Several head of cattle are recovering after reportedly being shot in northern Columbus County. The sheriff’s office was called to Pine Drive, Bladenboro July 22 after a farmer discovered what appeared to be healing gunshot [Read More]
CCN Weather Update for Friday July 25, 2025. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. No weather worries with Freedom Insurance. For home, car, boat, or whatever you need, Freedom can provide [Read More]
Sheriff Bill Rogers addressed media reports of Henry Zartman’s autopsy report in a video released Thursday evening. Rogers said the state medical examiner’s use of the term homicide did not mean the ME determined the [Read More]
By Kayla Henson Columbus County Partnership for Children Did you know that more than 700 languages are spoken in India? It’s a fact that students at Edgewood Elementary School were shocked to hear, and one [Read More]
West Columbus recently named Gage Hammond as the new varsity baseball coach. Hammond was a standout baseball player for the Vikings, where in his sophomore year, he helped the Vikings to the Eastern Finals. His [Read More]
Whiteville is losing $5.1 million in FEMA flood prevention funding, money that would have helped improve Mollies Branch. “This means a lot to the city,” City Manager Darren Currie said. “Losing the BRIC money was [Read More]
By Dianne Ward Nobles Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Here we are already a little more than a month into our official summer season and it has certainly been a hot few weeks. We [Read More]
Whiteville High School is blessed to have so many great young athletes. They excel on the fields and on the courts. Zay Best is no exception. Zay will be attending Livingstone College in the fall [Read More]
East Bladen’s Nene Ward hit double figures with 11 points as the East Girls defeated the West All-Stars Monday 97-85 in the N. C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game. The turning point in the game [Read More]
When I was a little kid, I watched Sesame Street. If you are of a certain age, I’d bet ten to one odds on a nickel you remember the theme song, where the kids were [Read More]
The mother accused of abusing her infant son saw her bond raised to $40,000 Tuesday. Katelyn Regina Hinson, 21, of 569 Beaver Dam Rd., Clarendon, was originally released on a $1,500 unsecured bond, according to [Read More]
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Detectives arrested a Chadbourn man after observing him make an alleged “hand to hand” drug transaction July 16. Rymeek Ziquan Freeman. 18, of 315 Huffman St., Chadbourn was held under no bond, according to detention [Read More]
Columbus County Schools will all be phone free spacees when classes start back next month. The school board has approved a new policy requiring all students in grades 9-12 leave their telephones in “Yondr” pouches [Read More]
Detectives have charged a woman with abusing her infant son. Katelyn Regina Hinson, 21, of 569 Beaver Dam Rd., Clarendon, was released on a $1,500 unsecured bond, according to Detention Center reports. She was charged [Read More]
The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is in shock after a newly sworn-in detention officer die two hours into his first tour of duty. The officer, whose name has not been released, was sworn into at [Read More]
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