Public Safety

An early morning fire on Waccamaw Shores destroyed a pier, a boat, and a personal watercraft then damaged another pier at Lake Waccamaw Saturday. Mayor Matt Wilson said firefighters were called to the home in the 2200 block around 1:30 a.m. Shortly thereafter, he said, a neighbor called and alerted him to the fire. “You could see it across the lake,” Wilson said. A personal watercraft tied to...

• Devin Mason will be eulogized Tuesday in Cerro Gordo. The mother of a man charged with killing a deputy July 1 has been arrested, charged with trying to help the shooter hide from law enforcement. Darlington County Dep. Devin Mason, 27, was killed when Cameron Dennett ambushed Mason and another deputy attempting to arrest him. The other deputy was wounded but will recover, according to the Darlington...

The woman facing dozens of animal cruelty charges has been arrested on additional warrants for abusing and neglecting rabbits. Deborah Ross Dohl, 70, of 364 Pone Hill Rd., Hallsboro, was taken into custody a second time July 1 on 14 additional counts of cruelty to animals. She was ordered held without bond, according to court documents. Dahl was arrested in June on 80 counts of cruelty to animals...