Put on your patriotic pants and join one of many July 4 celebrations starting this week. Visit SCC for Summer Fest, shop at the Farmers Market, or check out Bolton Baptist Church’s event on June...
Tonight’s Columbus County Planning Board has been rescheduled for July 28. Members of the Clarendon community were planning to attend en masse to protest a planned 14-unit mobile home park known as Bo...
Whiteville City Schools School Nutrition Program and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be partnering together to offer free meals all summer long for students. WCS will not only operate a walk-i...
Across Bladen and Columbus counties, camps and family night events are still happening and available. Some happenings that are going on are: June 25: West Bladen Baseball Day camp 8-13 years old 9 a.m...
One person died in a Sunday afternoon crash in North Whiteville. Patricia Best McKenzie, 80, of Bladenboro was a passenger in a Buick Enclave that turned into the path of another vehicle, according to...
A local woman best known for her love of local history and family trees is trying to find a man who was kidnapped in 1988. Joanna Phillips was searching for the identity of a man whose remains were fo...
Kids will be starting back to school soon, but there is still an opportunity left to attend a VBS . Below is the updated list as of Aug. 4. If your religious organization would like to be added to the...
Bladen and Columbus deputies arrested a Clarkton-area man on charges that he fired multiple rounds into a White Oak home, endangering his own child. Cameron Brice McKoy, 26, of 111 Jasmine Lane, Clark...
I’ve never been a fan of soccer, but I have recently become a fan of soccer fans. You should, too. The World Cup has been going on in the United States for a couple weeks now, and people from all over...
Eugene McMillan of Riegelwood noticed a new scratch-off ticket was available for a new came Friday, so he decided to try his luck. He won the first $1 million top prize in the new game. “It’s a brand-...
Work begins Wednesday (June 23) on a roundabout at a major downtown Whiteville intersection. The intersection of Lee, Madison, and Franklin streets will be converted from a lighted crossing to a round...
The N.C. Forest Service will begin accepting orders Wednesday, July 1, for its annual tree seedling sale. With an average annual production of 10 million seedlings, and a reliable supply of more than ...
Bethel Methodist Church in Clarendon will host a special music service this Saturday (June 27) with the St. Mark Mass Choir. Rev. Pete House Jr., pastor of St. Mark Union American Episcopal Church, pr...
Let’s be honest, spending actual money, dollar bills, to build something on a video game was not on my “things I would do as a parent” bingo card. If you are like me, it is hard to keep up with the am...
A wanted man was jailed on meth charges after citizen complaints about reckless ATV riding in Cerro Gordo, the sheriff’s office said. William Colbey Carroll, 34, is being held under $65,000 bond on ch...
Whiteville has joined a new network of emergency response teams for an often-forgotten problem: water and wastewater infrastructure. The N.C. Wastewater and Water Response Network (WaterWARN) is a coo...