Farmers who suffered damages in Hurricanes Florence, Michael and Dorian could qualify for direct payments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The N.C. Department of Agriculture and ...
A “buy local” event is being held by the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce July 1 through July 4. The event is an effort to encourage citizens to support local businesses and help the commun...
This Independence Day, anyone in North Carolina, regardless of age, will be able to fish for free. Free Fishing Day, which runs from 12 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on July 4, offers residents and out-of-sta...
DEVELOPING STORY:The man wanted for killing his girlfriend in Pender County was killed by U.S. Marshals in a shooting incident at the Whiteville Walmart around 2:30 p.m. Thursday (today).Initial repor...
Don Delisle is a Lake Waccamaw local with a story to tell. Like many at the height of the pandemic, he was laid off from his job of 46 years. With bills to pay, and a family to support, he turne...
• Law enforcement searching for alleged “Gator Woman” after Wednesday incident. An unidentified woman was seen Wednesday feeding gators at Lake Waccamaw area. Magistrate Brent Lanier...
The 16th conviction for driving while impaired may be enough to keep James Edward Emanuel off the highways. District Attorney Jon David announced Wednesday that Emanual, 56, was found guilty of h...
Robbery suspect planned to hit other bank, report says. The suspect in Tuesday’s robbery in Tabor City initially planned to hit the CresCom bank, but decided it was too crowded, according to a police ...
UNC Health Southeastern’s Gibson Cancer Center has added state-of-the-art technology from C-RAD to enable safer radiation treatments to more cancer patients and improve their quality of life. “The C-R...
Victim was Thomas Academy Honor Student.Some information courtesy Johnson City (Tenn.) Press The woman allegedly strangled by a Whiteville man was a former resident of the Lake Waccamaw Boys and Girls...
In the book of Genesis, after the fall from Eden, God tells Adam that he will no longer have it easy. The first man is told he’ll have to earn his living by the sweat of his brow, and that the world...
The annual Independence Day fireworks show will be held this year on July 1 at South Columbus High School. The gates will open at 5 p.m., and fireworks are set to begin at 9:30 p.m. Refreshments will ...
The first Friday Fest for 2021 – and the first since the pandemic — was held this past weekend at the Lake Waccamaw Train Depot Museum. The tradition goes as far back as 32 years, and was ...
Tabor City Police received a call Monday from concerned funeral home personnel reporting the finding of a gun safe at a cemetery. The safe was reportedly found pushed down into the water at Forest Law...
BREAKING NEWS 8:45 p.m. update. Deputies arrested the suspected First Bank robber at his home Tuesday evening. Arthur Reid Jennings, 24, was taken into custody at the Green Sea Road home. Green Sea is...
Tabor City Police recovered drugs, a stolen vehicle, two firearms, and a suspect who didn’t want to get dressed after a foot chase June 16. Shontia Russ, 26, of 107 March St., Tabor City, was ch...