One person died and two others were seriously injured after a collision in Whiteville Saturday evening. The fatality was the second road death in Columbus County this year. Whiteville Police Chief Pau...
Two students at East Columbus Junior Senior High face felony assault charges after allegedly slamming another student against a table. The sheriff’s office said the School Resource Officer was called ...
Damage was minimal and no one was injured when a home was struck by gunfire Sunday in Delco. The Sheriff’s Office reported that Maria de Los Angeles called 911 after the home in the 4800 block of Delc...
A former Williams Township firefighter who had also been a part-time Whiteville firefighter has been charged with arson. Tanner Reed Sykes, 19, of 4756 Gore Trailer Rd., Whiteville, was released on s...
An alleged squatter was charged with trespassing after starting a wildfire while cooking a pork chop dinner in Tabor City. Christopher Gore, 40, of 121 Spivey Rd., Tabor City, was placed under a $500 ...
Chadbourn Police dealt with some of the heaviest snow accumulations in the county during a busy weekend. From Saturday through Monday, CPD helped three motorists get home after they were stranded in d...
A fight between two girls left a woman shot near Elizabethtown Monday, Bladen investigators said. The suspect, who is 17, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict serious i...
The town of Chadbourn is under a curfew from 6 p.m. today (Saturday) until 8 a.m. Sunday. The town announced a state of emergency today due to the winter storm. Only truly essential travel will be all...
Whiteville has put a curfew in place as part of its state of emergency order. Only travel for “essential travel for work, medical, and emergency purposes” will be permitted between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. ...
Deputies will be stationed at Delco and Tabor City in case of emergencies during the coming winter storm. “We’ll have five deputies each at Tabor and the East End station,” Sheriff B...
Detectives have charged a man with multiple counts of having sex with a minor over an extended period of time. Daniel Cox, 35, is being held without bond in the county detention center. Warrants and j...
1 p.m. Saturday update Columbuscountynews.com will update this list of closures and delays as new information come in. Send your schedule changes for churches, vici groups, businesses and others to CC...
Officials and residents across Columbus are bracing for yet another round of winter weather, and this one appears to be targeting areas missed by last week’s storms. Potentially heavy snow, 20 mile-pe...
A Bladenboro man has been charged with murder after the death of a reported romantic partner. Thomas Latrevis Howell, 36, of the Bladenboro area, is being held under no bond, charged with first degree...
Zion Britt was back in custody less than 48 hours after being mistakenly released from the Columbus County Detention Center. Britt had been transferred to the Columbus County Detention Center for safe...
A Robeson County murder suspect escaped the Columbus detention center by using another inmate’s name Tuesday. The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said Zion Britt, 26, was last seen Tuesday nigh...