By Amanda Irwin BGHNC Boys and Girls Homes is launching the public phase of its four-year Making Futures Brighter Now and Forever Capital Campaign with an official goal of reaching $2.5 million for in...
EAST BLADEN 9, WEST BLADEN 0 Singles Bridgers (EB) def. Beck (WB) 8-2 Burga-Cupen (EB) def. Elkins (WB) 8-2 Wilson (EB) def. Culbreth (WB) 8-0 Butler (EB) def. Smith (WB) 8-1 Bridgers (EB) def. Everet...
The N.C. Department of Revenue (NCDOR) is now processing 2025 Individual Income Tax returns. Taxpayers will begin receiving refunds through the mail and direct deposit this week. They can learn more a...
Some folks did not realize before last week that we have been at war with Iran for 47 years. It wasn’t always a shooting war; sometimes we were attacked by Iranian proxies, such as Hamas and Hezbollah...
Whiteville 2, East Columbus 0 LAKE WACCAMAW—Layton McLean won the pitchers’ duel in The Swamp as Whiteville outlasted East Columbus 2-0 in baseball on Friday night. McLean went six and two-thirds inni...
The driver of a pickup sustained a scratch when the rear window of his truck was shot early Sunday. Vincent Drayton called the sheriff’s office after he said he was driving on Woodyard Road near the r...
A homeless man was cut on the toe and robbed of $3.58 after an early morning fight with another panhandler in Whiteville March 4. Bruce Pollard, 24, told Whiteville Police he was panhandling near the ...
A Chadbourn area resident narrowly escaped injury when someone threw a rock through her window early Monday. Moesha Gause of 44 Larry Drive, Chadbourn told deputies she and Kendal Reynolds were in a b...
Someone stole thousands of dollars worth of tools from a county department in a larceny that wasn’t reported for several days. Whiteville Police said they were called to the Columbus County Parks and ...
A teenager is facing charges after allegedly joking that he had a bomb in his backpack at West Columbus High School. The threat came just days after an anonymous call about a bomb on the West Columbus...
The Open Space Institute (OSI) and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) will work together to conserve the 2,519-acre Big Swamp tract in Robeson County. The announcement was made today (March 6)...
Whiteville Police arrested a man who was stabbed Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a former girlfriend. Sherman Deandre Evans, 45, of 5979 Pleasant View Church Rd., Nichols, S.C., was held under no...
LAKE WACCAMAW—Amber Ochoa pitched a complete game as the East Columbus Gators defeated South Columbus 11-2 in girls’ softball Thursday night. The sophomore gave up two runs off six hits on the night w...
EAST BLADEN 9 SOUTH COLUMBUS 0 Singles Bridgers (EB) def. Chesnutt (SC) 8-1 Burga-Cupen (EB) def. Norris (SC) 8-4 Wilson (EB) def. Rodgregez-Arce 8-1 Butler (EB) def. Soto (SC) 8-1 Brid...
Columbus County Planning Director Kelsey Hammond submitted her resignation this morning (March 6). “There were a lot of factors in my decision,” Hammond said. “The largest was the insurmountable amoun...
Less than 24 hours after being installed, license plate reader (LPR) cameras helped Whiteville Police capture a woman wanted in connection to a homicide. LPR cameras scan license plates when instructe...