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A child was struck by a car and injured Monday at Lake Waccamaw in the second such incident in less than 24 hours. Elizabeth Ann Respess, 43, of 4019 Waccamaw Shores Rd., Lake Waccamaw, was held under $200,000 secured bond, charges with felony hit and run and driving left of center, according to detention center reports. Chief Cory Finch of Lake Waccamaw Police said the juvenile was walking...
Columbus Sheriff Bill Rogers joined his counterparts from Bladen and Robeson and state officials this morning to announce a new drug task force. The Borderbelt Drug Task Force is a cooperative effort with the three counties, State Bureau of Investigation and prosecutors in both counties, Robeson Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said. The agencies will share intelligence, coordinate investigations, and pool resources across county lines to target drug trafficking operations...
A nine-year-old girl is recovering after she was struck by a car at Lake Waccamaw Sunday. Lake Police Chief Corey Finch said the collision happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of Canal Cove Road. The girl apparently stepped from behind a bush into the path of an oncoming 2014 BMW driven by Pamela Ann Ashenfelter. Ashenfelter told investigators she never saw the girl, but knew she...