A century-plus old furniture retailer is under Chapter 11 and will be closing all its stores across the country, including Whiteville. Badcock Furniture and More, located on South Madison Street,...
For efforts to optimize stroke care and eliminate rural health care outcome disparities, Columbus Regional has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Rural Recognit...
Friday’s ribbon cutting at the Columbus County Courthouse has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. County spokesperson Natalie Carroll said a scheduling conflict with the courts led to the time change....
The N.C. State Crime Lab had 1,466 CODIS hits in the past fiscal year, breaking the previous record of 1,382 hits in fiscal year 2023. The State Crime Lab analyzes evidence and uploads...
Saturday is Watermelon Festival Day in Fair Bluff. Columbuscountynews.com will be livestreaming the parade at 12:30 p.m. with commentary by Darrell Jackson. This weekend will be your last chance to vi...
Developing story An apparent lightning strike caused a fire in part of the old ice house at Main and Franklin streets this afternoon (Friday). Whiteville Fire Department and other first...
R.J. Corman Railroad has been awarded a state grant to improve the railway between Columbus County, Mullins and Conway. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Rail Division this week announced $1.8...
Traffic enforcement kept deputies busy over the weekend, resulting in several unrelated arrests for narcotics and a stolen catalytic converter. The sheriff’s office reported that the HEAT Team was ope...
Friday night’s Fair Bluff Reunion with Pizazz has been pushed back to April, but the Watermelon Festival is still on schedule. The concert was the kickoff for the Watermelon Festival...
In feudal Japan, a period lasting around 700 years, a samurai warrior who found himself without master, family or cause was called ronin. The term could equally apply to an...
Jennifer Scurdato has pleaded guilty in Columbus Superior Court for the second degree murder of Norm Foggan in April 2022. Scurdato, 40, was sentenced Friday to 94 to 125 months...
Updated 1:50 p.m. July 25 A Bolton man is being held under $1.5 million secured bond on dozens of charges of possessing and sharing child pornography. Some of the videos...
Spaghetti models, homemade graphics and clickbait are not good sources of emergency tropical storm information, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. “The misinformation was absolutely rampan...
While both city school board candidates and one in the county are unopposed, two hopefuls have filed for the county school board seat held by Randy Coleman. Randy Coleman announced...
A teenager has been charged in the county’s fourth fatal car crash this year. Nathan Hester, 18, of Whiteville, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after he was released...
Demolition is underway on the Williams Township School gymnasium. The building will be replaced with a new, larger facility with additional learning space and flexibility for other programs. The gym...