Columbus County Schools students who violate the district’s code of conduct during the coming school year will face more severe consequences for nine kinds of offenses. The school board approved ...

A Lee County woman faces multiple felony charges after investigators say she attempted to smuggle drugs to an inmate in the Columbus Correctional Institution earlier this month.

WHITEVILLE -- Victor Jones, 59, died Saturday, July 19, 2025. Peoples Funeral Home.

Six members of the Southeastern Community College Rams baseball team are gaining experience this summer as members of the Shallotte Shallywags.

A man was hospitalized after being shot in the head Thursday night at a home near Clarendon, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office.

An air conditioning issue that first postponed the Columbus County Board of Commissioners meeting by a week has now forced a relocation of the meeting.

Third-year medical students from Campbell University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine are completing part of their clinical training at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville.

It’s drag boat racing time in Tabor City. If you like water, sun and the sound of boats as they squeal across the lake, then you need to head to Lake Tabor this weekend. Races on Saturday, July 26, ...

Three softball teams and three baseball teams from of varying levels from Columbus County will be representing North Carolina in World Series competition beginning this weekend.

WHITEVILLE -- Patrick Solomon, 26, died Friday, July 18, 2025. Peoples Funeral Home.

On behalf of the Fair Bluff Town Council and all of our municipal employees, I'd like to welcome everyone to the 2025 edition of our Watermelon Festival. This annual celebration is not only a tribute ...

BOLTON -- David Allen Troy, 60, died Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Peoples Funeral Home, Whiteville.