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One person was airlifted after a water rescue near Nakina Wednesday. Nakina Fire and Rescue said in a social media post that the department was called to the 2100 block of River Road around 8 p.m. Nakina and Tabor City responded to the call. Units were en route when they were informed that the person was an “elderly patient” who was found floating face down in the Waccamaw...
UPDATED 4:45 p.m. May 27 with additional information. The man who pleaded guilty to the motor vehicle death of a Whiteville firefighter has been charged with stealing a roadside monument to the victim. Danny James Smith, 49, of 6041 Ludlum Rd., Ash, was served with a summons for misdemeanor larceny Friday, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor death by vehicle in the May 2020 collision...
A Chadbourn-area woman allegedly beat a disabled child with a baseball bat and other blunt objects, according to arrest warrants. Tammie Bennett Rutledge, 62, was held under $10,000 secured bond, charged with felony assault on a disabled person and misdemeanor domestic violence. Because the victim is a resident of the same address, CCN is not sharing that information. Deputies were called to the home on march 24 after...