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Whiteville 2024 Christmas Celebration – Photo Gallery
Whiteville’s 2024 Christmas Celebration – Photo Gallery by Christopher Cawley Full Parade Video will be Posted Tuesday Morning (click on each photo to enlarge)
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Great Turnout for Tabor City’s Christmas Parade – Parade Video
On Thursday Tabor City had their annual Christmas Parade in Downtown Tabor City. Columbus County News Account Executive Misty Cribb was on hand to bring us all the action. You can watch the video below, [Read More]
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The Good News for December 7th, 2024
It is the Christmas season in Columbus County, and if you can’t get a little bit of cheer, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. The Lake Waccamaw Christmas parade is today at 10 a.m. [Read More]
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Truck Crashes Into Gas Pumps After Wild Ride
(Submitted photo) The driver of a heavy duty pickup towing a trailer left a trail of debris in South Whiteville that ended with a standoff at the Murphy gas station on Powell Boulevard tonight. Witnesses [Read More]
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CCN Daily News Briefs
News Briefs for December 6, 2024 The embattled N.C. office of resilience and recovery is accepting comments through December 14 on proposed changes in using federal funds to rebuild homes damaged or destroyed in [Read More]
CCN Weather Update
Hurricane Relief Office Seeks Comments
The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) is accepting public comments through Dec. 14 on a proposed amendment to the action plan for administering HUD Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation funds received after hurricanes Matthew and Florence. [Read More]
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Weather Update – Thursday December 5, 2024
Hi everyone, meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with the weather update for Thursday December 5, 2024. A cold front has blasted off the coast at the time of this writing (9:01 PM Thursday). Temperatures will tumble [Read More]
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CCN Daily News Briefs
News Briefs for December 5, 2024 A Southeastern Community College student sustained an accidental gunshot wound Wednesday when a firearm fell from the student’s vehicle. Lake Waccamaw Community Christmas Tree lighting is Friday at [Read More]
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Larceny Charged in East End Case
Surveillance cameras once again helped solve a theft case in Columbus, this time in Sandyfield. Robert Silvestia Bowen, 76, of 1001 East Arcadia Rd., Riegelwood, was released on a $7,500 secured bond in the November [Read More]
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SCC Student Hurt After Dropping Firearm
A Southeastern Community College student sustained an accidental gunshot wound Wednesday when a firearm fell from the student’s vehicle. SCC said in a press release that no other students or staff were injured or were [Read More]
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Three Charged in Conspiracy to Murder, Escape Jail
An alleged murderer and two other inmates have been charged with planning to murder a law enforcement officer and effect a jail break. Natrelle McKinnies, 28; Javon Bowen, 28; and the 17 year old were [Read More]
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CCN Daily News Briefs
News Briefs for December 4, 2024 On Wednesday evening at Southeastern Community College there was an accidental firearm discharge on campus when a firearm fell from a vehicle, causing a self-inflicted injury. The individual was [Read More]
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Strictest Vape Store Regulations in North Carolina
Columbus County Commissioners passed one of the strictest vape store regulations in the state Monday. The board rejected a proposal to define vape stores as any business with 85 percent of its sales involving vape, [Read More]
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Wall That Heals Coming to Park
A massive, mobile memorial to those who served in Vietnam is coming to the Veterans Memorial Park next spring. The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a [Read More]
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Whiteville Christmas Extravaganza is Saturday
By Emily Cross Whiteville Downtown Development Wondering what you can expect at the Downtown Whiteville Christmas Extravaganza? We’ve got a loaded evening of festivities so please read below to make sure you are ready. The [Read More]
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Speeding Leads to Major Drug Bust
A stop for a speeding ticket led to the arrest of an alleged drug trafficker and shutting down a narcotics operation, Sheriff Bill Rogers said. Zaki Rashad Butler, 44, of 102 Pine Circle Road, Tabor [Read More]