Crime & Public Safety

WHITEVILLE, NC — Two local law enforcement officers are back on patrol with advanced insights into community safety after representing the Whiteville Police Department at the North Carolina Traffic Safety Conference & Expo this week. ​Officer […]

Navassa Fire Officials Warn of Increased Risks to First Responders on ‘Hazardous’ Two-Mile Stretch of Interstate NAVASSA, NC — First responders from the Navassa Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched Friday afternoon following reports of a vehicle […]

Multiple departments battle afternoon fire on W. Hay Street WHITEVILLE, NC — Fire crews from Whiteville and surrounding departments responded Friday afternoon, June 5 to a structure fire at the Sawmill Apartments complex on West […]

COLUMBUS COUNTY — DAILY INCIDENT REPORT Columbus County Sheriff’s Office incident activity for June 4–5, 2026. All information sourced from the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office incident media log. ASSAULT AT STATE PRISON FACILITY Incident 26‑1265 […]

COLUMBUS COUNTY — DAILY ARREST REPORT Columbus County Detention Center — Bookings from June 4–5, 2026. FELONY FIREARM CASE — PASQUOTANK WARRANT ANTHONY TRENT McCOY JR., 27, of Tabor City, was booked and released on […]