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Child abuse charges were filed against a Clarendon woman after a girl was burned trying to prepare a meal. Donna McCutchen, 34, of 1904 Vinegar Hill Rd., Clarendon, was held under a $5,000 secured bond on two counts of misdemeanor child abuse., according to detention center reports. The sheriff’s office reported that McCutchen is alleged to have left two girls, ages 9 and 11, alone “for an unknown...
Ron Sasser has been named the new chief of Lake Waccamaw Fire and Rescue. The new chief was sworn in this morning, with his father, Retired Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser, administering the oath. His mother Vickie Sasser held the family Bible. Sasser has been a volunteer firefighter since he was a teenager, and most recently was a fulltime firefighter and EMT.
Deputies and Whiteville Police stayed busy with several reports of property damage by firearms through the weekend. A home in the 300 block of North Thompson in Whiteville was hit by multiple gunshots twice in less than 24 hours, according to Whiteville Police reports. Police were called to the address at 3:24 a.m. on Aug. 19, then returned at 11:09 p.m. Aug. 20. In the first instance, a...