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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...
Whiteville first responders discovered the driver in a single car wreck Wednesday night had been shot. Whiteville Police Chief Douglas Ipock said the call came in around 1130 p.m. A car had crashed into a utility pole in the 300 block of Madison Street. Police, Whiteville Fire and Whiteville Rescue responded. The driver had suffered at least one gunshot wound, Ipock said and was seriously injured. He was...
Deputies had deja vu after arresting two female suspects and the resident on a variety of charges at a Shug Norris Road home over the course of three days. One suspect allegedly led law enforcement on a 100 mile per hour chase from Hallsboro while returning to the home where she had been arrested 48 hours before. Preston Sasser Jr., 44, initially called 911 to report that his...