2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (655+ words) The department was one of five park and recreation agencies nationwide selected to receive funding through the Building the Coaching Pipeline Initiative, a partnership between the National Recreation and Park Association and GameChanger. Justin Hewett has been sworn in as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (587+ words) The following incidents were reported to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. Two retired school superintendents now hold the top positions on the Southeastern Community College Board of Trustees. At Tuesday’s meeting, trustees unanimously elect… Read moreStrickland elected chair of SCC…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (696+ words) Draft minutes of the meeting provided by Sessions do not give reasons for the officers’ dismissals. Fair Bluff Town Council voted unanimously on July 7 to dismiss two police officers during a called meeting. Town Attorney Scott Sessions confirmed the action…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (629+ words) Andre Alexander Freeman, 37, and Marissa Lynn Garcia, 34, both of Whiteville, were arrested following the pursuit. The Whiteville City Schools Board of Education approved pay increases Monday for long-serving noncertified employees whose wages have remained close to those of newer … Read…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (141+ words) Walter Burckhalter, pictured, owns the three properties whose annexations into Belville are being disputed. He said he will petition the town for annexation again if a court overturns the previous annexations. The Town of Leland is suing the Town of…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (718+ words) Isaiah Cooper, the Whiteville man who was detained and later released following the fatal shooting of two Columbus County teens in Roanoke Rapids last week, was booked Tuesday in Columbus County on a felony charge of accessory after the fact…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (688+ words) According to his arrest warrant, Cameron Shabod Jones, 27, is accused of stealing $18,723 in cash from Food Lion Store #1694, which is located at Tabor Crossing off Pireway Road in Tabor City. Jones is charged with one felony count of larceny by…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (652+ words) Two local teens died after a shooting in Roanoke Rapids Monday. In a Wednesday news release, the Roanoke Rapids Police Department identified the victims as Mariah Thompson, 15, of Whiteville, and Patrick Shane Faircloth, 19, of Whiteville. Faircloth graduated from Whiteville High…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (652+ words) Wiley Memory, 62, of the 400 block of South Franklin Street in Whiteville was arrested Thursday following an investigation by the department's Criminal and Narcotics Investigation Division. His age and address were listed in arrest reports. A Whiteville Police Department narcotics investigation…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (200+ words) Whiteville shooting suspect booked on Leland PD charges NRcolumbus.com A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that injured one person last week at a Whiteville apartment complex. Javion Delton Evans, 22, of Whiteville, was booked Sunday into…...