City officials are looking into what caused an unoccupied home to burn Friday morning. The property at 220 W. Virgil Street sustained serious damage, but was not destroyed. A passerby...
Both of the surplus Highway Patrol helicopters assigned to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office are undamaged, and are expected to be flying this week. County commissioner Edwin Russ brief the...
Public attendance at County Commissioners will continue to be limited to online viewing, at least for the time being. At its July 6 meeting, the board turned down a request...
It was a big weekend across Columbus County as the nation celebrated Independence Day. Saturday saw the first ever patriotic flotilla, also called the Trump Parade, at Lake Waccamaw. Organizers...
A Columbus County K-9 officer rescued a toddler Tuesday after the child’s father led the deputy on a high speed chase. Multiple charges are pending against Austin Church, 39, who...
Columbus and Horry counties have a history of cooperation between their sheriff’s offices, so when the South Carolina law enforcement agency heard Columbus County needed assistance, they stepped...
I was a lousy athlete, but I have always loved baseball. I was always a round little kid, then a somewhat round, clumsy teenager. I just didn’t have the speed...
A storage shed was destroyed early Sunday morning after a fire that could be seen across Lake Waccamaw. Deputy Fire Marshal Chase Lancaster said the fire, which was reported n...
A storage shed was destroyed early Sunday morning after a fire that could be seen across Lake Waccamaw. Deputy Fire Marshal Chase Lancaster said the fire, which was reported n...