A ruling that would have allowed 55,000 convicted felons to cast a ballot has been stopped by the State Court of Appeals. On Aug. 30, a three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court judges [Read More]
Developing story Columbus County Parks and Recreation soccer has been cancelled for the fall season. In an email today (Thursday), county spokeswoman Amanda Prince said today that the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases among children [Read More]
The sheriff’s office is looking for a missing man who left an Evergreen home yesterday and hasn’t been seen since. William Derrick Dixon, 64, is a Native American male, with salt and pepper hair and [Read More]
After almost two months serving as the town’s fire chief, Barney Tyler is leaving the department. Tyler and firefighters Brian Wilson and Ricky Dorsey turned in their resignations over the weekend. Tyler will stay on [Read More]
Two left turns from U.S. 74/76 in Delco have been closed to improve safety. The N.C. Department of Transportation installed a raised median last year at Delco School Road and Acme-Delco Middle School. They could [Read More]
A Whiteville man died Monday after he was partially ejected in a single vehicle crash near Brunswick. Highway Patrol Sgt. B. Ezzell said Claudio Salvador Saballos, 41, was not wearing a seatbelt when the crash [Read More]
Crime roundup for Aug. 31 • Deputies arrested a Burgaw man after he allegedly stabbed and cut a man near Whiteville Monday. Dallas Vance Shepard, 30, is being held under $25,000 secured bond on charges [Read More]
Motorcycles, runners, children, Native American dancers and a parade are part of an event at Lake Waccamaw to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The Freedom isn’t Free event will be held [Read More]
Columbus Regional halted visitation in the Emergency Department today (Saturday) due to increasing numbers of patients. Hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Miller said there is a critical need to provide beds for patient care in the ED. [Read More]
Over the next couple of weeks, Columbus County will be jam-packed full of things for everyone to see and do. You can adopt a new friend, take advantage of a free health clinic, or you [Read More]
South Columbus High School will be closed to in-person instruction next week due to COVID-19, County Schools spokesman Kelly Jones said this morning. Since Aug. 9, there have been 92 positive COVID cases among staff [Read More]
It wasn’t a cat in a tree, but a kitten in a storm drain that brought firefighters and other animal lovers to downtown Whiteville Tuesday. It took the efforts of store employees, Public Works, Emergency [Read More]
Ignoring the state’s helmet law ended badly for a South Carolina man Tuesday. Sgt. Brian Campbell of the Tabor city Police was on patrol along Pireway Road when he said he spotted Gavin Christopher Bardi, [Read More]
For the second time a building site on Big Island Road in Old Dock has been robbed of tools and other supplies while a couple attempts to build their dream home. Dustin and Amber Nealey [Read More]
Traffic was tangled on N.C. 87 near Sandyfield Monday when a van crossed the centerline and collided with a loaded logging truck, killing the van driver. Dennis Emmett Carver of Riegelwood was dead on the [Read More]
A Kelly resident has been charged with setting 18 fires during the burn ban earlier this summer, and he could face six additional charges in Columbus. Roy Anthony Potter, 59, was arrested by the Bladen [Read More]
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