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CBA Hopes Pastors Will Help ‘Saturate Columbus’

March 22, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CBA Hopes Pastors Will Help ‘Saturate Columbus’

Area pastors are being asked to help spread the word of God to every home in Columbus county. Saturate Columbus will be a door-to-door evangelistic effort that organizers hope will reach into every family this [Read More]

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Tree Giveaway Set for April 2

March 22, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Tree Giveaway Set for April 2

Trees were among the most numerous casualties in major storms, and a cooperative effort April 2 will help replace some of those lost to weather. Columbus county Cooperative Extension is working with International Paper and [Read More]

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Joyride Becomes Brief Offroad Pursuit

March 22, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Joyride Becomes Brief Offroad Pursuit

It’s all fun and games until the blue lights are activated. Tyrone Allen Mills, 54, of 3397 Will Inman Rd., Tabor City, was charged with damaging personal property, failure to heed blue light and siren, [Read More]

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Horry Chase Ends in Mud

March 22, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Horry Chase Ends in Mud

The driver in a high speed chase Friday was caught after he fell in mud while running away on foot. Zackery Gage Faircloth, 29, of Green Sea, S.C., is being held under $41,000 secured bond [Read More]

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Three Felony Suspects Charged in ‘Lock Pop’

March 21, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Three Felony Suspects Charged in ‘Lock Pop’

Warrants say inmates attempted jailbreak at Detention Center. A suspected murder, along with a statutory rape defendant and another felon allegedly tried to escape the Columbus County Detention Center Thursday, according to warrants. None of [Read More]

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Ribbon Cut at New WHS Facility

March 21, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Ribbon Cut at New WHS Facility

Officials from the city schools were joined by local dignitaries this morning for the official opening of the first phase of the new Whiteville High School. The ongoing project is adding classrooms, a new weight [Read More]

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Sunday Crash Claims Ninth Road Death for 2022

March 21, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Sunday Crash Claims Ninth Road Death for 2022

Less than four days after two men died in a head-on crash near Bolton, the county’s ninth road death occurred near Chadbourn Sunday. Josh Eli Thorp, 40, of China Grove Church Road, was killed when [Read More]

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Southern Farm Days back with a bang

March 20, 2022 Crystal Faircloth Comments Off on Southern Farm Days back with a bang

Southern Farm Days may have been canceled for two years in a row due to the pandemic, but its comeback was welcomed, and the event proved to be a crowd pleaser. The boom of the [Read More]

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Weekly Podcast – IN THE SPORTS ZONE with Vinny Pagano

March 19, 2022 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Weekly Podcast – IN THE SPORTS ZONE with Vinny Pagano

IN THE SPORTS ZONE with Vinny Pagano is a new weekly sports program produced in and for Columbus County NC. Each week Vinny talks about everything sports. Sports News and Commentary every Saturday at 10:30am on WTXY [Read More]

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Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver

March 18, 2022 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Weekly Podcast – THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver

This week Jefferson has in the studio, Columbus County Court Clerk Jess Hill Listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced in, for, and about Columbus [Read More]

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The Friday Feature

March 18, 2022 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on The Friday Feature

Friday Feature: March 18, 2022  By: Vinny Pagano  It has become an era “me too” and “it’s not fair”. I do not know when all this really became acceptable, but I do think it started [Read More]

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Wolfpack Loses 8-3 Against St. Pauls at Home

March 18, 2022 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on Wolfpack Loses 8-3 Against St. Pauls at Home

St. Pauls versus Whiteville March 17, 2022  The Wolfpack lost to St. Pauls 6-3 last night. The Bulldogs showed up ready to play after losing 8-3 on Tuesday to the Wolfpack in St. Pauls. Ashton [Read More]

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Two Die in Thursday Crash

March 18, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Two Die in Thursday Crash

The head-on collision that killed two men near Bolton Thursday was the third time in three years that the Saint Patrick’s Day week was marred by highway fatalities. Ryan Patrick Young, 38, and John Douglas [Read More]

The Parade of Power -- one of the largest antique tractor parades in the state-- returns Saturday with Southern Farm Days. (file photo)
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Southern Farm Days Returns

March 17, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Southern Farm Days Returns

The snort of antique engines, the sounds of livestock and the boom of cannon are returning to Lake Waccamaw this weekend. After being cancelled for two years due to the pandemic, Southern Farm Days opens [Read More]

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Crystal Faircloth • That’s All Right by Me

March 17, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Crystal Faircloth • That’s All Right by Me

That’s all right by me  When I was a child, my grandmother was the first person to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  “I want to be a ballerina when [Read More]

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One Sought After 10th Green Acres Raid

March 16, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on One Sought After 10th Green Acres Raid

Two additional drug suspects have been arrested in the latest phase of what has been dubbed “Operation Green Cleaning.”  The ongoing narcotics enforcement operation by the Sheriff’s Office netted 103 grams of marijuana, 2.5 ounces [Read More]

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