Funeral services for Deputy Damien Draper Bost will be held Monday at South Columbus High School. The Columbus county Sheriff’s Office said visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m., with a service to follo...
Summer for many people means spending time with friends and family on the water boating, swimming, fishing or just being outdoors. Last August, the Carroll family and their friends were doing just tha...
The procession escorting Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputy Damien Draper Bost brought the fallen deputy home to Columbus today (June 26) after an autopsy in Raleigh. A mile-long escort of law enforceme...
Draper Bost loved children and being a law enforcement officer, Sheriff Bill Rogers said today (today) at a press conference about the deputy’s death. The School Resource Officer was killed when his ...
A Clarkton man was charged in the fatal crash of a Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputy this morning (June 25). David Samuel McPherson, 33, of 941 Page’s Rd., Clarkton, is being held on $100,000 secured b...
A Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputy died today (June 25) when his patrol vehicle was struck on U.S. 74. Draper Bost was reportedly on stationary patrol in the median when the crash occurred near the Ha...
One person was seriously injured in a crash involving a Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputy this morning (Thursday) near Hallsboro. The crash occurred minutes ago. A burning vehicle is in the median. The...
Police have identified two local teens as the victims in a shooting in Roanoke Rapids Monday. Mariah Thompson, 15, and Patrick Shane Faircloth, 20, were shot to death Monday afternoon in the area of V...
A man out on bond for domestic violence is back in jail, charged with assaulting another woman. Joe Antonio Dantzler, 41, is being held under no bond in the Columbus County Detention Center. He is cha...
The owner of a North Carolina tax return preparation business pleaded guilty Tuesday (June 24) to conspiring to prepare false returns claiming fraudulent refunds based on COVID-19 tax credits. Seven o...
The man who admitted setting multiple fires along U.S. 74 earlier this year is back in jail. Jermey Lynn Hayes, 42, is being held in the Columbus County Detention Center under $50,000 secured bond. He...
One person died in a Sunday afternoon crash in North Whiteville. Patricia Best McKenzie, 80, of Bladenboro was a passenger in a Buick Enclave that turned into the path of another vehicle, according to...
A local woman best known for her love of local history and family trees is trying to find a man who was kidnapped in 1988. Joanna Phillips was searching for the identity of a man whose remains were fo...
Bladen and Columbus deputies arrested a Clarkton-area man on charges that he fired multiple rounds into a White Oak home, endangering his own child. Cameron Brice McKoy, 26, of 111 Jasmine Lane, Clark...
A wanted man was jailed on meth charges after citizen complaints about reckless ATV riding in Cerro Gordo, the sheriff’s office said. William Colbey Carroll, 34, is being held under $65,000 bond on ch...
An AirLink helicopter crew was briefly blinded by someone tracking the helicopter with a laser during a medical mission Thursday. The helicopter crew reported that around 11:43 p.m., someone shone a b...