Police have identified two local teens as the victims in a shooting in Roanoke Rapids Monday. Mariah Thompson, 15, and Patrick Shane Faircloth, 20, were shot to death Monday afternoon...
A man out on bond for domestic violence is back in jail, charged with assaulting another woman. Joe Antonio Dantzler, 41, is being held under no bond in the Columbus...
Deputies responding to a welfare check early today (June 24) found a man who had been seriously injured by the driver of an automobile. Joshua Allyn Priest, 38, was transported...
The owner of a North Carolina tax return preparation business pleaded guilty Tuesday (June 24) to conspiring to prepare false returns claiming fraudulent refunds based on COVID-19 tax credits. Seven...
One of the two award-winning young adult books presented to the New Hanover County Library recently has a Columbus County connection. The books, Half-Truths by Carol Baldwin in the young...
LAKE WACCAMAW — The 2026-27 school year see new leaders in two East Columbus sports programs. Vinston Thorpe will guide the East Columbus football team while Hunter Hackney is set...
In their first vote as a federally-recognized tribe, members of the Lumbee nation voted against casino development on tribal land. Tuesday’s uncertified results show 5,775 against and 3,490 votes in...
The man who admitted setting multiple fires along U.S. 74 earlier this year is back in jail. Jermey Lynn Hayes, 42, is being held in the Columbus County Detention Center...
Put on your patriotic pants and join one of many July 4 celebrations starting this week. Visit SCC for Summer Fest, shop at the Farmers Market, or check out Bolton Baptist Church’s event...
Tonight’s Columbus County Planning Board has been rescheduled for July 28. Members of the Clarendon community were planning to attend en masse to protest a planned 14-unit mobile home park...
Whiteville City Schools School Nutrition Program and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be partnering together to offer free meals all summer long for students. WCS will not only operate a walk-i...
Across Bladen and Columbus counties, camps and family night events are still happening and available. Some happenings that are going on are: June 25: West Bladen Baseball Day camp 8-13...
One person died in a Sunday afternoon crash in North Whiteville. Patricia Best McKenzie, 80, of Bladenboro was a passenger in a Buick Enclave that turned into the path of...
A local woman best known for her love of local history and family trees is trying to find a man who was kidnapped in 1988. Joanna Phillips was searching for...
There are still plenty of opportunities to attend vacation Bible School in Columbus County throughout the next couple of months. Below is the updated list as of June 23. If...
Bladen and Columbus deputies arrested a Clarkton-area man on charges that he fired multiple rounds into a White Oak home, endangering his own child. Cameron Brice McKoy, 26, of 111...