
COLUMBUS COUNTY NEWS – THE LATEST FRONT PAGE HEADLINES
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Front Page
CCN Daily News Briefs for July 15, 2025
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Mother, Three Kids Plea in Soles Killing
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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 15, 2025
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Rams’ Larrell Murchison Annual Fun Day a Success
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DYB Roundup for June 14: Whiteville AAA All-Stars Dominate Early in State Tourney
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Benton’s Walk Off HR Lifts Whiteville D2 Majors 2-1; DYB State Tournaments Results
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Elections
Races Shaping up For Municipal Offices
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Woman Charged After Sick Infant Hospitalized
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CCN Weather Update
Weather Update – Tuesday July 15, 2025
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CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 15, 2025
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Front Page
CCN Daily News Briefs for July 14, 2025
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Deputy, Driver Hurt in Thursday Wreck
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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 14, 2025
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Chase Suspect Fights Troopers
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Drug, Child Abuse Charged after Chase
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Church News
KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD – Can I Know I’m in the Place Where God Wants Me? (Psalm 23:2)
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CCN Weather Update
Weather Update – Monday July 14, 2025
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Front Page
CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 14, 2025
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Cancer Before 40: Mayo Clinic Expert Shares 3 Topics That Younger Patients Often Want To Discuss
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Sunday Crash Kills One; Firefighter Hurt on Way
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CCN Daily News Briefs for July 13, 2025
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One Drowned at Lake Tabor
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Business
CCN Business Spotlight – Clint’s Plumbing Services
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CCN Weather Update
Weather Update – Saturday July 12, 2025
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COLUMBUS CONNECTION
The Columbus Connection – Community Spirit Among First Responders, and Violence Against Immigration and Customs Enforcement


Gambling Revenues Down Again in June as Year Ends
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CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 15, 2025
by Jefferson Weaver in Front Page 0

CCN Business Spotlight – Clint’s Plumbing Services
by Columbus County News in Business 0

KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD – Can I Know I’m in the Place Where God Wants Me? (Psalm 23:2)
by Columbus County News in Church News 0

Weather Update – Tuesday July 15, 2025
by Christopher Cawley in CCN Weather Update 0
COLUMBUUS COUNTY NEWS – HEALTH HEADLINES

Cancer Before 40: Mayo Clinic Expert Shares 3 Topics That Younger Patients Often Want To Discuss

Mayo Clinic Minute: Sunscreen Has a Shelf Life and Other Facts to Know
COLUMBUS COUNTY NEWS – LOCAL OBITUARIES
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Obituaries
Frances Bellamy
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Obituaries
Hilda Smith Gerald
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Lavon Nance
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Obituaries
Stanley Perry Hamilton
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Joseph D. “Joe” Ray
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Miriam Newell Reeves
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Tracy White
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Mary Olivia Minton
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Kenneth McCray
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Lillie Mae Peppers
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Carolyn Leona (Greene) Thompson
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Eva Mae (Barnes) Wallace
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Gail (Arnette) McCann
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Obituaries
Haynes Wesley Young (age 100)
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Deputy Devin Mason
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Billy Alton Small
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Roger Dale Cribb
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Marty Estol Benton
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Lorraine Elizabeth (Funnemark) Matthews
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Paul Turlington
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Jimmy Moody
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Elmer Ray Skipper
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John Norman Lewis
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Linwood Earl Rhines
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Danny Ray Duncan
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COLUMBUS COUNTY NEWS – COMMENTARY
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COLUMBUS CONNECTION
The Columbus Connection – Community Spirit Among First Responders, and Violence Against Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Front Page
Happy Anniversary Columbus County News – It’s Been Five Long Years
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COLUMBUS CONNECTION
The Columbus Connection – First Amendment, Independence Day Thoughts, and Happy Birthday CCN
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Jefferson Weaver • The Field of Pain and Sorrow
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COLUMBUS CONNECTION
The Columbus Connection – An Independence Day Commentary
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Jefferson Weaver • Common Sense and Dinosaurs
The Latest CCN Headlines
- Frances Bellamy July 15, 2025
- Hilda Smith Gerald July 15, 2025
- Lavon Nance July 15, 2025
- Stanley Perry Hamilton July 15, 2025
- Joseph D. “Joe” Ray July 15, 2025
- Miriam Newell Reeves July 15, 2025
- CCN Daily News Briefs for July 15, 2025 July 15, 2025
- Mother, Three Kids Plea in Soles Killing July 15, 2025
- CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 15, 2025 July 15, 2025
- Rams’ Larrell Murchison Annual Fun Day a Success July 15, 2025
- DYB Roundup for June 14: Whiteville AAA All-Stars Dominate Early in State Tourney July 15, 2025
- Benton’s Walk Off HR Lifts Whiteville D2 Majors 2-1; DYB State Tournaments Results July 15, 2025
- Races Shaping up For Municipal Offices July 15, 2025
- Woman Charged After Sick Infant Hospitalized July 15, 2025
- Weather Update – Tuesday July 15, 2025 July 15, 2025
- CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 15, 2025 July 15, 2025
- CCN Daily News Briefs for July 14, 2025 July 14, 2025
- Deputy, Driver Hurt in Thursday Wreck July 14, 2025
- CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 14, 2025 July 14, 2025
- Chase Suspect Fights Troopers July 14, 2025
- Drug, Child Abuse Charged after Chase July 14, 2025
- KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD – Can I Know I’m in the Place Where God Wants Me? (Psalm 23:2) July 14, 2025
- Weather Update – Monday July 14, 2025 July 14, 2025
- CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 14, 2025 July 14, 2025
- Cancer Before 40: Mayo Clinic Expert Shares 3 Topics That Younger Patients Often Want To Discuss July 14, 2025
COLUMBUS COUNTY NEWS – News From Across the County

Mother, Three Kids Plea in Soles Killing
Samantha Watts will serve 45 years in prison, and one of her sons will serve 35, for the 2023 beating death of Corey Adam Soles of Chadbourn. Samantha Watts, 42 and her son Payton, both [Read More]

CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 15, 2025
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for July 15, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio)

Rams’ Larrell Murchison Annual Fun Day a Success
On a warm Saturday morning in Elizabethtown, one of Bladen’s own came back for a camp and a cause. Larrell Murchison returned home to over 300 people for his Fifth Annual Community Day at Elizabethtown [Read More]

DYB Roundup for June 14: Whiteville AAA All-Stars Dominate Early in State Tourney
At Ocean Isle, Whiteville AAA All-Stars bats were hot and the pitchers arms were golden as they crushed Town Creek All-Stars 17-0 in game 1. Easton Spivey started and pitched two shutout innings, striking [Read More]

Benton’s Walk Off HR Lifts Whiteville D2 Majors 2-1; DYB State Tournaments Results
Mason Benton hit a walk off home run in the 8th inning to lift Whiteville’s D2 Majors to a 2-1 victory over South Brunswick in the D2 Majors State Tournament. The win puts the Whiteville [Read More]

Races Shaping up For Municipal Offices
Mayors in Lake Waccamaw and Whiteville will face challengers in November, while some towns still don’t have a full slate of hopefuls for the municipal elections this fall. Filing for town and city offices ends [Read More]

Woman Charged After Sick Infant Hospitalized
Updated An infant is recovering after being taken to the hospital with a 100 degree fever, covered in feces and “bumps.” The woman described as her caregiver has been charged. Warrants show that Eugenia Kaye [Read More]

CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 15, 2025
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for July 15, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊

CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 14, 2025
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for July 14, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊

Chase Suspect Fights Troopers
A high speed chase in the rain led to the arrest of a Las Vegas man Thursday after he fought with troopers. Joseph Paul SIngletary, 36, of Las Vegas, Nev., was held under $25,000 secured [Read More]

Drug, Child Abuse Charged after Chase
A Whiteville woman faces 30 charges ranging from drugs to child abuse and traffic offenses after a high speed chase across state lines. Quasheima Reeves, 27, had three children under the age of two in [Read More]

CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 14, 2025
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for July 14, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊

Sunday Crash Kills One; Firefighter Hurt on Way
One man died when his motorcycle struck an SUV near Clarkton Sunday morning, and a firefighter en route to the wreck was injured in an unrelated crash. Raykwan Jennell Davis rammed his Kawasaki motorcycle into [Read More]

One Drowned at Lake Tabor
The body of a drowning victim has been recovered at Lake Tabor. Rescue crews found the individual just before 6:00 p.m. today. The victim’s name has not been released. This is a developing story.

CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 11, 2025
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for July 11, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio)

Johnson Gets 15-20 Years for Standoff, Shooting
The man who barricaded himself in a Bolton home and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement will serve 15 to 20 years in prison after a plea deal in Columbus County Superior Court. Gregory Johnson, 49, [Read More]

Nearly 100 Animals Seized in Hallsboro Case
In what investigators are calling “one of the most significant animal cruelty investigations in county history,” a Hallsboro woman faces 94 charges after nearly 100 animals were seized from inhumane conditions. Deborah Ross Dahl, 70, [Read More]

CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 11, 2025
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for July 11, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio)

CCN Radio News — Afternoon Report for July 10, 2025
CCN Radio News – Afternoon Report for July 10, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio)

Cumbee to Speak to Genealogical Society
Crusoe native and historian Archie Cumbee will be the next speaker Saturday at the Southeastern Genealogical Society. Cumbee was born in Columbus County and lived in Crusoe Island until his family moved near the town [Read More]

Coach Talk: The Heroes of the 2017 Whiteville Wolfpack Baseball Team
With baseball in full swing, thoughts of Gehrig, Aaron, Rose, and Mays to Ryan, Smoltz, and Seaver, fill our head as the we prepare to watch this year’s Major League All-Star game. They were our [Read More]

North Carolina Gains ‘Top State’ for Business Rank Again
Both sides of the political aisle are taking credit today as CNBC announced North Carolina as the top state for business in the country. CNBC credited the workforce, economy and business friendly environment for the [Read More]

Gambling Revenues Down Again in June as Year Ends
Gambling revenues and payouts went down again in June, according to the state lottery commission. Between June 1 and June 30, e-gamblers in North Carolina wagered $433,184,675 on sporting events, including paid and promotional wagers. [Read More]

Three Jailed in Chadbourn Theft Ring
Three suspects are behind bars and a fourth is being sought after a string of thefts in Chadbourn Police Chief Ken Elliott said the arrests Wednesday morning came after weeks of work by CPD. Anthony [Read More]

CCN Radio News — Morning Report for July 10, 2025
CCN Radio News – Morning Report for July 10, 2025 (Press Play for the Audio) 🔊

Lake Waccamaw Town Board Meeting for July 2025
During their monthly Town Board Meeting, Lake Waccamaw commissioners on Tuesday emphasized their opposition to a proposed new development on Old Lake Road. Several citizens who spoke at the meeting urged the board to take [Read More]

Woman Charged with Fake Sex Assault Claim
A false claim of sexual assault led to the arrest of a local woman July 1. Emma Paige Ward, 21, of 509 Fair Bluff Rd., Tabor City, was charged with a single count of making [Read More]