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Thank You for Your Service
By Mark Green Guest Columnist Happy Veterans Day to all of you who I get to call my brothers and sisters-in-arms. This is a special time of the year where we get to gather together [Read More]
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Park Event at 9 a.m.; Parade Cancelled
The Veterans Celebration Parade in Whiteville has been cancelled due to the weather. This morning’s ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park is still on for 9 a.m. The park is located on U.S. 701 south [Read More]
Business
National Spinning Set to Close
The last textile mill in Whiteville will be closing in the new year. Rudy Ballance of the Whiteville National spinning plant said the company announced Thursday that the plant will close. Originally, the plant weas [Read More]
Business
The Good News for Nov. 10
There’s a full slate of events honoring our veterans Saturday. After a ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Park, there will be the second annual VETERANS CELEBRATION PARADE in Whiteville at 11 a.m. [Read More]
Elections
Candidates Lining Up for Statewide Elections
Part Two of a Series Statewide filing for offices begins Dec. 4 for the March 4 primary elections. The governor, lieutenant governor, and all council of state positions are on the ballot in 2024, and [Read More]
Elections
Mickey Mouse, My Dog Among Write-ins; Canvass Nov. 17
Fewer than 20 percent of the county’s registered voters who were eligible to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s municipal elections went to the polls this year. No write-in candidates won, but Mickey Mouse, My Dog, [Read More]
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Shaw to Discuss Jacobs Family at Saturday Meeting
The Southeastern North Carolina Genealogical Society will hear from Linda Conkey Shaw on the Jacobs family this satuirday. The society will meet at Whiteville Alliance Church, located at 623 Warrior Trail, Whiteville, on Saturday, Nov. [Read More]
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Jefferson Weaver • Snakes, Politicians, and Babies
The fact I had to hunt for the email address reveals how often we correspond. Thankfully, it wasn’t more than a day or so before I got a response. “B’H Israelis are united, full of [Read More]
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Mark Green • My Thoughts on the Whole Israel Thing
By Mark Green Guest Columnist I would think that after 20 years of war in the fight against terrorism, itself, and feeling the ripple effect the attack on 9/11 had on the country so many [Read More]
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Veterans Day Events Make for Busy Saturday
Saturday is Veterans Day, and preparations are underway across the county to honor all those who have served in the military. The Veterans Memorial Park will hold a special ceremony at 9 a.m. at the [Read More]
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Robeson Shooter has Pending Murder Charge; Deputies Stable
Two Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are hospitalized after they were shot attempting to arrest a wanted suspect who was on pretrial release under a murder charge. “I am as frustrated as I have ever [Read More]
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Municipal election results for Nov. 7 FINAL RESULTS
All races Chadbourn mayor Phillip Britt 168 Myles Cartrette 133 Ruth Ann Haynes 34 Chadbourn Town council (three seats) Tony Carson Jordan 168 Danny Clewis Sr. 166 Coleen “Tootie” Faulk 164 Antonio Ashley 158 James [Read More]
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Rifles Accidentally Left in Vehicles
Two West Columbus High School students were turned over to their parents and two hunting rifles seized at the school Monday. The sheriff’s office reported that two rifles were found in separate trucks on the [Read More]
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Mother and Son Among Arrests in Drug Cases
Sheriff Bill Rogers has released additional information on several major drug investigations from October. Throughout the month, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office made multiple arrests in the county for offenses ranging from narcotics trafficking, assault [Read More]
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Chadbourn Man Charged in Horry Killing
A Sunday morning shooting left a woman dead and sent a Chadbourn man to jail, according to Horry County Police. William Cody Perritt, 21, of Chadbourn is charged with murder and possession of a weapon [Read More]
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Robeson Deputies Shot
Two Robeson County deputies were rushed to an area hospital after they were shot “multiple times” this morning. Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins posted open social media that the two deputies were shot off Old [Read More]