[sp_wpcarousel id="57603"]Updated 4:45 p.m. The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether excessive force was used by a school resource officer who broke up a fight at South Columbus High School Tuesday. The SRO is...
Chadbourn Police Officer Johnathan Driggers entered the burning wreckage of the Budget Inn to save a man this morning. Mayor Phillip Britt said Driggers saved the victim of the explosion and fire. Bri...
At least one person was seriously injured early this morning in an apparent explosion at a Chadbourn motel. Witnesses said Mayor Phillip Britt and his wife, Councilwoman Shannon Britt, treated the inj...
Missing school didn’t mean the principal’s office, but a day in court for a Whiteville woman. Janoraleashia Doramaria Brown, 49, was charged with one count of violating school attendance laws, a...
The side effects of cancer treatment are never a pretty thing, but a woman in South Carolina is doing everything she can to make life a little easier for patients fighting the disease. Marlisa S...
UNC Health Southeastern was awarded a “B” safety grade for spring 2022 by The Leapfrog Group, a non-profit watchdog group. The grade announcement was made this week during National Hospital Week and N...
Primary Day is tomorrow across Columbus County. Early voting wrapped up Saturday, with 2,202 of the county’s 36,170 registered voters casting a ballot. On the ticket are several county commissioners...
Columbus County Deputy Jose Garcia is being hailed as a hero after saving a possible overdose victim May 10. The deputy was responding to a call about a man in the roadway on Joe Brown Highway near Ta...
RN Christopher Minton (3-Rust Tower) was named UNC Health Southeastern’s 2022 Baker Nurse of Excellence during a ceremony hosted May 10 by the organization’s Professional Growth Council as part of Nat...
American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Gold Award recognizes sustained, high level performance in quality of care UNC Health Southeastern has received the American Co...
$10 e-gift card, aluminum water bottle and sticker set for Red Cross donors in May When schools let out for summer and families set off on vacation, the American Red Cross typically sees a decline in ...
Columbus County Vice-Narcotics officers spent last week cleaning up. Operation Spring Cleaning netted a dozen suspects as well as narcotics, firearms, a stolen vehicle and cash. The drug in...
Being an adult with small children in the not-so-small town of Cary has made me appreciate the simplicity of growing up in the actual small town of Whiteville. Sure, I enjoy the bustling array of thin...
My 15-year-old son walked out of the DMV victorious this week. He passed his permit test on the second try, and though a case of nerves kept him from immediately celebrating, later in the evening the ...
Columbus County will be pulling out all the stops for area veterans this month. From the Veteran’s Memorial Park to Lake Waccamaw’s Cruise for a Cause, all the branches of the military wil...
It’s puppy season – but not the cute and cuddly kind. Coyote sightings are on the rise as puppy season nears its peak, and parents forage closer and closer to human habitation in search of food. While...