Public Safety

Chauncey Askew’s trial for the killing of Jerome Parrot will move to Brunswick County due to publicity surrounding Askew’s alleged 2018 murder of Trooper Kevin Conner. Askew, who is now 22, was under 18 when he allegedly shot and killed Parrott in a pool room in Green Acres. Askew was indicted for the earlier murder after he was arrested for the killing of Conner on U.S. 701 South...

Paroled murderer Duane Manning escaped from probation officers Thursday while being returned to South Carolina. Manning, 56, was convicted in Columbus County Superior Court in August for assault on an officer, assault with a deadly weapon and forgery. He was arrested in March 2022 after trying to ram an investigator’s car in Green Acres, then striking and injuring an investigator. Manning was found guilty of those charges in...

Multiple dogs were surrendered to Animal Protective Services (APS) Tuesday after being found without food or water. The sheriff’s office and APS were called to a home in the 2100 block of Manley Smith Road Nakina around 5 p.m., according to as report. At the home, a number of malnourished  dogs were found without food or water. No one was home at the time. While APS workers began....