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Additional details as of 2:30 p.m. A frequent critic of the Bladen County Board of Education and former publisher of an online newspaper has been charged with murder. Charlotte Brandy Smith, 45, of 307 Woodhouse Drive, Elizabethtown, was arrested in Montgomery County Wednesday and charged with first degree murder, according to court documents. The victim in the case is listed as her husband, Aaron Daine Smith. Detectives and...
Darlington Deputy Devin Mason will be eulogized today at 2 p.m. at West Columbus High School. The Darlington County officer died in the line of duty July 1. Visitation will be at WCHS until just before the service today. Mason’s body was escorted from South Carolina to Meares Funeral home last night. Several roads in and around in Cerro Gordo will be closed during the procession from WCHS to Williamson...
Clerk of Superior Court Jess Hill said he was surprised when he got a text message threatening him with potential legal action over a traffic ticket. Hill said that he had not been stopped and issued a citation. He occasionally uses toll roads while traveling to other parts of the state, but not very often. When he did travel on the toll roads, he said, “I always paid...