As many families prepare for a big Thanksgiving week, the Backpack Buddies Ministry is making sure that 1,000 children will at least have food for the long holiday weekend. Rev. Dave Heller said that ...
Parents will have three chances to tell officials their views on county schools as well as find out about future plans for the system. Columbus county Schools will host three Community Cafes later thi...
A Columbus County Grand Jury has returned a true bill of indictment against a man charged with having sex with an adolescent. Christopher Mintz, 36, of 533 New Britton Hwy., Whiteville, was indicted f...
Major plans for Soules Swamp and the Waccamaw River will be discussed at a meeting Thursday in Whiteville Edward Davis of Cape Fear Resources Conservation and Development said Economic Development dir...
By Eddie Madden Jr. Columbus County Manager On behalf of the Board of Commissioners and the employees of Columbus County, I wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. For some, Thanksgiving is a ti...
By Mark Green Guest Columnist Happy Veterans Day to all of you who I get to call my brothers and sisters-in-arms. This is a special time of the year where we get to gather together and celebrate bein...
The Veterans Celebration Parade in Whiteville has been cancelled due to the weather. This morning’s ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park is still on for 9 a.m. The park is located on U.S. 701 south ...
The last textile mill in Whiteville will be closing in the new year. Rudy Ballance of the Whiteville National spinning plant said the company announced Thursday that the plant will close. Originally, ...
There’s a full slate of events honoring our veterans Saturday. After a ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Park, there will be the second annual VETERANS CELEBRATION PARADE in Whiteville at 11...
Part Two of a Series Statewide filing for offices begins Dec. 4 for the March 4 primary elections. The governor, lieutenant governor, and all council of state positions are on the ballot in 2024, and ...
Fewer than 20 percent of the county’s registered voters who were eligible to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s municipal elections went to the polls this year. No write-in candidates won, but Mickey Mouse, M...
The Southeastern North Carolina Genealogical Society will hear from Linda Conkey Shaw on the Jacobs family this satuirday. The society will meet at Whiteville Alliance Church, located at 623 Warrior T...
The fact I had to hunt for the email address reveals how often we correspond. Thankfully, it wasn’t more than a day or so before I got a response. “B’H Israelis are united, full of resolve, pull...
By Mark Green Guest Columnist I would think that after 20 years of war in the fight against terrorism, itself, and feeling the ripple effect the attack on 9/11 had on the country so many years ago, th...
Saturday is Veterans Day, and preparations are underway across the county to honor all those who have served in the military. The Veterans Memorial Park will hold a special ceremony at 9 a.m. at the p...
Two Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are hospitalized after they were shot attempting to arrest a wanted suspect who was on pretrial release under a murder charge. “I am as frustrated as I hav...