Public Safety

Horry County Police are investigating after a worker at a kangaroo farm was found dead Friday. Horry Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said Eric Slate, 52, died of multiple blunt injuries. He was found inside an animal’s enclosure at Five Star Farm near Loris. The facility on Highway 746 raises kangaroos and wallabies, and has a public petting zoo with camels and other exotic animals. Slate’ s family...

The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program and state and local law enforcement are launching a statewide enforcement campaign to remind drivers of the importance of the Move Over Law. North Carolina’s Move Over Law requires drivers to move over a lane or slow down when approaching emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road with flashing blue, red or amber lights. The law protects law enforcement officers,...

The suspect in the murder of a Delco woman last year now faces a charge of killing her unborn child. Lance Errington Sandlin IV, 47, of 4868 Delco Prosper Rd., was charged with murder of an unborn child Friday, according to court documents. Bond was set for that charge at $2 million, but Sandlin is being held under no bond for allegedly murdering Shania Perry. Perry left her...