Public Safety

Three men were shot near Second and Lewis Streets in Tabor City Saturday, just blocks from the Yam Festival. Tabor City Police Major Russel Conway said two of the victims were airlifted. One man had a superficial wound to his leg. The others were hit in the abdomen and legs. TCPD located a suspect vehicle around 7:30 p.m. Conway said the car was reported stolen in Horry County,...

Citizen complaints led the sheriff’s office to raid three trouble spots on Dessie Road near Chadbourn Friday. One suspect collided with a patrol vehicle while trying to evade arrest, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit, including S.W.A.T. and the Narcotics Division, executed three search warrants after numerous citizen complaints about illegal activity at 545 Dessie Road.  The warrants...

The body found in an abandoned home near Bladenboro has been identified as Samantha Christina White. White, 26, was last seen Oct. 6 in Bladenboro, according to Mac Warner of the Bladen Sheriff’s Office. White lived on Juniper Street. Her boyfriend contacted Bladenboro Police to report her missing Oct. 9. White’s body was found Monday (Oct. 11) in an empty house on Lawrence Brown Road, off Center Road...