The rainy weather cancelled or postponed a number of events – even football – in our area, but there’s still plenty going on, rain or shine. • The Southeastern Genealogical Society will meet Saturday at [Read More]
The Thursday night lights didn’t shine bright for two of the three county football teams that moved their games due to the forecast rain for tonight. Whiteville brought a win home Thursday from Clinton, dropping [Read More]
Yet another student is facing disciplinary action after the fourth prank threat against a county school in three days. The sheriff’s office said a seventh grader at East Columbus Junior-Senior High was overheard making alleged [Read More]
Leroy Moore Jr. will spend the rest of his life in prison, after the jury in his retrial returned a guilty verdict today (Sept. 12). Moore was found guilty of first degree murder, possession of [Read More]
More than $554,000 in food benefit dollars have been stolen from North Carolina’s Food and Nutrition Services participants since Aug. 18, according to a news release from the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). No [Read More]
Three teenagers have been charged with making threats against county schools in two separate incidents. Timya Riggins, 18, and Wesley Pridgen, 19, were taken into custody late this morning (Sept. 12) on charges of communicating [Read More]
The shooting victim who crashed into a utility pole last week has been released from the hospital, and one suspect has been charged in connection to the case. Cameron Arthur Baldwin, 18, was apparently transporting [Read More]
The Lake Waccamaw Town Board Meeting September 10th 2024 Our Videographer is Darrell Jackson for CCN – Columbus County News and CCTV – Columbus County TV
A toddler who as the subject of a Brunswick County Amber Alert has been found safe, and her grandmother charged with kidnapping and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Jamie Lee Marlow, 49, of 210 [Read More]
The sheriff’s office is seeking a man who allegedly left a convenience store in Delco without paying for fuel Monday. The unidentified individual used a CashApp card to start a pump, the CCSO said, but [Read More]
The Board of Trustees for Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina has chosen a new Board Chairperson. At a strategic planning board retreat in Southern Pines, former Board Chairperson Pete Locklear passed the gavel [Read More]
The fall Litter Sweep begins this Saturday (Sept. 14.) The N.C. Department of Transportation needs volunteers to clear roadside litter and help keep North Carolina’s roadsides beautiful. NCDOT county maintenance offices will provide volunteers with gloves, safety [Read More]
A few days ago, a date passed by that many folks didn’t think about. It was the third anniversary of the suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, Hamid Karzai Airport in Afghanistan. Thirteen Americans died. Their [Read More]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) will hold a virtual second public hearing Sept. 18 to review rules about changes for boaters at White Lake. At its July business meeting the WRC adopted an emergency, [Read More]
County boards of elections in North Carolina are now working to design and print new ballots for the 2024 general election without the We The People Party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates on them, following [Read More]
The state Department of Health and Human Services today (Sept. 9) announced a confirmed case of measles (rubeola) in a child in Mecklenburg County, the first since 2018. The child was likely exposed to measles while traveling [Read More]
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