Crime & Public Safety

Lancaster steps into the role as Lake Waccamaw Fire & Rescue enters a period of operational transition LAKE WACCAMAW, NC — Chase Lancaster was sworn in on March 12 as the new chief of Lake […]

Mutual-aid partners assist in quick containment; no injuries reported Columbus County, NC — Cerro Gordo Volunteer Fire & Rescue responded at 12:52 p.m. on March 12 to a reported structure fire involving an outbuilding behind […]

Columbus County Arrest Report — March 11–12, 2026 The following individuals were booked into the Columbus County Detention Center between March 11 and March 12, 2026. All information is taken from official detention center records. […]

WHITEVILLE, N.C. — A homicide investigation is underway after a local fitness center owner was fatally injured inside her business early Wednesday morning, prompting an intensive search for evidence and a call for community assistance. […]

WHITEVILLE, N.C. — The Whiteville Police Department is asking residents to review any home or business surveillance footage that may help investigators piece together events surrounding a homicide that occurred earlier this week. According to […]

WHITEVILLE — A Whiteville woman was arrested Monday evening on multiple misdemeanor charges following an incident that led deputies to take her into custody, according to detention center records. Hilda Marie Scarborough, 42, of 837 […]

WHITEVILLE, NC — March 11, 2026 A woman has died following an early morning assault at a Whiteville business, prompting a homicide investigation now underway by local authorities and the North Carolina State Bureau of […]

Columbus County Arrests: March 10–11, 2026 The Columbus County Detention Center reported multiple arrests between March 10 and March 11, according to the facility’s media report. Charges during the period ranged from weapons offenses and […]