Tonya Brown

6 days ago | wpde.com | Tonya Brown

SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WPDE) — Deputies with the Scotland County Sheriff's Office are hosting a big cook-off in downtown Laurinburg on Saturday, April 26, to benefit the Children’s Advocacy Center. The Children’s Advocacy Center is a nonprofit that collaborates with local police, child protection services, the county attorney’s office, victim advocates, and mental and medical health providers.

6 days ago | wpde.com | Tonya Brown

FLORENCE, S.C. (WPDE) — A Florence mother wants to know who is monitoring what happens in bathrooms and other obscure places in schools where kids tend to do things they’re not supposed to. The 44-year-old parent does not want her name revealed to protect her 17-year-old son’s identity. She says her son got sick from vaping with other students in a bathroom Monday at Wilson High School.

6 days ago | wpde.com | Tonya Brown

SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WPDE) — Crews are battling a woods fire Friday afternoon in the very western tip of Scotland County on Happy Times Road in Scotland County, according to officials. The Gibson and Laurel Hill Fire Departments are working to get the fire contained and under control, along with the North Carolina Forestry Commission (NCFC). A helicopter is helping to get the fire contained and under control by dropping tons of water on the flames.

6 days ago | wpde.com | Tonya Brown

FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — A woman is recovering after she was assaulted by a person with an axe Friday morning at a home on Woods Bay Road in the Olanta community of Florence County, according to Florence County Sheriff T.J. Joye. The woman was taken to the hospital, but the extent of her injuries has not yet been released. MORE: Questions still linger 8 years later in deaths of 3 Lumberton womenJoye said the suspect in the incident was gone by the time deputies got to the home.

6 days ago | abcnews4.com | Tonya Brown

FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — A woman is recovering after she was assaulted by a person with an axe Friday morning at a home on Woods Bay Road in the Olanta community of Florence County, according to Florence County Sheriff T.J. Joye. The woman was taken to the hospital, but the extent of her injuries has not yet been released. MORE: Questions still linger 8 years later in deaths of 3 Lumberton womenJoye said the suspect in the incident was gone by the time deputies got to the home.