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Whiteville Police have identified the victim in Saturday’s fatal crash. Evelyn Rorie, 82, and Bobbie Rorie, 71, both of Whiteville, were in a Dodge Ram truck that was struck by a GMC Sierra driven by Chase Jacobs, 20 at the intersection of Burkhead and Powell Boulevard, according to Whiteville Police. The impact sent the Dodge within feet of the front door of the Minuteman store. Mrs. Rorie was...
The family dog and working smoke alarms saved a family from what could have been a devastating house fire this morning. The garage on the Delco home was destroyed, according to Acme-Delco-Riegelwood Fire-Rescue, but firefighters from ADR, alongside Northwest Bolton and Buckhead, contained the blaze to one area. The cause of the fire has not been confirmed. In a social media post, ADR credited smoke alarms and a...
Detectives have charged a Riegelwood man with statutory sex offense involving an underage girl. Sterling Robertson, 23, of 99 Christian Lane, Riegelwood, is being held under no bond. He was charged with one count each of statutory rape and statutory sex offense with a child under the age of 15. Robertson is alleged to have had intercourse with the girl in January, according to warrants. We have reached...