As we all celebrate our Independence Day today with family and friends, we here at Columbus County News also celebrate our five-year anniversary. For me, it is hard to believe that five years have pas...
January 24, 1941 ~ June 28, 2025 (age 84) Linwood Earl Rhines, 84, of 36 Annie’s Lane, Whiteville, NC, died Saturday, June 28, 2025, at home. The family has chosen cremation. Surviving are his childre...
News Briefs for July 4, 2025 The past week has been a flurry of activity in Raleigh, as Governor Josh Stein vetoed some legislation and signed other bills into law. One of the most controversial new l...
July 2, 2025 Danny Ray Duncan, 77 of the Whiteville community passed away on July 2, 2025 at his home. He was born January 10, 1948 in Columbus County, the son of the late Ervin J. Duncan and Elizabet...
News Briefs for July 3, 2025 Deborah Dahl is being held on no bond on more charges of animal cruelty, according to warrants. Dahl, 70, was arrested in June on 80 counts of animal cruelty and one of pr...
July 2, 2025 Mrs. Juanita C. McNair 73, of Whiteville, NC gave the Lord her hand and entered into eternity on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at Lower Cape Fear Life Care Center the Angel House, Whiteville, ...
April 20, 1972 ~ June 26, 2025 (age 53) Mrs. Norma Regina Brown passed on 06-26-2025 at New Hanover Hospital. Memorial Service: Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM, Lily Mortuary 571 West South Railro...
October 15, 1945 ~ July 2, 2025 (age 79) Agnes Jean (Smitty) Flores, age 79 of Chadbourn and formerly of Ohio passed on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at her residence. She was born on October 15, 1945, in ...
October 28, 1979 ~ July 1, 2025 (age 45) April Hyatt Prince, 45, of Whiteville, died suddenly on July 1, 2025, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. April was born on October 28, 1979. She was prece...
Services will be announced. August 28, 1961 ~ July 1, 2025 (age 63) Dennis Jay Long, 63, of Whiteville, died on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville. Dennis was b...
March 28, 1960 ~ July 2, 2025 (age 65) Carol Louise Singletary, age 65, of the Oak Dale Community of Whiteville, NC died on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 in Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Whiteville, ...
September 10, 1940 ~ July 1, 2025 (age 84) Estalene Rhodes Godwin 84, of Lake Waccamaw passed on Tuesday July 2, 2025 at Columbus Regional Healthcare Center in Whiteville. She was born on September 10...
News Briefs for July 2, 2025 A West Columbus football standout who became a sheriff’s deputy died in the line of duty Tuesday morning. Devin Mason, a native of Evergreen, was one of two deputies ambus...
News Briefs for July 1, 2025 Multiple firearms charges sent a Tabor City area man to jail over the weekend. Carlos Register, age 23, of Ten Mile Road was held under a $60,000 secured bond. He was arre...
June 29, 2025 Mildred Marie Dudley 94, of Whiteville passed on Sunday, June 29, 2025 at Novant medical center in New Hanover. She was born July 29, 1930 in Columbus county, the daughter of the late E....
October 22, 1941 ~ June 30, 2025 (age 83) Mr. Herbert Jacobs, age 83, affectionately known as Oscar, peacefully passed away on Monday, June 30, 2025. He was born on October 22, 1941, to the late Herbe...