
Jefferson Weaver • Pork Chops and Perspective
It was pork chop day at my favorite eatery, ensuring a large, hungry crowd. I wasn’t in the mood for one of my favorite meats, so I had my usual, an omelet dragged through the garden, [Read More]

It was pork chop day at my favorite eatery, ensuring a large, hungry crowd. I wasn’t in the mood for one of my favorite meats, so I had my usual, an omelet dragged through the garden, [Read More]
Major renovations are underway at the Columbus County Animal Protective Services (APS) shelter. “It takes a while to get things up to where they were supposed to be,” said Sheriff Jody Greene. “We are really [Read More]
4/05/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up NCAA Championship: North Carolina could not hold on and Kansas showed why they should be the NCAA Champions. The Tar Heels dropped a tough one 72-69. North Carolina had the [Read More]
4/04/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up NCAA Womens NCAA Tournament: South Carolina beat Connecticut 64-59 in the NCAA Women’s Tournament Championship. This is the Gamecocks second Championship. They won their first in 2017. Aliyah Boston had [Read More]
Woman charged in Friday Bladen fatality. Two people died in unrelated crashes within 24 hours in Columbus, and a Clarkton man died in a Bladen crash Friday afternoon. Charges have been filed in the Bladen [Read More]
4/03/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up NCAA Womens NCAA Tournament: South Carolina will face Connecticut in the NCAA Women’s Tournament Championship tonight at 8pm on ESPN. Men’s Basketball: Final Four: Villanova lost to Kansas 81-65 Duke [Read More]
Whiteville versus East Columbus April 1, 2022 Whiteville traveled into the Swamp and took care of business. They beat East Columbus 12-2. Ashton Hammonds was on the mound for the Wolfpack and pitched strong for [Read More]
4/02/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up NCAA Womens NCAA Tournament: South Carolina took care of business 72-59 against Louisville and UCONN beat number one seed Stanford 63-58. South Carolina will face Connecticut in the NCAA Women’s [Read More]
This week Jefferson has in the studio Local Singer-Songwriter & American Idol Contestant Ryleigh Madison Bunch. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver is a weekly public affairs program produced in, for, and about Columbus County. Each [Read More]
Friday Feature April 1, 2022 This is a big weekend in the sports world, starting tonight with the NCAA Women’s Final Four. South Carolina will face Louisville at 7pm and UCONN takes on Stanford at [Read More]
4/01/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up NFL: Rams sign LB Bobby Wagner to a 5-year 50-million-dollar deal. Wagner played previously for the Seattle NCAA Womens NCAA Tournament Final -Four: South Carolina will face Louisville 7pm ESPN [Read More]
The water is high, and the weather is warm. Events in the county are happening all over the place, so how about a little fishing to add to the mix. The second annual Waccamaw Siouan [Read More]
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has finally hit North Carolina’s deer herd. Officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced today (Thursday) that a sample collected from a hunter-harvested, white-tailed deer in Yadkin County has tested [Read More]
The man who beat his uncle to death in a Clarkton home has been found guilty. Gabriel James McDowell, 21, was a teenager when he assaulted Leon Leach in a home off Ida’s Lane in [Read More]
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for our area through 8 p.m. Conditions are good for a spinup or isolated tornado to form this afternoon and evening as a front moves off [Read More]
3/31/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up NFL: Bruce Arians steps down as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (record in Tampa:31-18), he will remain in the front office. Todd Bowles moves from defensive coordinator [Read More]
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