On Saturday the NC Pecan Harvest Festival officially became the NC Pecan Music Festival, and it was a huge success. It was a beautiful day, and a big crowd not...
On Saturday October 26th, it was NC Yam Festival time once again in Tabor City. CCN Videographer & Correspondent Darrell Jackson was on hand to capture some of the sights...
Saturday is the last day for early voting in Columbus County. All five Columbus county one stops are open until 7:30 p.m. tonight (Friday), and until 3:30 p.m. Saturday. As...
The 2024 Pecan Music Festival The Pecan Music Festival is this Saturday November 2nd from 10am to 6pm in Downtown Whiteville. Presented by Whiteville Downtown Development, the festival has something...
The Alliance for Cape Fear Trees, in partnership with Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Tree Recovery program and International Paper, will give away 900 trees at Riegelwood Baptist Church, 103 N.C....
Four people suspects face charges after an attempt to supply prisoners at the county jail with contraband. Curtis Demetrius Gowans, 36; Christopher Jerome Taylor, 47; Latonya Willis, 40; and Savannah...
All events are scheduled for OCt. 31 (Halloween). Trinity Baptist Church at 201 South Thompson Street in Whiteville will host trunk or treat from 5 to 8 p.m. Whiteville Police...
The sheriff’s office has completed its sixth and last – for now – hurricane relief trip to the North Carolina mountains. Sheriff Bill Rogers said two tractor-trailer loads of local...
No one was injured when a Peacock Road home was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The sheriff’s office reported that fire units were called to 15575 Peacock Road at 7:09 a.m....
There’s always a lot of buzz and sometimes controversy regarding political endorsements during election season. This year everything seems a bit more strident, so the subject of promoting one candidat...
Checkpoints led to drug charges in two separate cases Monday. James Walter Dicicco, 57, was released on a $50,000 secured bond after he was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession...
A Tabor City area man is in jail after he allegedly had a suppressed handgun converted to fully automatic as well as a marijuana growing operation in his home. Dustin...
As of noon Tuesday (today), nearly 3.2 million voters had cast ballots in the 2024 general election in North Carolina, a turnout of 40.7 percent of registered voters, according to...
More than one third of Columbus County’s registered voters had cast a ballot as of close of business Monday. The board of elections said 12,658 ballots had been filed out...
The victim of a shooting near Whiteville Saturday called 911 after she was assaulted. The woman later died at Columbus Regional. Frederick Smith, 71, was charged with murder and jailed...
The Highway Patrol is seeking any information about a hit and run early Saturday that resulted in a fatality in Fair Bluff. Troopers were called to the scene of that...