An “airsoft” fight in Whiteville has caught the attention of police. Whiteville Police said on their Facebook page that a group of individuals is shooting at each other using gel pellet guns, which are similar [Read More]
The same storm system that brought destructive tornados to Oklahoma and Louisiana will visit the Cape Fear region today, but it won’t pack quite the same wallop. The National Weather Service Wilmington office sent out [Read More]
A Sunday night crash has claimed a second victim, bringing the county highway death toll to ten this year. Heather Nichole “Nikki” Pennington died Tuesday from injuries sustained in Sunday night’s crash near Chadbourn. Pennington, [Read More]
One of two workers injured in a fire at HERR Environmental has died. The man was seriously burned in the blast at the Maultsby Street operation, Fire Marshal Hal Lowder said Monday. The victim was [Read More]
Area pastors are being asked to help spread the word of God to every home in Columbus county. Saturate Columbus will be a door-to-door evangelistic effort that organizers hope will reach into every family this [Read More]
It’s all fun and games until the blue lights are activated. Tyrone Allen Mills, 54, of 3397 Will Inman Rd., Tabor City, was charged with damaging personal property, failure to heed blue light and siren, [Read More]
The driver in a high speed chase Friday was caught after he fell in mud while running away on foot. Zackery Gage Faircloth, 29, of Green Sea, S.C., is being held under $41,000 secured bond [Read More]
Warrants say inmates attempted jailbreak at Detention Center. A suspected murder, along with a statutory rape defendant and another felon allegedly tried to escape the Columbus County Detention Center Thursday, according to warrants. None of [Read More]
Officials from the city schools were joined by local dignitaries this morning for the official opening of the first phase of the new Whiteville High School. The ongoing project is adding classrooms, a new weight [Read More]
Less than four days after two men died in a head-on crash near Bolton, the county’s ninth road death occurred near Chadbourn Sunday. Josh Eli Thorp, 40, of China Grove Church Road, was killed when [Read More]
With warmer weather comes the smell of good eats and great gatherings. Venture to Lake Waccamaw and enjoy some time in the sun at the Boys and Girls Home arena for the biggest event of [Read More]
The head-on collision that killed two men near Bolton Thursday was the third time in three years that the Saint Patrick’s Day week was marred by highway fatalities. Ryan Patrick Young, 38, and John Douglas [Read More]
The snort of antique engines, the sounds of livestock and the boom of cannon are returning to Lake Waccamaw this weekend. After being cancelled for two years due to the pandemic, Southern Farm Days opens [Read More]
That’s all right by me When I was a child, my grandmother was the first person to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. “I want to be a ballerina when [Read More]
Two additional drug suspects have been arrested in the latest phase of what has been dubbed “Operation Green Cleaning.” The ongoing narcotics enforcement operation by the Sheriff’s Office netted 103 grams of marijuana, 2.5 ounces [Read More]
One of my new heroes, although I guess she is technically a heroine, is Ryleigh Madison Bunch. I don’t know her personally, but I know several members of her family. Miss Ryleigh auditioned on American [Read More]
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