Public Safety

The suspect in a 2022 murder was out on bond when he was arrested on drug charges Sept. 9, according to court records. Xavier Antonio Rayquan Thomas, 24, was arrested Sept. 9 on charges of felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor marijuana. He was ordered held under $250,000 secured bond, according to detention center reports. His address was listed as 24328 Peacock Rd., Tabor City. At the time,...

A toddler is recovering and her parents have been charged with misdemeanor child abuse after she was struck by a truck Wednesday. Willow Sellers, 2, was transferred to UNC Hospitals Thursday. The child ran into the path of a pickup on Green’s Mill Road around 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Cannady. Willow’s parents, Brittany Nobles and Shula Sellers, were fishing on a bridge when...

Mother Charged in Deaths; Funeral Saturday Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal and sheriffs from Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina have joined forces to fully cover the funeral expenses of the four girls killed in a structure fire Aug. 30. Kalani Rae, Kendall Xaiya, Josephina Renee, and Sophia Nachelle, ages 7, 6, 4, and 2 died when their home on North Colony Road near Chadbourn burned in the early morning fire....