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A fight Friday ended with the death of a Lake Waccamaw area man. The sheriff’s office reported that Luke Simmons, 39, died after he fell and hit his head during a fight with another man, whose name has not been released. Simmons was transported to Columbus Regional then transferred to New Hanover, where he later died. The altercation occurred in the 300 block of Mount Moriah Church Road....
A Chadbourn woman is in New Hanover Regional after a single-vehicle wreck Saturday, and a trooper is getting credit for saving her life. First Sgt. Andrew Pait of the Highway Patrol said Trooper Trevor Bryan was on patrol near Cerro Gordo when he was dispatched to the crash. Wendy Williams had drifted across the center line and crashed in a ditch alongside Braswell Road. Her two teenagers were...
The couple ex-police chief Anthony Spivey called “ma and pa” have been jailed for helping Spivey hide form law enforcement. Harold Dean and Debbie Sasser, both of Fair Bluff, were arrested Thursday and charged with obstruction of justice. Bond was set at $100,000 each, according to jail reports. Spivey was arrested after fleeing an aunt’s home in South Carolina early Thursday. He waived extradition and was returned to...