Public Safety

The North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program is partnering with local and state law enforcement to enforce a simple, but weighty message: if you have consumed impairing substances, do not get behind the wheel. The statewide “Holiday Booze It and Lose It” enforcement campaign increases public awareness and deters impaired people from driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs and other impairing substances. “Driving under the influence is...

A Hallsboro woman went back to jail after just four days free when she was found unconscious in her neighbor’s yard, while her dog was allegedly killing a chicken. Amber Nicole Muse, 48, was arrested Dec. 9 for second degree trespassing and resisting an officer. She was out on bond when she was arrested Saturday (Dec. 14) on multiple charges of trespassing and resisting. Her bond was set...

For the second time in two years, a Tabor City area home has been struck by gunfire. No one was injured in the Dec. 7 drive-by shooting, the sheriff’s office reported. Deputy C. Brown and Sgt. Fonvielle responded to the 911 call. Tenisha Bellamy told deputies that someone fired multiple shots at her home around 10:55 p.m. Dec. 5. No one was home at the time. She discovered...