BREAKING: County Commissioner Giles “Buddy” Byrd was arrested Friday morning on felony larceny charges.Byrd, 71, was booked at 9:32 a.m. at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Deten...
An additional 33 new cases of COVID-19 were reported since Monday, bringing the total for Columbus County to 1,304. Active cases total 188. Eight residents remain hospitalized form the virus, up from ...
Columbus County has once again been designated among the 15 worst counties in the state for seat belt usage. The Department of Transportation said in a press release today that researchers will be wor...
Break-ins of vehicles in Nakina are continuing, and the sheriff’s office is encouraging residents to lock their vehicles, hide their valuables, and keep an eye out for strangers.The Columbus Cou...
The Columbus County Health Department listed 1,271 confirmed cases of the virus in Columbus County Monday, with one additional death. That person died Sept. 14 in an area hospital, according to M...
Sabrina Troy of Elizabethtown was killed Monday when her automobile went out of control on Chanceytown Road. Troy — who would have turned 21 next month — went off the right side of the road, overcorre...
A Guideway man was shot and killed, and another seriously injured in a shooting at Myrtle Beach restaurant around 1 a.m. today. Albert Soles Jr., better known as AJ, was killed at the Cookout restaura...
A Whiteville man charged with selling heroin made at least one transaction with a toddler in the car, the sheriff’s office said. Christopher Scott Deans, 24, is charged with possession with intent to ...
A Chadbourn area man has been jailed for sharing intimate pictures of a woman without her permission. Christopher Harold Jacobs, 40, was arrested on warrants drawn by Det. A. Dicicco on five counts of...
Multiple agencies were involved in a high speed pursuit Saturday after a woman claiming she was being followed fled form police. Lake Waccamaw Police Chief Scott Hyatt said Jan Currie Somphasouk was c...
Billy Six was the second local firefighter to die in a motorcycle crash this year. Hallsboro firefighter Billy Six Saturday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash Sept. 1, becoming the se...
Whiteville Police arrested a male and a female for the save beating of a senior citizen Friday.John Lewis Hall Sr., 80, was found beaten and dumped in a canal in a remote location off Northeast Road b...
One additional death from COVID-19 has been reported in Columbus County, increasing the total to 52. The Columbus County Health Department released its twice-weekly report today. Spokesman Daniel Buck...
A lost bumper and using the name of a suspect already in jail led to a drug arrest and multiple charges in Chadbourn Sept. 2. Austin Daniel Cross II, 25, of Lumberton, was arrested on charges of cocai...
Trial was scheduled when pandemic hit The alleged killer of a beloved local music teacher likely won’t go on trial this year. Carol Greer was stabbed to death in the yard of her Whiteville home on Aug...
Drugs, stolen firearms, five suspects picked up in second drug raid on home. Five suspects were arrested after the second investigation into alleged drug activity on Northwood Drive. The sheriff’s off...