A female suspect has been charged after allegedly allowing a man to molest three girls. Mary Louise Blanton, 52, of Loris, was taken into custody Monday night on three counts of felony child se...
UPDATED July 8 at 11:35 a.m. The Highway Patrol has identified the motorcyclist who died while trying to escape Columbus County deputies Monday evening. Colton Michael Newman, 20, of Fort Bragg, ramm...
Fireworks weren’t the only flames in the sky over the July 4 weekend in Columbus County. Firefighters in Riegelwood, Nakina and Tabor City responded to brush fires in several areas. Columbus County Fi...
A man was struck and killed Thursday near Council in Bladen County, and investigators have no information who he was or what hit him. First responders were called to the scene on N.C. 211 at 8:28 a.m....
A Superior Court judge denied bond for Eric Lamont Martin Jr. this morning (July 6). Martin faces a charge of first degree murder in Columbus County and another in Halifax County. He was arrested Satu...
Freedom Fest drew big crowds to the Veterans Memorial Park of America near Whiteville Saturday, as America honored its 250th birthday on July 4. The VMPA honors all military veterans and first respond...
Superior Court Judge Giles Clark, a fixture in courts in Bladen and Columbus for more than a half-century, died July 4 in Wilmington. Clark had been hospitalized while undergoing treatment for cancer ...
Lake Waccamaw celebrated America’s 250th with a golf cart parade and the opening of a 50 year old time capsule. The Lake’s fire department also held their annual boot drive and hotdog sale...
The suspect in three murders was arrested early today (July 4) in Wake County. Eric Lamont Martin, 18, was taken into custody in a joint operation by the Wake Sheriff’s Office, N.C. Dept. of Correctio...
Transcript of the U.S. Constitution, courtesy of the National Archives. Note the spelling, grammar, etc. are reproduced exactly as in the original document. We the People of the United States, in Ord...
Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form, courtesy of the National Archives. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791,...
Note – the following is a digital transcript courtesy of the National Archives. Spelling, spacing, capitalization, etc. were preserved as much as possible. You can see this and other foundational docu...
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BKy2Tb1aU/ Editor’s note: The following is the text of the video message shared on our Facebook page. As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary, we’re cele...
The family of a Columbus County man killed in the line of duty in South Carolina has a mortgage free home. Devin Mason was a deputy with the Florence County sheriff’s Office when he was killed during ...
Eric Martin – already wanted for the June 11 shooting of Raphael Gowans in Brunswick – is now wanted for the murder of two local youth who were with Martin’s alleged accomplice when they were slain. T...
Hydration stations will be set up at several area fire departments during this weekend’s anticipated record heat. Temperatures and heat indices could reach 105 and higher throughout the weekend, accor...