Public Safety

A woman who was allegedly impaired was arrested while walking two small children in traffic on U.S. 74, according to the sheriff’s office. Hilda Marie Scarborough, 42, of 837 Burkhead St. Whiteville, was held under $5,000 secured bond, according to detention center reports. She was charged with intoxicated and disruptive, misdemeanor child abuse, and impeding traffic.  A passing motorist called 911 at 4:09 p.m. after spotting Scarborough and...

DEVELOPING STORY: Whiteville Police and the State Bureau of Investigation are on the scene of a reported homicide. The victim was female. Police were called to a physical therapy facility at 711  North Thompson Street after someone called 911 around 5:30 a.m. An ambulance was on scene at 5:45 a.m., according to a witness. “Police discovered a woman inside the building who was transported to a local medical...

The driver of a pickup sustained a scratch when the rear window of his truck was shot early Sunday. Vincent Drayton called the sheriff’s office after he said he was driving on Woodyard Road near the railroad crossing around 3:39 a.m. when someone apparently fired a shot at his vehicle. The glass was damaged and Drayton sustained a minor injury that he described as a scratch, the report...