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Missing Kayaker Found The search for a missing kayaker came to a tragic end around 11:15 a.m. today, as search teams found his body in Lake Waccamaw. A team from the Wildlife Resources Commission usin...
Columbus County News Weather Update for Tuesday September 8, 2026. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it com...
Helicopters have been deployed to continue the search for a missing man at Lake Waccamaw. The 25 year old was kayaking somewhere between Dale’s Seafood and the 2500 block of Canal Cove when he went mi...
Water rescue units and drone teams are scouring Lake Waccamaw between Dale’s Seafood and the Sigmon Boat Ramp after a kayaker was reported missing. The kayaker has been described as a 25 year o...
Seven inmates on the county roadside cleanup crew gathered 995 bags of trash during August. The Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program (SCDM) allows eligible county inmates the opportunity to prov...
Fleeing a sobriety checkpoint led to high bonds and multiple charges for a man and woman Aug. 28. Kasie Gwen Leonard and Marvin Magay Green were arrested after Green allegedly fled a checkpoint at N.C...
LORIS–The Loris Lions scored on their first three plays on offense as the Lions’ crushed South Columbus 49-0. The Stallions were hit hard early and didn’t recover. On the first play from scrimma...
Columbus County News Weather Update for Monday September 7, 2026. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it come...
A possible waterspout sent boaters fleeing for cover near Lynn’s Place on Lake Waccamaw this afternoon. The apparent funnel cloud turned water feature was just outside the no wake line, said a ...
Columbus County News Weather Update for Sunday September 6, 2026. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it come...
One lane of Hallsboro Road is back open as of 9 a.m., after a head-on collision this morning *Saturday). A van in the left lane collided with a fuel tanker, according to Joe Tyler of Hallsboro Volunte...
Columbus County News Weather Update for Saturday September 5, 2026. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it co...
The lockdown at East Bladen High School has been lifted according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. BCSO said in a press release that the school was secured earlier today “following a potential i...
Updated with the name of the inmate. Freedom was short-lived for a local inmate who broke away from a transport van Thursday, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. Court documents show An...
By Katie Compton Boyd Guest Columnist It’s times like this when I question very seriously where exactly I am, what precisely has gone on, and how disappointed I am with many of my gender. I sat...
LOS ANGELES—East Bladen standout Larrell Murchison recently re-signed a contract with Los Angeles Rams. He is currently on the practice squad. The five-year veteran was a fifth-round draft pic...