The Highway Patrol is seeking any information about a hit and run early Saturday that resulted in a fatality in Fair Bluff. Troopers were called to the scene of that incident a short time before a hea...
Saturday is the N.C. Yam Festival in Tabor City. There are vendors, food trucks, games and activities for the kids, a car show and much more in downtown Tabor City today. You can catch the parade live...
An investigation is underway after a local man serving time for drug charges died Wednesday while incarcerated at Albemarle Correctional Facility. Curtis Levi Moore, 38, died at a hospital near the pr...
A Green Acres drug trafficker has been sentenced to 35-51 months in prison after a conviction led to a plea deal in two separate narcotics cases. Banks Raphel Batton, 37, was found guilty of trafficki...
A traffic violation led to the arrest of a Williams Tosnwhip man and his conviction for multiple drug felonies. Johnathan Terrell Jordan, 36, was sentenced to 19-24 years in prison on Sept. 25, the sh...
The driver who led officers from multiple agencies on a high speed chase in September faces more charges. Claude Jarrett Jr., 47, of Longs, S.C., was arrested Wednesday on multiple traffic offenses a...
Someone took a carport from a residence near Cerro Gordo, according to sheriff’s reports. Janice Nash, who owns the property, contacted the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office after a real estate agent t...
All five early polls are staying busy in Columbus County as more voters take advantage of one stop voting. Of the county’s more than 37,000 registered voters, 8,592 – roughly 22 percent – have cast a ...
District Attorney Jon David was recognized by Attorney General Josh Stein Tuesday for David’s efforts to combat opioids, violent crime and child abuse. David, who is chief prosecutor for Columbus, Bla...
State highway officials are seeking comments about a proposed roundabout for a busy downtown Whiteville intersection. The Department of Transportation plans to convert the intersection of Lee, Frankli...
Her roses were blooming when we said goodbye to my mother-in-law the other day. I don’t know all the varieties she had growing in front of what was her home. I know Faye Hill loved her roses, and her ...
If you’d like to add your trunk or treat event to our list for free, email jeffersonweaver@columbuscountynews.com. • Hallsboro will host a community trunk or treat and fall festival October 26 f...
Early voting is keeping pollworkers busy in Columbus, as 6,011 Columbus residents had cast ballots by close of business Monday. Statewide, more than 1.3 million ballots have been cast. Republican and ...
Deputies and troopers ended a high-speed chase with tire-deflation devices Monday and arrested a fugitive from South Carolina. Kendan Quashan Crawford, 27, of Longs, S.C. was held under no bond as a f...
The first flu death of the season was announced yesterday by the state. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said in a press release that the first death of the 2024-25 flu season was an a...
Child abuse charges have been filed against a Clarendon man after a intoxicated 14 year old girl was taken to the emergency room from a home described as “filthy”. Shannon Cartrette, 52, was arrested ...