September 5, 1944 ~ August 25, 2025 (age 80) Mary Ruth Blackwell, age 80, of Tabor City, NC, died Monday, August 25, 2025 in her home. Born September 5, 1944 in Columbus County, NC, she was the daught...
June 29, 1953 ~ August 23, 2025 (age 72) Phyllis Joann Wilkins Simmons, age 72, of Delco, NC, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Saturday, August 23, 2025. Phyllis was born on June...
News Briefs for August 25, 2025 Whiteville Police arrested a man after he allegedly shattered a display window at Van Underwood Chrysler Plymouth early Thursday morning. The suspect was arrested at th...
KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD By Carey Kinsolving and Friends If Jesus Came with You to School, What Would You Do? (Part 1 of 2) “If Jesus came with me to school, I would respect him and everyone else, too. I w...
The Annie Catherine Pridgen Community Development Foundation (ACP), teaming up with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, delivered over 6,600 pounds of food to Columbus County househol...
News Briefs for August 24, 2025 Jessie Lee Dixon, 73, was convicted of two counts each of indecent liberties with a minor and sexual battery in Bladen County Superior Court on Friday, according to the...
May 22, 2002 ~ August 22, 2025 Iryna Zarutska, 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina, passed away on Friday August 22, 2025. Born on May 22, 2002, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Iryna was the beloved daughter of Anna Z...
April 14, 1937 ~ August 20, 2025 (age 88) Frank Horne, 88, of Fair Bluff, NC, passed away on August, 20, 2025 peacefully at his home. He was the son of the late James M. Horne and the late Hallie Hard...
August 29, 1946 ~ August 22, 2025 (age 78) Marilyn Diane Lewis Pankey, 78, of Tabor City, passed away on Friday evening, August 22, 2025 at her home. Marilyn was born on August 29, 1946, daughter of ...
September 6, 1952 ~ August 22, 2025 (age 72) Anthony “Tony” Griffin, 72, of Evergreen, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025, in the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare in Whiteville. Tony was born on September...
Services will be announced. May 29, 1967 ~ August 21, 2025 (age 58) Lenon Dale Wilcox, 58, of Chadbourn, died on Thursday, August 21, 2025 at his home. Dale was born on May 29, 1967. Dale served his c...
December 22, 1953 ~ August 22, 2025 (age 71) Stella Frances Williamson Fowler age 71, went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, August 22, 2025 in her home with her family by her side. Born in Colum...
News Briefs for August 22, 2025 A wanted suspect led a chase from Columbus County into Robeson County Wednesday, causing a crash that injured a police officer and a civilian motorist. August 20...
Running a construction company can prove an incredibly lucrative career option – but nothing worth doing is easy. There’s a tremendous amount of logistical work involved in running this sort of busine...
News Briefs for August 21, 2025 The Columbus County NAACP will host a presentation and listening session on flood preparedness this evening. Partners include the West Whiteville Initiative, Southern C...
February 27, 1953 ~ August 20, 2025 (age 72) Edgar Dale Stanley, 72, of Clarendon, died on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 in the Lower Cape Fear Angel House in Whiteville. Dale was born on February 27, 19...