Both Whiteville City and Columbus County school systems have announced that their campuses will be cellphone-free ...

An overturned tractor-trailer and a fuel spill at a Whiteville roundabout stopped southbound traffic on US 701 Bypass Tuesday ...

Whiteville High School graduate Brooks Baldwin hit a three-run home run in his return to the Chicago White Sox Monday night.

Do you (or did you) have a grandmother (or grandma or mee-maw or granny…) who helped to make you the man or woman you are ...

A newly sworn detention officer with the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office died Monday morning after suffering a medical ...

This story was reported and first published by Border Belt Independent, a nonprofit, digital newsroom that focuses on issues ...

HVAC issues are delaying the Columbus County Board of Commissioners meeting that was scheduled for today (Monday, July 21).

Twelve educators — one from each campus in the Columbus County Schools system — have been honored as school-level teachers of ...

This story first appeared in the Spring and Summer 2025 edition of 954 magazine, which is published by The News Reporter.

I drove the length and breadth of North Carolina and most of the other Southern states. That was a time before computer ...

One man is dead and another critically injured following a Friday evening shooting at the Sawmill Apartments on West Hay ...

After much hard work, the citizens of Fair Bluff are grateful to see the old Carver School being dedicated this week as a ...