Move would have shifted funds from new positions to pay increase for CCSO employees. County Commissioners on Tuesday refused a request to use money set aside for new positions to instead fund pay raises for [Read More]
No additional spectators, even those addressing the commissioners, will be allowed in county commissioners meetings for the foreseeable future.The commissioners voted down a request by Commissioner Ricky Bullard to at least open the board meetings [Read More]
The latest victim died in hospital, according to the Health Department. One more person has died from COVID-19 in Columbus County, and 34 new cases were reported today (Monday), according to the Health Department. The [Read More]
Updated Driving 80 miles per hour on Old Lake Road is never a good idea, law enforcement officers say — but especially when there are drugs in the automobile. Daquan Tremain Freeman, 26, of Spearman [Read More]
Despite triple digit heat index, this crew with the City of Whiteville was hard at it Friday, trimming and mowing along West Main Street downtown. The men said they keep a cooler of fresh water [Read More]
David Len Ward was dead on arrival at Columbus Regional, according to the sheriff’s office. A teenager has been charged with the stabbing death of a Rico Road man last week. David Len Ward, 30, [Read More]
A teenager was shot in the face Thursday in Whiteville, according to Whiteville Police. WPD was contacted by hospital security after the juvenile was brought to the Columbus Regional emergency department with a gunshot wound [Read More]
The man who claimed to be a victim in an April shooting was arrested Thursday on assault charges in the incident. Timothy Rossell, 26, of 127 Oscar Blanks Rd., Bolton, was arrested in Pender County [Read More]
Columbus County’s Hallsboro satellite court is the first of its kind in North Carolina, state and local court officials said. The closed Hallsboro Middle school campus became a full-service courthouse Thursday for the first time, [Read More]
The county’s twice-weekly pandemic total rose to 50 patients today, with the addition of 23 inmates at Tabor Correctional Facility. State guidelines require prison illnesses to be added to county totals, according to Kim Smith [Read More]
By Dave Heller I’m pinch-hitting this week for one of the pastors and thought I would let you know about a ministry that the Columbus Baptist Association has had for the past two years that [Read More]
District court will convene in the Hallsboro Middle School cafeteria and media center Thursday. The satellite facility will be the first of its kind in the state, court officials said. “We have created a courthouse [Read More]
An infant is alive thanks to the quick action of two Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputies and the child’s family on July 14. Sgt. D. Floyd and Dep. M. Devalle had cleared from an overdose call [Read More]
A Whiteville Police officer escaped serious injury after her cruiser was struck by another vehicle Tuesday night. The WPD reports that Officer Brionna Wright was struck by a delivery van. The driver of the van [Read More]
Three men and a woman were charged with a laundry list of drug violations and possession of so-called “cop killer” bullets Wednesday. The sheriff’s office reported that Michael Maurice Sellers, 53; Leah Hooks, 35, of [Read More]
Breaking news School sports will not begin until at least Sept. 1. The N.C. High School Athletic Association (NCSAA) made the announcement on Twitter this morning. The first five days of the school year will [Read More]
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