Public Safety

Updated with corrections Deborah Tyson still waits for her daughter Amanda Grace Little to call, four years after the Whiteville-area woman disappeared in Duplin County. “She always called me, just to talk,” Tyson said. “She said she was going to call me later, but she didn’t. That’s when I knew something was wrong.” At the time of her disappearance, Little was 32. She was in a custody dispute...

One of the three suspects charged in a Monday murder in New Hanover County is from Sandyfield. Skylar Marie Flores, 18, of 4004 Gen. Howe Hwy., is being held under no bond, charged with first degree murder, attempted robbery and felony conspiracy. She is in the New Hanover County Detention Center. Warrants show Flores is alleged to have stabbed Adam Travon after assaulting the victim with a knife....

Roderick Terrell Pee is facing multiple charges after he allegedly tried to hit a Chadbourn Police Officer June 4, leaving the officer injured by flying debris. Pee, 18, turned himself in at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office June 12. He is charged with multiple traffic violations from Fair Bluff and Chadbourn, as well as assault on a law enforcement officer, inflicting serious injury. Pee is being held here...