Public Safety

The victims in Wednesday’s collision in Roseland were a retired Randolph County deputy and his wife. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that John Davie Garner, 55, and his wife Alisha, 50, were killed in the wreck. They were the fourth and fifth county road deaths this year. The collision occurred at the intersection of Old Stake and Rough and Ready roads just before 3 p.m. Mrs. Garner...

Two people died in a collision at Rough and Ready and Old Stake roads today (Wednesday). First responders said that a sport utility vehicle on Old Stake Road and an 18 wheeler on Rough and Ready collided just before 3 p.m. The SUV was reportedly dragged some distance by the transfer truck. The two fatalities occurred in the SUV. The truck driver was not injured. Roseland and Tabor...

A Loris man faces a long list of charges after allegedly driving his car toward a deputy during a traffic stop Thursday. William Linell Wolfe, 31, of Log Cabin Road, Loris, was held under $19,000 secured bond on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon (a car) on an officer, fleeing to elude arrest, three counts of misdemeanor larceny, driving while license revoked, and failure to appear,...