Whiteville Police are asking the public to help find the person of interest in Wednesday morning’s homicide on North Thompson Street. Cynthia Hansen, 71, was assaulted at her physical therapy and trai...
A water line break along Legion Drive is affecting Whiteville water customers. Water customers between West Virgil and Chadbourn Highway will experience pressure loss and other issues through around 8...
Whiteville Police said the death of a physical therapist this morning was an isolated incident, and there is no continuing threat to the public. Whiteville Police Chief Paul Rockenbach refused to iden...
A woman who was allegedly impaired was arrested while walking two small children in traffic on U.S. 74, according to the sheriff’s office. Hilda Marie Scarborough, 42, of 837 Burkhead St. Whiteville, ...
DEVELOPING STORY: Whiteville Police and the State Bureau of Investigation are on the scene of a reported homicide. The victim was female. Police were called to a physical therapy facility at 711 Nort...
The driver of a pickup sustained a scratch when the rear window of his truck was shot early Sunday. Vincent Drayton called the sheriff’s office after he said he was driving on Woodyard Road near the r...
A homeless man was cut on the toe and robbed of $3.58 after an early morning fight with another panhandler in Whiteville March 4. Bruce Pollard, 24, told Whiteville Police he was panhandling near the ...
A Chadbourn area resident narrowly escaped injury when someone threw a rock through her window early Monday. Moesha Gause of 44 Larry Drive, Chadbourn told deputies she and Kendal Reynolds were in a b...
Someone stole thousands of dollars worth of tools from a county department in a larceny that wasn’t reported for several days. Whiteville Police said they were called to the Columbus County Parks and ...
A teenager is facing charges after allegedly joking that he had a bomb in his backpack at West Columbus High School. The threat came just days after an anonymous call about a bomb on the West Columbus...
Whiteville Police arrested a man who was stabbed Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a former girlfriend. Sherman Deandre Evans, 45, of 5979 Pleasant View Church Rd., Nichols, S.C., was held under no...
Less than 24 hours after being installed, license plate reader (LPR) cameras helped Whiteville Police capture a woman wanted in connection to a homicide. LPR cameras scan license plates when instructe...
While body armor is a part of every law enforcement officer’s uniform, that hasn’t always been the case for K9s in Columbus County – until now. The Columbus Humane Society presented protective vests t...
Authorities are investigating after a man allegedly brandished a rifle from inside his truck during a dispute with an Animal Protective Services employee. The report said the APS officer was attemptin...
A fight in the parking lot at a West Columbus basketball game led to a female suspect and two juveniles being charged with assaulting a pregnant woman. Advaneek Ridgeway, 32, of 22 W. Second St., Cha...
A crackdown on dangerous drivers with 41 officers from multiple agencies led to 41 charges Friday in Clarendon. The Columbus Couny Sheriff’s Office worked with the Highway Patrol, Robeson and Brunswic...