Post time 3:30 p.m. Although Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to bring little more than some wind and rain here, emergency officials are double-checking equipment and keeping a close eye on development...
The District Attorney’s office released the names of the three people gunned down at a party in Chadbourn Saturday. Deonde Qwabe Sadler, 27; Mack Darren Jenkins Jr., 26 and Kameesha Daezhneka Powell, ...
Lake Waccamaw firefighters were directing traffic at the fire station and the State Park boat landing Saturday, but not because of emergencies.Firefighters and their families were out collecting money...
Local boy in burn center after accident. A local boy is in UNC Burn Center after sustaining second and third degree burns July 3. Ryder Faircloth, age seven, was seriously burned after an aeroso...
Fireworks displays across the county have prompted the fire marshal’s office to warn celebrants to be safe while showing their patriotic pride.Deputy Fire Marshal Chase Lancaster said it’s important t...
BREAKING NEWS Chadbourn Police and the State Bureau of Investigation are on the scene of what may be the town’s first triple homicide. Interim Police Chief Ken Elliot said CPD was responding to a shot...
Alexis Kirt now faces charges in the hit and run fatality. Charges against Robert Bolick have been dropped. The Highway Patrol has charged a woman with the June 4 hit and run death of a farmworker in ...
An avid church member and former substitute teacher has died from injuries sustained in a traffic crash on U.S. 74-76 Wednesday. Bernice “Mickey” Little McKeithan, 90, was airlifted after a wreck near...
Note to my readers: With rare exceptions, I do not like to reprint columns, since I consider this to be a lazy habit. However, this is one people ask me about every year. This column below is an edite...
All Columbus County schools participate in providing meals for children and teens 18 and under and will continue until July 15. The full meals, which will include an entrée, a grain (bread, pasta, noo...
Columbus Career and College Academy will be having a Freshman Family Night and Picnic on July 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the Southeastern Community College campus. Due to seating limitation...
The company will bring 125 new jobs to the area. The sprawling industrial park on the Columbus-Brunswick line will soon have a new tenant. Precision Swiss Products, Inc. a manufacturer of high precisi...
One man is in critical condition after a shooting Saturday night in Whiteville. Det. Sgt. Scott Moody said Whiteville Police were called to West Lewis Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard at 8:58 p...
Plans are underway for road construction at the Chauncey Town Road and Old Lake Road corridors at Lake Waccamaw. The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to put in 180 degree turns,...
A “buy local” event is being held by the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce July 1 through July 4. The event is an effort to encourage citizens to support local businesses and help the commun...
DEVELOPING STORY:The man wanted for killing his girlfriend in Pender County was killed by U.S. Marshals in a shooting incident at the Whiteville Walmart around 2:30 p.m. Thursday (today).Initial repor...