Public Safety

Nona Strickland was sentenced to 50 years in prison Monday after she pleaded guilty for her role in the bludgeoning and smothering of two people in 2021. Her adopted mother was one of the victims. Superior Court Judge C. Ashley Gore handed down the sentence after Strickland entered her plea to two counts of second degree murder  in open court in Bladen County. Strickland was sentenced to 480...

Deputies from Sampson and Bladen counties shot a woman after she stabbed a deputy early Tuesday. In a news release, Bladen Sheriff Jim McVicker said the incident occurred near White Lake. Sampson deputies had asked for assistance after the suspect, whose name has not been released, fled a traffic stop in Salemburg. Bladen deputies deployed stop sticks in the front yard of a home on East Oak Street...

Tabor City firefighter Danny Nobles died in a car crash in Conway, S.C. early Saturday morning. Nobles, 20, was a passenger in the vehicle, according to the Horry County Coroner’s Office. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver was transported to an area hospital with unspecified injuries. Conway police are investigating. Nobles was a graduate of South Columbus High School. He was Shield No. 1170 with...