Public Safety

Deputy Devin Mason’s funeral will be held Tuesday at the high school where he is remembered as a model student and friendly, outgoing football player who wanted to be a law enforcement officer. Mason, 27, was killed July when he and a fellow Darlington County, S.C. deputy exchanged gunfire with a wanted felon. The suspect, Cameron Ray Dennett, 25, died in the gunfight.  Dennett’s mother and girlfriend also...

More than 100 rounds were fired into four vehicles and a four apartments during a gun fight early Saturday in Whiteville. Police Chief Paul Rockenbach said an infant was almost hit by the gunfire when a bullet struck less than a foot above the child’s head. Police were called to Brookberry Apartments at 105 MLK Avenue at 3:22 a.m. Saturday, according to the report. Damages to the automobiles...

Conway Police have arrested the pastor of a Nakina church on sex crimes with a minor. Devin Cyrus Carroll, 22, of Loris, was arrested Saturday for third degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and attempted lewd acts with a minor between 14-16 years old. He is being held in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center under $30,000 secured bond. Carroll is listed as pastor of Happy Home...