. Let’s dive into a [Read More]
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