The Thursday night lights didn’t shine bright for two of the three county football teams that moved their games due to the forecast rain for tonight. Whiteville brought a win home Thursday from ...
Yet another student is facing disciplinary action after the fourth prank threat against a county school in three days. The sheriff’s office said a seventh grader at East Columbus Junior-Senior High wa...
Leroy Moore Jr. will spend the rest of his life in prison, after the jury in his retrial returned a guilty verdict today (Sept. 12). Moore was found guilty of first degree murder, possession of a fire...
Columbus Regional Healthcare System has added a new and more advanced robotic surgery assistance device to its treatment options. The Intuitive da Vinci 5 surgical system is designed with the goal of ...
Three teenagers have been charged with making threats against county schools in two separate incidents. Timya Riggins, 18, and Wesley Pridgen, 19, were taken into custody late this morning (Sept. 12) ...
The shooting victim who crashed into a utility pole last week has been released from the hospital, and one suspect has been charged in connection to the case. Cameron Arthur Baldwin, 18, was apparentl...
A toddler who as the subject of a Brunswick County Amber Alert has been found safe, and her grandmother charged with kidnapping and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Jamie Lee Marlow, 49, of 210 S....
The sheriff’s office is seeking a man who allegedly left a convenience store in Delco without paying for fuel Monday. The unidentified individual used a CashApp card to start a pump, the CCSO said, bu...
The Board of Trustees for Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina has chosen a new Board Chairperson. At a strategic planning board retreat in Southern Pines, former Board Chairperson Pete Locklear pas...
The fall Litter Sweep begins this Saturday (Sept. 14.) The N.C. Department of Transportation needs volunteers to clear roadside litter and help keep North Carolina’s roadsides beautiful. NCDOT county ...
A few days ago, a date passed by that many folks didn’t think about. It was the third anniversary of the suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, Hamid Karzai Airport in Afghanistan. Thirteen Americans died. Th...
County boards of elections in North Carolina are now working to design and print new ballots for the 2024 general election without the We The People Party’s presidential and vice presidential candidat...
An elderly man returning from feeding animals was struck and killed on his bicycle this morning. Trooper D. Anders of the Highway Patrol said Larry Broadwell, 73, was struck from behind around 7:30 a....
First responders from across the county will be honored Saturday at a cruise-in, barbecue cookoff and parade in Tabor City. The second annual Heroes Cruise-In Parade will start at 4 p.m. Classic cars,...
Three people were arrested early Sunday after a van was stopped for a lack of a license tag. Deputy J. Coleman was on patrol in the 18000 block of U.S. 74 near Bolton when he spotted the van minutes ...
Updated 4:30 p.m. Sept. 6 Whiteville High School has additional security today after a report of “secondhand social media” posts about a possible threat to the school today. Security at schools...