An altercation involving as many as ten people devolved into gunfire near Tabor City Sunday. No one was injured in the incident, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were called to the 1300 block [Read More]
Cutting Ribbons for Two New Businesses in Downtown Whiteville Columbus County has two new places to eat, drink, and enjoy some live entertainment in downtown Whiteville. The city is growing, and with the addition of [Read More]
The 17th annual Carolina Youth Challenge is Saturday (Nov. 16) in Winnabow. There’s a treeing contest at 12:30, followed by the AKC-recognized YEP training class at 2:30, bench show at 3:30, and a one hour hunt [Read More]
A shoplifting call turned into a life-changing mission and an award for a Whiteville Police lieutenant. Lt. Thomas Riggins was honored with a Chief’s Commendation Award by WPD Chief Doug Ipock on Tuesday at Whiteville [Read More]
Sometimes I really worry about my friends and family in Sub Carolina, also known as the Palmetto State of South Carolina. Every time you turn around, they have problems with invasive species. Armadillos, Tegu lizards, [Read More]
State officials say 283 more DNA matches have been verified during this fiscal year, allow investigators more evidence to track and solve crimes. In October, the State Crime Lab uploaded 1,183 samples to the CODIS database, which led [Read More]
A woman is being held under no bond after allegedly striking a road worker with her vehicle and fleeing the scene. Chloe Sagendorf, 27, was charged with felony hit and run resulting in death, felony [Read More]
An investigation by county Vice Narcotics detectives and the Patrol Division led to the arrest of two armed felons who were manufacturing marijuana, according to the sheriff’s office. Dustin Randall Duncan, 34, and Regina Earl [Read More]
A Clarkton area man will serve 11 to 14 years in prison after assaulting and attempting to immolate his father. In Bladen County Superior court Tuesday (Nov. 12), Kirby Elkins entered guilty pleas to charges [Read More]
Whiteville Police Chief Douglas Ipock announced Tuesday that he will retire next year. “It’s hard,” Ipock told the city council. “You have become my family.” The Craven County native came to Whiteville in 2019, having [Read More]
A Southport man caught attempting to have sex with a child will spend 30 years in prison, the district attorney’s office said. Clayton Eagle entered a guilty plea today (Nov. 12) to ten counts of [Read More]
Online gambling rose in North Carolina in October, the state’s lottery commission said today (Nov. 14). The N.C. State Lottery Commission revenue report for October details bets placed, payouts and revenues to the state. State [Read More]
Former Sheriff Lewis Hatcher and his family escaped injury Thursday after someone fired multiple rounds at his home. Hatcher, his wife and nephew were inside the home at Pridgen Acres near Clarkton when an individual [Read More]
The driver who left the scene of an early morning fatality in Fair Bluff will not be charged. Entrell Moore, 20, of Tabor City thought he had struck an animal in the roadway at Elm [Read More]
The rain tapered off just in time today for ceremonial shovels to be turned on the new Veterans Outreach Center to be built at the Veterans Memorial Park. Volunteers erected tent Saturday in anticipation of [Read More]
For the second time in less than a month, two people died in separate auto crashes a short time apart in Columbus County this weekend. The wrecks happened Saturday evening. Jacqueline Strickland died on Franklin [Read More]
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