Last weekend's Watermelon Festival was another great celebration. We certainly appreciate all the spectators who came to Fair ...

Arrest reports from the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office are public record after an individual is booked in the Columbus County Detention Center. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guil ...

No child should have to testify in court in front of the person who harmed them,” says Marc Murphy, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina. That belief fuels the mission of BGHNC’s ...

Whiteville High School has released its fall sports schedules. While the football schedules will be printed in our Pigskin ...

Within days after they started broadcasting at AM 1220, the new owners of WENC Radio in Whiteville began receiving calls from ...

The News Reporter obtained the following inspection scores through a public records request submitted to the Columbus County ...

It has certainly been an extremely hot summer season, with temperatures dangerously high and the heat index continuing to ...

Columbus Regional Healthcare System is weighing its options for what to do with an office building it recently purchased in Whiteville.

Call for service, 3:59 p.m., 200 block of Washington Street, Whiteville. Possession drug paraphernalia, 3:14 p.m., Columbus ...

The following incidents were reported to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. Larceny of a firearm, 8:58 a.m., 22200 block ...

Law enforcement is searching for two missing teenagers who have been missing for five days from Lake Waccamaw.

A teenage girl has been missing for five days from Lake Waccamaw. Fifteen-year-old Bree Alexandria Phillips of Lake Waccamaw ...