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Complaints about drug activity in Whiteville, including near Central Middle School, led to eight arrests by the sheriff’s office. Beginning in July, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Vice-Narcotics...
A convicted child molester was found dead in his dormitory at Columbus Correctional this morning (Wednesday). Bruce Pratt, 42, was found unresponsive at 4:54 a.m., according to John Bull, spokesman fo...
The quick response of a deputy resulted in the arrest of a Kelly man on fuel theft charges Friday. Allen Robinson, 44, was held under $7,500 secured bond on charges of breaking and entering a motor ve...
An aggressive Asian tick species has invaded South Carolina, and is showing up in higher numbers in North Carolina, according to the S..C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Offici...
A Lake Waccamaw resident is splitting her time between Columbus County and Georgia, all in the name of entrepreneurship. Deondra Jenkins is the owner and operator of a dessert business inspired ...
Drinking and driving on the road or the water this weekend could mean a trip to jail rather than to the beach or pool. After 2021’s highway death toll was the highest since 1973, agencies across the s...
City officials will meet with the planning board and food truck operators Thursday to discuss the future of the popular eateries in Whiteville. Food trucks are basically prohibited in the city. A plan...
Deputies arrested a Lake Waccamaw man for larceny and drug possession after he allegedly took snacks and glue from a Dollar General store – and had narcotics on the ATV he was riding. Jeffery Scott Co...
Deputies arrested a Nakina man after he allegedly turned up impaired at Nakina Middle School Friday. Scott Bennett Gore, 41, was charged with disorderly conduct at a school, resisting an officer and s...
Southeastern Community College offers a nursing program that provides their students with the training and knowledge to rival any major medical university. The lifelike simulation lab above the ...
Two theft suspects allegedly opened fire on their victim as he chased them Saturday. No one was injured, and a stolen truck and trailer were recovered in the incident. James Britt told deputies that t...
Jury selection begins Tuesday in Columbus County Superior Court for the murder trial of Corey Tshombe Hines, charged in the 2017 shooting death of Elliot Dew. Hines, 25, is charged with first degree m...
Two Bolton firefighters saved a puppy from a burning home Saturday. Kevin Benton and Riley Beach found the puppy in a bedroom while checking the house, Deputy Fire Marshal Chase Lancaster said. ...
This week Jefferson talks with In-Studio Guests Ronnie Strickland, Irvin Enzor, and Frankye Boone who are Candidates for Columbus County Board of Education, District 3. THE...
Two unrelated missing persons cases have turned into investigations with the discovery of the women’s bodies. Candice Diaz, 33, was reported missing in the Calabash area earlier this week, according t...
Blue tongue – properly known as epizootic hemorrhagic disease – is more widespread in whitetail deer this year, according to wildlife officials. Scattered observations of sick and dead deer due have b...