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Twelve law enforcement officers from Columbus County will be honored at the sheriff’s office memorial park Friday as part of National Police Week and Peace Officer’s Memorial Day. The earliest recorded death of a local LEO – the killing of Constable Jesse Simon Long – was never solved. In the first decade of the 20th century, constables in North Carolina were somewhere between deputies and the elected sheriff...
A false report of a potential school shooting may result in real trouble for two Whiteville High students. The sheriff’s office said an anonymous tip submitted via the “Say Something” app claimed that a student had an “AR-15” rifle and was planning a mass shooting at Whiteville High School on Monday. Columbus County 911 immediately alerted School Resource Officer R. Fowler, who found both the alleged suspect and...
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...