Public Safety

Updated 5:29 p.m. State investigators were called in after a Chadbourn man in the county detention center was severely assaulted by other inmates. Chief Deputy Aaron Herring confirmed that the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) was called in at the request of Sheriff Jody Greene and District Attorney Jon David. The sheriff’s office had no additional comment, due to the investigation, Herring said. David said the case is...

A Lake Waccamaw area man died in a Leland shooting Sunday.  Another local man faces charges connected with the case, but is not charged with the death. Leland Police said Kwaze Walker, 22, with addresses in Bolton and Lake Waccamaw, was found shot to death in a home in the 9400 block of Night Harbor Drive, Leland.   Devon Antone, 19, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon...