Much of the East Columbus Lady Gators’ historic run this season has to be credited to third-year coach Latoya (Toi) Brown. Brown is an East Columbus alumna who played basketball and softball. “...
While the most recent boil advisory for Lake Waccamaw was lifted Friday, the Boys and Gils Home is still accepting donations of bottled water. The home cares for upwards of 300 children at any given t...
If someone would’ve told DJ Bryant in the seventh grade that as a senior, he’d be a key factor for the West Columbus Vikings to have their best season since 1979 and committing to the Citadel months l...
I got my digital hands slapped the other day because of my choice of words when I identified an animal track. Some friends were sharing pictures of their camping trip, and during the night they were r...
By McArthur S. Moore Later this week, The East Columbus Lady Gators basketball team will be looking to make history. The Gators will face off against the 28-1 Cherokee Lady Braves in the 1A Girls Bask...
The March Town Hall meeting at Lake Waccamaw covered more than just the water in the lake itself. Well projects, DOT construction, and culverts were the main topics discussion on Tuesday night’s...
Dr. Lawrence Lockear will be the featured speaker at the March 9 meeting of the Southeastern Genealogical society. Locklear is the author of Who’s Your People?: A Brief History of the Lumbee Tribe of ...
A thrown bottle earned not one, but two bursts of gunfire Monday. Logan Blake Prince, 20, called 911 around 9 p.m. to report the shootings. Prince told deputies that a man he knew was driving in Princ...
Some Lake Waccamaw water customers may experience outages starting March 4 due to DOT road construction at Chaunceytown Road and U.S. 74. To reduce inconvenience for residents, the outages are schedul...
• The Primary is Tuesday. More than 1,300 early ballots votes have been reported by the county board of elections, as of Tuesday (Feb. 27). Of the 1,328 early voters so far, 639 were Democrats, 386 Re...
In the woods beside our house is a half-forgotten colony box for martins. It was knocked into the trees and vines during one storm or another, and restoring it to service is somewhere down around numb...
County crews are working to repair a broken line in Water District II. Contractors cut the line along Old 74 Tuesday, County Spokesperson Amanda Davis said in an email. Customers from 2310 to 3420 are...
North Carolina’s population boom is causing more conflict with another growing population – black bears. The state’s bear conservation program, funded mostly by hunting fees, has been credited with th...
No one was injured but a Hallsboro man was left homeless Monday night after a singlewide trailer burned on Pierce Cemetery Road. Dep. Fire Marshal Jonathan Juhl said Curtis Wright was not home when th...
The single resident of a home in Hallsboro escaped but his home was destroyed in a structure fire tonight (Monday). Multiple fire departments were called to the singlewide trailer on Pierce Cemetery R...
Nicholas J.C. Mitchell turned 18 on Thursday, and was indicted for first degree murder as an adult. Mitchell and Kenneth Bernard Wooten are alleged to have shot and killed Michael Jason Scott, 54, on...