UPDATED The fire that destroyed the Lewis Smith shopping center in Whiteville on Friday was set, City Fire Marshal Hal Lowder said. Lowder said he worked with State Bureau of Investigation arson specialists to determine [Read More]
Watson reported killing to police Curtis Watson has been charged in the 2003 murder of a Chadbourn area woman.Kathy Williamson’s body was found on Christmas Eve, 2003, in her home on Blackwell Road. She had [Read More]
Gov. Roy Cooper this afternoon proposed almost $5 billion in budget requests using federal COVID-19 funding. Among the proposed uses for the money are $37 million for minority businesses, $2 billion for public and private [Read More]
A single-vehicle crash has blocked both lanes of Kenny Jordan Road near N.C. 904. We’re working to obtain more information, and will share it on Columbuscountynews.com as soon as it is available.
Columbus Regional to begin 65+ vaccinations; Southeastern gets new shipment. Two area hospitals are expanding their vaccination efforts. Columbus regional is setting up a COVID vaccine clinic for persons 65 and up beginning Wednesday at [Read More]
One man has been charged after allegedly dragging a motorcyclist under an SUV in December. Warrants show Ricky Prevatte, 53, of Barnes Street, Lumberton, was charged with a single count of attempted first degree murder. [Read More]
Three men were jailed, 28 firearms seized and a quantity of narcotics were confiscated after a series of raids in Brunswick Jan. 27.Additional details have been released on the raids since CCN first published this [Read More]
Two beer thieves in Tabor City got a boost from the chilly temperatures and the pandemic. Tabor City Police reported that officers were called to the Family Dollar on Pireway Road shortly before 7 p.m. [Read More]
An early morning car crash on Hallsboro Road left two people dead Sunday. The Highway Patrol reported that Tomeka Bradford and James Strickland were killed when a Mercedes automobile driven by Bradford blew a tire. [Read More]
Update: MCCormick is in custody. Detectives in two counties are searching for an alleged rapist. James Patrick McCormick, whose last known address was in Evergreen, is wanted for the statutory rape of an 11-year-old girl in [Read More]
UNC Health Southeastern will be postponing all first-dose vaccine appointments that were scheduled to begin today (Jan. 28) and subsequent vaccine clinic days at their Lumberton and Pembroke vaccine clinics. “We understand that this is [Read More]
Visitors will again be allowed at one area hospital beginning Friday. UNC Health southeastern made the announcement today (Thursday). “Our revised visitation policy speaks to our commitment to ensuring that we provide the best healing [Read More]
Cameras and a burglar alarm were not functioning when the Columbus County Animal Shelter was hit by thieves Tuesday. Three dogs — including two owned by Shelter Manager Loretta Shipman— were stolen, along with around [Read More]
While the state’s numbers are improving, Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday that the modified stay at home order should remain in effect until Feb. 28. “Our numbers are stabilizing, but are still too high,” Cooper [Read More]
Gov. Roy Cooper and the COVID-19 task force will hold a briefing at 2 p.m. You can watch it live here. https://www.ncdps.gov/news-conference
The sheriff’s office is searching for two suspects who broke into the Dollar General stores in Mollie and Old Dock in January. Investigators reported that on Jan. 8 deputies responded to an alarm at the [Read More]
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