A Whiteville teen has obtained the Girl Scouts’ highest honor. Lorelai Lytton Palmer, 18, of Girl Scout Troop 4265 earned the ...

Beginning with the March 2026 primaries, roughly 6,400 Columbus County voters will have newly assigned polling locations ...

The county school board won’t wait until its monthly meeting in June to hear an update from designers planning the new school ...

Southeastern Community College recently announced that JoAnn Bellamy, a student from Whiteville, has been named SCC’s 2025 ...

The Greater Chamber of Commerce Bass Tournament was a big success. A special thank-you to those who entered this year, and ...

You know you are getting old when simply sitting through a weekend of baseball or volleyball wears you out! Some of the ...

West Columbus Vikings softball senior pitcher/infielder Isabella “Izzie “ Rogers has signed to play softball for the ...

Common law robbery, 6:50 p.m., 100 block of Memory Twins Circle, Whiteville. Hit and run, 11:41 p.m., Minuteman, 230 ...

Waccamaw Conference President Matt Davis from Pender has released the Waccamaw Conference 2025 spring sports All-Conference ...

A high-ranking leader of the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office retired Tuesday — but he hopes to return as sheriff in 2026.

This story was published Tuesday, May 20, by Border Belt Independent and The Assembly. It is republished here with permission ...

The following incidents were reported to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. Making a false report concerning mass violence ...