News Briefs for August 17, 2025 Whiteville City Council woman Helen B. Holden was arrested this morning (Sunday) for driving while impaired. Two planned unit developments are scheduled for public hearings Monday at the Columbus [Read More]
Updated 4 p.m. Aug. 18. Whiteville City Council woman Helen B. Holden was arrested this morning (Sunday) for driving while impaired. Holden, 49, was released on $1,500 unsecured bond, according to Detention Center records. Her [Read More]
The county’s seventh highway fatality this evening (Saturday) claimed the life of a Spring Lake man. William Washington Jr., 50, was driving his 2015 Harley Davidson at a high rate of speed when he rear [Read More]
Landyn Jacobs was remembered tonight (Saturday) with a sunset service at Elizabeth Brinkley Park. The rising East Columbus High School senior died Thursday in a single vehicle wreck on Canal Cove Drive at Lake Waccamaw. [Read More]
May 16, 2008 ~ August 14, 2025 Gary Landyn Jacobs 17, of Lake Waccamaw passed on August 14, 2025. He was born May 16, 2008 in New Hanover County, NC, the son of Greg Randal [Read More]
CCN Weather Update for Saturday August 16, 2025. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. No weather worries with Freedom Insurance. For home, car, boat, or whatever you need, Freedom can provide [Read More]
The Columbus Connection – Whiteville City Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder Jr. On this Edition of The Columbus Connection, Jefferson has Whiteville City Emergency Services Director Hal Lowder Jr. They have a frank discussion about [Read More]
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News Briefs for August 15, 2025 Landyn Jacobs died Thursday morning in a single-vehicle crash at Lake Waccamaw. The seventeen year old was on his way to work in the predawn hours when the wreck [Read More]
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Two planned unit developments are scheduled for public hearings Monday at the county commissioners meeting. The proposed Coleman Tract will be the site of a planned unit development with 190 single family and duplex homes, [Read More]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared August as Tree Check Month for Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB). August is the best time of year to check for adult beetles that have emerged from trees. [Read More]
Citizen complaints about drug sales in Bladenboro led to the arrest of a convicted felon who was awaiting trial on other charges today (Aug. 15.) Charles Matthew Outlaw, 43 of 100 Lewis St., Bladenboro, was [Read More]
A repeat drug offender who was out on bond was returned to jail Wednesday after another drug arrest. Julia Rebecca Jordan, 42, was held under no bond, charged with simple possession of narcotics. She was [Read More]
A Raleigh man got what he apparently wanted when he refused to leave the Columbus County Detention Center Wednesday: more time in jail. Babatunde Okunsokan, 27, of Raleigh, was charged with two counts of second [Read More]
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