East Bladen swept East Columbus 3-0 to clinch the Carolina Conference Volleyball Title on Thursday in Elizabethtown. The Eagles defeated the Gators by scores of 25-14, 25-20, and 25-15. East Bladen fi...
A joint effort by the sheriff’s office, Whiteville Police and the Borderbelt Drug Task Force netted the arrest of an alleged drug dealer near a school Thursday. Christopher Jerome Taylor, 49 of 402 W....
One horse is dead and another is being treated after a case of alleged animal cruelty near Chadbourn. The sheriff’s office said that the two equines were off Wagon Wheel Drive. Deputies were called to...
The Fair Board hosted their annual Columbus County Agriculture Fair Appreciation Dinner Thursday to kick off this year’s event. Arts, crafts, food, livestock contest start being entered today. E...
The pain at the gas pump was slightly lessened today, as Gov. Josh Stein signed House Bill 3 into law, suspending the state’s gas tax until Nov. 30. House Bill 3 passed the General Assembly Wednesday ...
A specialized foam truck from Columbus County was used to help prevent Wednesday’s military aircraft crash in Bladen from becoming a major forest fire. Acme-Delco-Riegelwood Fire and Rescue deployed t...
Two suspects were jailed after deputies responding to a larceny call allegedly found not just a damaged home, but methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia. Stephanie Renee Fowler, 41, and John Burvie S...
Well, well, well, it looks like Columbus County has managed to put something on the Nov. 3 ballot that was just begging to be a My Quarter’s Worth column: a quarter. More precisely, a ¼ of a penny lo...
Fire crews, the Forest Service and Marine Corps personnel are on the scene of a crashed Osprey aircraft in Bladen Lakes State Forest. The Osprey was part of a training mission in the parking lot when ...
Chadbourn may not see a Christmas parade this year. Town council on Tuesday voted three to one to remove discussions about adding the parade and other Christmas events to the town’s liability insuranc...
South Whiteville water customers may experience outages this afternoon while crews make repairs to a broken line. City Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder Jr. said a gas company struck and broke th...
Ten years after Hurricane Matthew delivered the first of two crippling floods to Fair Bluff, the town is hosting a documentary premiere about what happened and what is to come. The Fight for Fair Bluf...
The Southeastern Fellowship Golf Association held their tournament at Cypress Lakes in Hope Mills this week. The event was a Texas Scramble format. The team of Ray Crabtree, George Cochrane, L....
No serious injuries were reported after a small private plane crashed near Rough and Ready Road Wednesday night. First responders said the Piper Saratoga went down in a wooded area between Rough and R...
No serious injuries were reported when a small plane crashed near Rough and Ready Road this evening. First responders are on the scene. The occupants of the plane safely made their way out of the wood...
In a three to one vote Tuesday, Chadbourn Town council voted to remove consideration of adding the Chadbourn Christmas festival to the town’s umbrella insurance. The item was part of the consent porti...