A South Carolina woman died after her Hummer SUV crashed into a Lees Lake home early Tuesday. Lori Copley, 59, of Camden, S.C. was driving east on N.C. 130 when when her 2005 Hummer went [Read More]
BAT-Mobiles To Hit All 100 counties The period from Memorial Day to Labor Day is referred to as the “100 deadliest days” on North Carolina highways. Impaired drivers, speeding and other unsafe practices become more [Read More]
An inmate facing charges of child molestation and attempting to escape is now facing additional weapon and escape charges. Gerson Daniel Brown, 25, of 844 Whitehall Road Whiteville, was charged Monday with possession of a [Read More]
High school graduation is a special time in a youngster’s life, but the achievement is even more notable since the Covid pandemic. To mark the occasion at Thomas Academy, Elizabethtown-based pastor Jason Williams will be [Read More]
Courtesy NCHSAA BURLINGTON – For the first time in the 2022 playoffs, the Randleman Tigers gave up a run, falling behind Whiteville 3-0 in the first inning of Game 2 of the 2022 2A Baseball [Read More]
UPDATE, 4:50 p.m.The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Team has captured James Jacobs and is turning him over to the Department of Corrections. Jacobs was found hiding in a camper on the Lumber River.Sheriff [Read More]
For the second time in 28 days, firefighters and rescue crews recovered a drowning victim at Lake Waccamaw Saturday. Shane Donovan Hunt, 33, went over the side of his family’s boat to retrieve a float [Read More]
The second drowning victim in a month has been recovered from Lake Waccamaw.The 33 year old man went into the water to save his nine year old son after a float drifted away from the [Read More]
Whiteville’s Wolfpack was handed a heartbreaker of a loss tonight as Randleman won the first game of the 2A playoffs, 10-0. The Pack couldn’t match the bats of the Tigers, who maintained their one-loss season [Read More]
If a road trip is on the agenda for the summer, you may want to head to the North Carolina Museum of Nature Sciences in Raleigh to check out their newest Permian exhibit. “Life [Read More]
With the kids out of school, parents need ways to entertain busy little minds for the summer. Be sure to check out some of the activities going on locally in Columbus County. The First Baptist [Read More]
Whiteville’s own “Sultans of Swat” are on the way to Burlington to face undefeated Randleman for the state 2A baseball championship.The Wolfpack was escorted through Whiteville today, from the home field at Legion Stadium past [Read More]
The staff at the Boys and Girls Home of North Carolina hosted a Family Fun Day on May 21 to show the staff just how much they are appreciated. “Our staff works hard every day [Read More]
After a recent drowning, Lake Waccamaw Fire Chief Brandy Nance decided wants her search crews to be able to focus on rescue, rather than recovery. To that end, Nance hopes to soon add a jet [Read More]
Firefighters from four departments and the N.C. Forest Service battled 95-plus degree heat when they tackled a stubborn blaze along the railroad tracks Hinson’s Crossroads Thursday. “They were out there about four hours in some [Read More]
Inmate Gets Life in Stabbing It took 30 minutes for a Columbus County Superior Court jury to find David Mark Fields guilty of stabbing a fellow inmate 14 times with a prison shank. Fields was [Read More]
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