ONLY ON 3: Brunswick Co. school bus driver charged with DWI

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A Brunswick County school bus driver is off the job tonight after being arrested for driving drunk.

Penny Foster Whitlock was arrested Sunday. She’s charged with DWI and driving left of center.

The school district says Whitlock has been a bus driver since October 2003. She’s currently suspended from her driving duties pending an investigation.

Whitlock is still working as a custodian at South Brunswick Middle School.

She’s scheduled to be in court May 26.