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News Briefs for August 3, 2025 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 citi...
News Briefs for August 1, 2025 The sheriff’s office reported that a clerk called 911 after the unidentified male came into the store around 6:30 p.m. and “implied possession of a weapon.” The suspect ...
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...
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...
News Briefs for July 31, 2025 The general assembly adjourned Wednesday with no vote on the override of Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of SB 50. The bill would allow anyone 18 or older with no criminal record ...
News Briefs for July 30, 2025 A woman was charged after she allegedly pointed a handgun at a large crowd at apartments on Mill Stream Drive Monday. Ernestine Victoria Jackson, 61, was charged with a s...
News Briefs for July 29, 2025 The second inmate has died at Columbus Correctional in less than six months. Quashaunn Shuford, 31, was found unresponsive in his dormitory just after midnight Thursday. ...
News Briefs for July 28, 2025 Triple digit heat continues across our area. Make sure you stay hydrated, check on the elderly, and keep fresh water for your animals. India Berryman is out on sec...
The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of another inmate at Columbus Correctional Center in Brunswick. Quashaunn Omar Shuford, age 31, was found unresponsive in a dormitory just a...
News Briefs for July 27, 2025 A woman was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after striking her husband with a car during a domestic dispute Wednesday. Tonya Keel, age 39, was held under no bon...
News Briefs for July 25, 2025 The Columbus County Detention Officer who died two hours after being sworn-in to office Monday has been identified by family and friends as AJ Shipman. The officer appar...
Deputies are investigating a late night shooting near Chadbourn that injured one man Thursday. Deputies were called to Williams Road just before midnight, where they found Patrick Davis, 30, with a gu...
THE MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK Tomorrow’s Cure: The Future of Cancer Care is at Home Deb Balzer For many cancer patients, treatment can be an isolating and overwhelming journey — marked by fear, fatigue...
A domestic violence warrant led to multiple narcotics charges and no bond for a Whiteville-area man. Joseph Daniel Wells, 36, of 37 Ruth Stanley Lane, was held under no bond on charges of domestic vio...
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 no...
News Briefs for July 24, 2025 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 ...