Forest Service crews are still on the scene of a massive wildfire in the western part of the county. Firefighters from a half-dozen departments worked to protect homes along Mangum Road that were thre...
Photos by Christopher Cawley Forest Service crews with aircraft and heavy equipment are working with volunteer fire departments on a fast moving wildfire off Mangum Road in Evergreen. The fire threate...
Photos by Christopher Cawley Firefighters and the Forest Service are working to contain a wildfire off Bud Stephens Road this afternoon (Wednesday). The blaze was referred to as a “full on fores...
Breaking news Firefighters have contained an out of control grass and debris fire on Whitehall Road has threatened a shed and a home. Radio traffic indicates firefighters from Hallsboro, North Whitev...
The suspect in a New Hanover County murder was apprehended by Columbus County deputies in Whiteville. Marvin Lorenzo Newkirk, 40, of Wilmington, was wanted first degree murder, attempted first degree ...
Two people living in a storage building were airlifted to a burn center after the shed caught fire early Tuesday. Hallsboro Fire Chief Joe Tyler said firefighters were called out at 2:20 a.m. to 155 B...
Ervin Hakeem “Ervianna” Johnson was murdered, according to the State Bureau of Investigation. Johnson, 25, disappeared from his Bermuda Bay home near Tabor City Feb. 13. His body was found Feb. 18 by ...
A New Hanover Novant Life Flight helicopter crashed Monday night on the Pender New Hanover County line. The helicopter was one of those that provide air medic service in Columbus County. No patients w...
Two people were hurt when a shed burned on Bussy Road in Hallsboro early Tuesday. Witnesses said they heard an explosion just before the fire erupted. Flames were visible for several hundred yards. Ha...
An LP gas mishap burned one man and caused some exterior damage at Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Tuesday morning. County Fire Marshall Shannon Blackman said the church’s propane tank was being...
A traffic stop turned into a long high speed chase that ended with foot chase and felonies early Thursday in the Town of Brunswick. David Reynosa allegedly fled from deputies near the Tiger Mart. The ...
Relatives of Ervin Hakeem Johnson found a body thought to be that of the missing man Wednesday morning. Johnson, 25, disappeared from a residence around 3 a.m. on Feb. 13, according to the Columbus Co...
Someone set fire to a Hydro-Ax logging machine Saturday, destroying the $15,000 machine. Roseland Fire Department was called to Gamble Trail after the burning machine was discovered. The owner ...
A body recovered near Tabor City Wednesday morning is thought to be that of Ervin Hakeem Johnson, 25. Chief Deputy Jerome McMillian of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said the body of a male was ...
A missing juvenile in a stolen jeep was stopped in Columbus County early Wednesday after a pursuit from Bladen County. Columbus deputies were contacted around midnight and asked to deploy tire deflati...
A North Hallsboro man is being held under no bond after he allegedly sodomized a child in his care and used a cigarette to burn the child. Maurice Gregory Spears, 66, of Old Wilmington Road, wa...