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North Carolina’s 41-cent-per-gallon gas tax is suspended through Nov. 30, and Attorney General Jeff Jackson today put the state’s major gas retailers on notice that the law requires those savings to r...
As I stepped outside to greet the morning, the fog gave everything that ethereal feel that Hollywood can never quite capture. The pines were disputing the sun’s right to seize the day, but Ol’ Sol was...
Some Lake Waccamaw residents may see smoke rising from the ground Thursday, but the town says it is no cause for alarm. Pressurized smoke is used to help find leaks in drainage systems. Inflow and inf...
Dylan Fowler will serve 64 to 89 months in prison for providing the drugs that killed a Brunswick County man in 2024. Fowler, 34, pled guilty to death by distribution of a controlled substance in Brun...
By Cynthia Nelson Tabor City Chamber of Commerce EVP The North Carolina Yam Festival is upon us! Entries for the Sweet Potato Quality Contest will begin being accepted this Friday, Oct. 16. Youth and ...
The sheriff’s office is asking for assistance in the search for William “Barry” Freedman. Freedman, 62, was last seen in the Whiteville area on Sept. 23. No description of his clothing or method of tr...
Columbus County News Weather Update for Tuesday October 13, 2026. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it come...
Whiteville Police have arrested a man wanted on dozens of breaking and entering charge in Mecklenburg County. Colby Douglas Brown, 25, of 945 N. College St., Charlotte, was transferred to Charlotte Po...
VINEGAR HILL—Cam Bellamy rambled for three touchdown rushes as the Stallions shut out Red Springs 49-0 on Friday night. The win puts South Columbus at 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference and 5-2 on the...
Updated 3 p.m. to include new information. A strong line of unstable weather caused by Hurricane Isaias brought two confirmed tornados to the area Sunday. And may have spawned others. The confirmed to...
Columbus County News Weather Update for Monday October 12, 2026. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it comes...
Columbus County News Weather Update for Sunday October 11, 2026. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it comes...
Columbus County News Weather Update for Saturday October 10, 2026. This weather update is sponsored by Freedom Insurance of Whiteville. Trust Freedom Insurance to give you clear blue skies when it com...
East Bladen swept East Columbus 3-0 to clinch the Carolina Conference Volleyball Title on Thursday in Elizabethtown. The Eagles defeated the Gators by scores of 25-14, 25-20, and 25-15. East Bladen fi...
A joint effort by the sheriff’s office, Whiteville Police and the Borderbelt Drug Task Force netted the arrest of an alleged drug dealer near a school Thursday. Christopher Jerome Taylor, 49 of 402 W....
One horse is dead and another is being treated after a case of alleged animal cruelty near Chadbourn. The sheriff’s office said that the two equines were off Wagon Wheel Drive. Deputies were called to...