Public Safety

A Silver Alert has been issued for Betty Ward Stanley of Lake Waccamaw. Mrs. Stanley, 85, left her home was last seen in Leland Tuesday, where she was stopped by a Leland Police Officer around 8:30 p.m., the N.C. Center for Missing Persons said. Mrs. Stanley was in the westbound lane, and told the officer she was heading home to Lake Waccamaw. She has not been seen since,...

The remains of a Clarkton man who disappeared in March 2021 have been identified in Laurinburg. Brandon McDonald disappeared March 25, 2021. His wrecked vehicle was later found in Laurinburg. The skeletal remains were found over the course of several days beginning Friday, according to media reports. Dena Cox, McDonald’s mother, said it’s a “bittersweet moment. “Now we can bring him home,” she said. “That’s what we have...

• The report said the victim had repeatedly wandered away from home while in Gaskins’ care. Deputies have charged a Chadbourn area man with neglect of an elderly woman. Marshall Lenue Gaskins, 70, of 174 Hunter Ave., Chadbourn was held on the single felony charge under a $5,000 secured bond, according to detention center records. The sheriff’s office said deputies were called to a report of a missing...