Part Two of a Series Statewide filing for offices begins Dec. 4 for the March 4 primary elections. The governor, lieutenant governor, and all council of state positions are on...
Fewer than 20 percent of the county’s registered voters who were eligible to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s municipal elections went to the polls this year. No write-in candidates won,...
The Southeastern North Carolina Genealogical Society will hear from Linda Conkey Shaw on the Jacobs family this satuirday. The society will meet at Whiteville Alliance Church, located at 623 Warrior...
The fact I had to hunt for the email address reveals how often we correspond. Thankfully, it wasn’t more than a day or so before I got a response. “B’H...
By Mark Green Guest Columnist I would think that after 20 years of war in the fight against terrorism, itself, and feeling the ripple effect the attack on 9/11 had...
Saturday is Veterans Day, and preparations are underway across the county to honor all those who have served in the military. The Veterans Memorial Park will hold a special ceremony...
Two Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are hospitalized after they were shot attempting to arrest a wanted suspect who was on pretrial release under a murder charge. “I am as...
All races Chadbourn mayor Phillip Britt 168 Myles Cartrette 133 Ruth Ann Haynes 34 Chadbourn Town council (three seats) Tony Carson Jordan 168 Danny Clewis Sr. 166 Coleen “Tootie” Faulk...
Two West Columbus High School students were turned over to their parents and two hunting rifles seized at the school Monday. The sheriff’s office reported that two rifles were found...
Sheriff Bill Rogers has released additional information on several major drug investigations from October. Throughout the month, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office made multiple arrests in the count...
A Sunday morning shooting left a woman dead and sent a Chadbourn man to jail, according to Horry County Police. William Cody Perritt, 21, of Chadbourn is charged with murder...
Two Robeson County deputies were rushed to an area hospital after they were shot “multiple times” this morning. Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins posted open social media that the two...
One person died and another was critically injured in a head-on crash that snarled traffic on White Marsh Monday evening. The 5:45 p.m. crash occurred on Red Hill Road near...
The Columbus County NAACP and North Carolina Statewide NAACP wants Whiteville School Board Chair Kandle Rogers to resign. Local NAACP president Curtis Hill said in a press release Monday evening...
Several suspects apparently took advantage of an overdose Thursday to steal cash from a Whiteville Diner. Whiteville Police were called to Jerry’s Sandwich Shop just after 4 p.m. Witnesses said...
The Pecan Harvest Festival is in full swing today in downtown Whiteville. There’s music, vendors, food trucks, the car show and more. Remember the parade is at 11, and...