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Three people were arrested early Sunday after a van was stopped for a lack of a license tag. Deputy J. Coleman was on patrol in the 18000 block of U.S. 74 near Bolton when he spotted the van minutes after midnight Sunday morning. Dale Malpass, Sally Hewett and Paul McKenzie were in the vehicle, the report said. Cpl. C. Cotton and Deputy Z. Morris also responded to the...
Someone took a footmarker from a grave off Peacock Road, according to a sheriff’s report. Shonda Duncan contacted the Sheriff’s Office after discovering the marker missing over the weekend. The stone was taken from the grave of James “Little Mack” Duncan sometime after Aug. 31. The report said that items were missing from a nearby grave prior to the latest theft. The gray stone marker is engraved with...
Updated 4:30 p.m. Sept. 6 Whiteville High School has additional security today after a report of “secondhand social media” posts about a possible threat to the school today. Security at schools across the nation was increased yesterday after a 14-year-old shot and killed two students and two teachers in a Georgia high school Wednesday. Multiple other injuries were reported. A note about the potential threat was posted...