May 27, 1978 – January 20, 2025 Westley Edwin Ward, 46, of Whiteville, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2025, in the Columbus Regional Healthcare System. Westley was born on...
March 7, 1976 – January 19, 2025 Michael Thomas Nance, 48, of Evergreen, went to be with Jesus on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at MUSC Florence, following a recent illness....
August 22, 1940 ~ January 19, 2025 (age 84) Esty Jordan Bullard, age 84, of Delco, NC, passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2025, to go to her eternal home...
The Franklin and Lee streets improvement project in Whiteville has been delayed slightly due to the holidays. City Manager Darren Currie said the city had to extend the deadline for...
Eleven months before filing begins, three candidates for sheriff have announced their intentions to run. Josh McPherson, and former deputy, detective and director of Animal Protective Services,...
News Briefs for January 20, 2025 A mother and four children died Sunday in a car crash in Bladen County. The 4:00 p.m. wreck occurred on N.C. 20 near Purdie...
News Briefs for January 19, 2025 Columbus County commissioners on Tuesday will hear a request to transfer 911 operations under the sheriff’s office. A Bolton man faces multiple charges...
Donnie “Donna” Mishoe Conner, age 82, of Loris, SC, died Friday, January 17, 2025, in Oak Hollow of Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born August 3, 1942 in Horry County,...
Southeastern North Carolina has experienced one of the coldest winters in several years, since the record cold break in 2018 when the temperatures were in the mere single digits and...
August 3, 1953 – January 15, 2025 Lilia Nolledo Newkirk, 71, of Jacksonville, Fl and formerly of Whiteville, NC passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at Baptist Medical...
June 14, 1946 ~ January 15, 2025 (age 78) James Oliver Reaves of Whiteville NC, passed away January 15, 2025. He was born to the late Oliver Berkley Reaves and Ruby Mclamb on...
News Briefs for January 16, 2025 Two people were charged with larceny after allegedly stealing a burn barrel (valued at $10.00) near Tabor City. Governor Josh Stein today...
News Briefs for January 15, 2025 Eleven months before filing begins, three candidates for sheriff have announced their intentions to run. Josh McPherson, and former deputy, detective and direct...
June 28, 1956 ~ January 13, 2025 Mrs. Patricia Ann Wright-Johnson, 68, of Tabor City, NC passed away on Monday, January 13, 2025, in Whiteville, NC. There will be a...
September 4, 1969 — January 9, 2025 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but...
Barry Darnell White, 63, pled guilty Tuesday to knowingly discharging tert-Butyl alcohol and other pollutants into the Cape Fear River in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. White did...













