Public Safety

Former Sheriff Lewis Hatcher and his family escaped injury Thursday after someone fired multiple rounds at his home. Hatcher, his wife and nephew were inside the home at Pridgen Acres near Clarkton when an individual opened fire on the home around 6:40 p.m. The structure was struck multiple times, according to the report. Damages were estimated at $10,000. Investigators found a number of shell casings in the area...

The driver who left the scene of an early morning fatality in Fair Bluff will not be charged. Entrell Moore, 20, of Tabor City thought he had struck an animal in the roadway at Elm and Academy streets during the early morning hours of Oct. 26. Jarrell McMillan, 36, of Fair Bluff was run over by at least three vehicles, McVicker said. Moore was driving a 2016 Dodge...

For the second time in less than a month, two people died in separate auto crashes a short time apart in Columbus County this weekend. The wrecks happened Saturday evening. Jacqueline Strickland died on Franklin Street after her 2009 Dodge was struck head on by a 2017 Jeep driven by Tanya Norris, according to a press release from Whiteville Police Lt. Thomas Riggins. The crash occurred at 6:17...