Last week, the Central Columbus Angels made history by winning the X-Play World Series Championship in Ruston, La. They defeated South Carolina 5-3 to take the title. The Angels finished the season 14...
By Cynthia Nelson Executive Vice President, GTCOC Can you believe it’s August? With August comes back to school planning as our children prepare to return to school. Many of our area schools have alre...
A former employee of the Evergreen post office has pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and to making false entries and reports in U.S. Government records. Robert Raquan Patterson, 29, s...
County governments and conservation nonprofit groups may apply for grant funding from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation projects. A new a...
The World Series Champion Central Columbus Angels will be honored by a parade through Whiteville at 9 a.m. The procession will go from Roses shopping center to the historic courthouse and back through...
Ty Moss came home this week to Whiteville for his third Annual Football Camp. The Ty Moss Camp, with Columbus County Recreation Department, had more than 100 youth between 5 and 17 show up on Monday a...
As summer temperatures continue to soar, the state Dept. of Health and Human Services is urging caution when spending time outdoors or in areas that are not air conditioned. Halfway through the summer...
The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for its upcoming Citizens Academy, scheduled to begin Sept. 16. This free, 10-week program offers citizens a behind-the-scenes look a...
A proposed federal program would help both private companies and non-profits train a new generation of foresters. Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC) with Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) intr...
The N.C. Department of Transportation is asking the public to provide input on what transportation projects they would like to see included in the N.C. Department of Transportation’s next 10-year tran...
The man who killed his roommate and dumped his body off the N.C. 11 bridge in 2020 has been found guilty of murder. James Robert Goins was found guilty of first degree murder and armed robbery today (...
Updated 5 p.m. July 31 Authorities are searching for a girl and boy who ran away from the Boys and Girls Home on Saturday. Bree Alexandria Phillips, 15, has dark hair and is a white female. She was we...
Crack cocaine was seized and multiple felonies filed against a Whiteville area man afer an investigation into narcotics sales in and around Whiteville. Tammy Tabor, 65, was held under $4,500 secured b...
James Patrick “Pat” McCormick will serve a minimum of 60 years in prison for raping a child in 2019. Jury selection began yesterday in Columbus County Superior Court, and McCormick entered a guilty p...
Play South Carolina For World Series Title Today Central Columbus Angels stayed unbeaten In the DYB World Series Softball Championship with wins over Tennessee 11-1 and Florida 4-3. They will play Sou...
In an attempt to avoid stepping on a toad the other night, I inadvertently found a piece of broken glass. In the interest of keeping this column family-friendly, I will only say that it hurt, I bled, ...