Public Safety

The sheriff’s office is investigating a series of shootings that occurred in the Clarendon community Thursday and Friday.  The shooting incidents were among five that occurred between Sunday, Feb. 13 and Friday, Feb. 18. Several of the incidents occurred along Ten Mile Road, according to reports. Six homes were struck by multiple shots at the Jake Godwin Mobile Home Park Thursday. On Friday, deputies were called back to...

The county’s sixth road fatality occurred Sunday night near Tabor City. Laramie Stanley was traveling west on Inman Road, 1.1 miles from Tabor City, when the crash occurred, Sgt. A.M. Pait of the Highway Patrol said. Stanley’s 2006 GMC truck went off the left side of the highway, recrossed the center line and went off the right, then went off the left side again, Pait said. The truck...

Developing right now: the sheriff’s office is investigating a shooting incident in the Clarendon community. No additional details were immediately available.  The shooting was the second in 24 hours and the third this week. Someone opened fire on a home on Ten Mile Road outside of Tabor City just before 10 p.m. Wednesday. On Sunday, Two juveniles and an adult scrambled for cover after an unknown individual opened...