News stories in Columbus, NC.
An all-terrain vehicle stolen Monday was retrieved Tuesday, and the alleged thief jailed. Theodore Jevaugh Booker, 44, of Pinewood Drive, Whiteville, was charged with felony larceny and held under a $5,000 secured bond, according to [Read More]
Gov. Roy Cooper and the COVID-19 task force will hold a press briefing at 2 p.m. You can watch the press conference live by clicking on this link. https://www.ncdps.gov/news-conference
UPDATE: John Maples has been located and is safe, according to the Whiteville Police. Whiteville Police are searching for a man reported missing early Wednesday (today). John Maples, 54, was reported missing just after 5 [Read More]
Two suspects in the same vehicle were involved in two different incidents and two foot chases near Chadbourn Sunday. The sheriff’s office said a deputy was on stationary patrol on Joe Brown Highway just after [Read More]
With remote learning becoming the standard for education in the pandemic, state officials have established new opportunities for children who lack internet access. The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is working to bring [Read More]
Some scary but harmless salamanders are being sought by the biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. The general public, but particularly anglers, are asked to submit any sightings of mudpuppies to the agency. The [Read More]
Every time we turn around lately, somebody is angry or offended or something. Indeed, it almost seems to be worse as we’ve moved closer to Christmas. That bothers me. We really aren’t the first to [Read More]
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Brian Ward of the Whiteville Nautilus Gym gave Santa a little help Wednesday, getting in one more holiday workout before Santa headed north to start his Christmas Eve rounds. (Submitted photo)
State numbers released this afternoon show a hint of improvement in the COVID-19 battle in Columbus County. Columbus was in the “red”, or critical, category, when the state unveiled a new system of tracking infections [Read More]
Gov. Roy Cooper and Sec. of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen will host a video press conference at 2 p.m. Members of several faith groups will be in attendance. Cooper announced earlier that the [Read More]
It wasn’t hard for Tabor City Police to track down a suspect who allegedly fled a traffic stop Monday – the man left his identification behind. Carlos Jaquan McClure, 22, turned himself in on charges [Read More]
RJ Corman Railroad was one of the 17 short line railroads awarded grants this week in the Department of Transportation Freight Rail and Rail Crossing Safety Improvement program (FRRCSI). Corman was awarded $1 million for new track [Read More]
Tabitha Reaves was shielding her infant child when Reaves was struck in the head by at least one bullet Dec. 9.The third suspect in that street corner shooting in Tabor city was arrested today, according [Read More]
An additional 144 COVID-19 cases this week brought the county’s total since the start of the pandemic to 3,243, with 79 deaths. The health department’s Thursday numbers showed that only one of the 144 new [Read More]
Aggressive drivers in Columbus County might have a surprise the next time the see blue lights in the rear view – rather than a trooper, they might meet a sheriff’s deputy. Sheriff Jody Greene Wednesday [Read More]
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