Parents aren’t the only ones getting ready to send their children back to school. The Columbus Baptist Association is preparing, too. The organization’s Backpack Buddies ministry will start back up this month, and members will [Read More]
After a brief executive session Monday, Columbus County commissioners voted to cancel the Lake Waccamaw EMS contract with the county. The motion was suggested by County Manager Eddie Madden and Asst. Manager Nick West, who [Read More]
Deputies used the county’s armored vehicle and tear gas to end a standoff on Beaverdam Road with no injuries early Monday. Brandon Nobles, 33, of 3810 Old Cribbtown Rd., Chadbourn, was charged with possession with [Read More]
Surveillance footage and a bank card led to the arrest of a Delco man on multiple theft charges. Curtis Wayne Cruse, 50, of 5316 Delco Prosper Rd., was charged with three counts each of misdemeanor [Read More]
No one was injured after a suspect shot at deputies in a domestic violence call this morning. Brandon Nobles was taken into custody around 4 a.m., Chief Deputy Aaron Herring of the Columbus Sheriff’s Office [Read More]
One woman was burned in an early morning housefire in Whiteville this morning (Sunday). Whiteville Fire Marshal Hal Lowder said three people lived in the home in the 100 block of Sellers Street. The injured [Read More]
This week Jefferson the In-Studio Guest is Dr. Chris English of Southeastern Community College. Jefferson and Dr. English talk about the new Automotive Systems Technology Program, and other Skilled Trades Programs available at Southeastern [Read More]
One of Whiteville’s most notorious havens for crime, especially drug sales, will soon be a parking lot. After a year’s worth of work in the courts, demolition crews levelled the home at 205 Martin Luther [Read More]
A local physician is raising money for the purchase of medical equipment to take to Honduras for a good cause. Dr. Susan Aycock is setting up a program in the country for others to learn [Read More]
• National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes strong police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live and work. The Sheriff’s Office and Whiteville Police will host [Read More]
Thieves targeted AR-15 rifles and handguns in multiple thefts being investigated by the sheriff’s office in recent days. Reports show that Ned Wayne Taste Jr. contacted law enforcement just after midnight July 22 after his [Read More]
The suspect in a Wrightsville Beach sexual assault was arrested at Lake Waccamaw Monday. Walter Bennett Craven, 56, of 108 Lakeshore Dr., Lake Waccamaw, was charged with one count each of first degree forced sex [Read More]
The sheriff’s office has arrested a senior citizen from Leland on drug trafficking charges. Freddie Everett Ross, 81, was charged with three counts of trafficking opiates, and sale and delivery of opiates. His bond was [Read More]
Two Christian organizations are going to be out playing on the greens in the coming weeks, and it’s all in the name of charity. Bold and Beautiful Wigs for Cancer and the Columbus Baptist Association [Read More]
Dr. Dan Strickland is Southeastern Community College’s newest board member. The former school superintendent of county schools was appointed by the Columbus County Board of Commissioners. Strickland was sworn in by Clerk of Superior Court [Read More]
I use to be one of those people who judged. I had an opinion for every circumstance and every fault that a person may have. I was a teenager who was young and foolish, who [Read More]
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