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Whiteville DYB Teams Fall In Championship Games 

July 18, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on Whiteville DYB Teams Fall In Championship Games 

Whiteville DYB teams had an opportunity Thursday to claim a state championship but both teams fell short. Whiteville AAA lost to Shallotte 9-8, while the Majors were defeated 5-2 by South Brunswick. The Whiteville AAA [Read More]

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Columbus County Softball Teams Gear Up For World Series

July 18, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on Columbus County Softball Teams Gear Up For World Series

Columbus County is known for baseball, but don’t forget the ladies who are dominating a diamond of their own. This year in the Dixie Softball World Series in Louisiana, Columbus County will be represented by [Read More]

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CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 18, 2025

July 18, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 18, 2025

• Don’t forget — Robert Nealey’s Barbecue Plate Sale for African Missions is today. Animal Protective Services Paws, Music and Moonlight is tomorrow at 7 p.m. CCN Radio News – Morning Report for July 18, [Read More]

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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 17, 2025

July 17, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 17, 2025

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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 16, 2025

July 16, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 16, 2025

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SCC Adult Learner Open House is Thursday

July 16, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on SCC Adult Learner Open House is Thursday

Southeastern Community College will host an adult learner open house Thursday from 6-8:30 p.m. in the SCC library. It’s an opportunity to look into switching careers, gaining a new skill or to finish a degree. [Read More]

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Jefferson Weaver • Boxes of Rusty Treasures

July 16, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • Boxes of Rusty Treasures

Tucked away in one of my boxes of rusty treasures is an all-but-worthless pocketknife. I found it far under an abandoned house on the day we were catching puppies that eventually gave rise to a [Read More]

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DYB Roundup for July 16: Whiteville AAA All-Stars win 7-6 in Nail Biter

July 16, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on DYB Roundup for July 16: Whiteville AAA All-Stars win 7-6 in Nail Biter

With the game tied in the seventh inning, Easton Spivey singled in the game-winning RBI to lead Whiteville AAA All-Stars to a 7-6 victory against South Stanley on Tuesday. He also gave a solid performance [Read More]

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CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 16, 2025

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Mother, Three Kids Plea in Soles Killing

July 15, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Mother, Three Kids Plea in Soles Killing

Samantha Watts will serve 45 years in prison, and one of her sons will serve 35, for the 2023 beating death of Corey Adam Soles of Chadbourn. Samantha Watts, 42 and her son Payton, both [Read More]

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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 15, 2025

July 15, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 15, 2025

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Rams’ Larrell Murchison Annual Fun Day a Success

July 15, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on Rams’ Larrell Murchison Annual Fun Day a Success

On a warm Saturday morning in Elizabethtown, one of Bladen’s own came back for a camp and a cause. Larrell Murchison returned home to over 300 people for his Fifth Annual Community Day at Elizabethtown [Read More]

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DYB Roundup for June 14: Whiteville AAA All-Stars Dominate Early in State Tourney

July 15, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on DYB Roundup for June 14: Whiteville AAA All-Stars Dominate Early in State Tourney

  At Ocean Isle, Whiteville AAA All-Stars bats were hot and the pitchers arms were golden as they crushed Town Creek All-Stars 17-0 in game 1. Easton Spivey started and pitched two shutout innings, striking [Read More]

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Benton’s Walk Off HR Lifts Whiteville D2 Majors 2-1; DYB State Tournaments Results

July 15, 2025 Tommy Taylor Comments Off on Benton’s Walk Off HR Lifts Whiteville D2 Majors 2-1; DYB State Tournaments Results

Mason Benton hit a walk off home run in the 8th inning to lift Whiteville’s D2 Majors to a 2-1 victory over South Brunswick in the D2 Majors State Tournament. The win puts the Whiteville [Read More]

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Races Shaping up For Municipal Offices

July 15, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Races Shaping up For Municipal Offices

Mayors in Lake Waccamaw and Whiteville will face challengers in November, while some towns still don’t have a full slate of hopefuls for the municipal elections this fall. Filing for town and city offices ends [Read More]

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Woman Charged After Sick Infant Hospitalized

July 15, 2025 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Woman Charged After Sick Infant Hospitalized

Updated An infant is recovering after being taken to the hospital with a 100 degree fever, covered in feces and “bumps.” The woman described as her caregiver has been charged. Warrants show that Eugenia Kaye [Read More]

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