Columbus County commissioners on Tuesday will hear a request to transfer 911 operations under the sheriff’s office. The request comes after several fire chiefs asked the sheriff’s office to...
A Bolton man faces multiple charges after he was arrested with drugs and firearms in Currie. Jameson Freeman, age 36, was on release from prison on felony drug charges. Probation...
The sheriff’s office is investigating a drive-by shooting along Peacock Road that occurred Saturday night. A teenager sustained non-life threatening injuries. We have reached out to the sheriff’s offi...
Another Burger King restaurant, this time in Whiteville, was damaged by fire Friday morning. Whiteville Fire Marshall Hal Lowder said staff at the Columbus Corners BK called 911 at 6:32...
Updated Jan. 17 10 a.m. Two people were charged with larceny after allegedly stealing a burn barrel near Tabor City. Tara Little McPherson, 52, of 10625 Swamp Fox Hwy. Eat,...
A road crew picking up trash along Pine Log Road Monday found part of a handgun, a sheriff’s report said. Cpl. Z. Morris of the sheriff’s office responded to the...
Deputies and Chadbourn Police arrested a mother and son early Wednesday after the pair allegedly ran a family-based drug enterprise. The months-long investigation, which involved the sheriff’s office ...
Two masked bandits allegedly robbed an Arn Ward Road family Saturday. The sheriff’s office reported that the victims were confronted by two men with a firearm. One victim was physically...
Barry Darnell White, 63, pled guilty Tuesday to knowingly discharging tert-Butyl alcohol and other pollutants into the Cape Fear River in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. White did...
Whiteville Police had the first 911 call for law enforcement for 2025. Meisha Robinson Contact Whiteville Police at 2:00 a.m. Jan. 1, 2025 to report her car had been stolen....
A boil water advisory has been issued for customers in the Riegelwood Sanitary District. Residents may see brown or discolored water, and any water intended for consumption should be...
The second gunman in a shootout that wounded a pregnant woman will serve just short of six years in federal prison. Robert Jamar Avant, 33, formerly of Huffman Street, Chadbourn,...
The second gunman in a 2021 shootout that injured a pregnant woman will serve just short of six years in federal prison. Robert Jamar Avant, age 33, pleaded guilty...
Two suspects have been arrested in the Dec. 26 shooting that damaged a home, storage building and car near Tabor City. Treavon Ronderius Smith, 30, of 101 Sandy Place Dr.,...
Carolina Green, age 16, has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after Columbus County’s first road fatality of the year took the life of a Clarendon woman Monday. Misty Cribb,...
It’s that time of year, again: bears are seeking places for long winter naps, and sometimes they find human habitation rather inviting. The Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) advises the public...