AP-US-MISSING-GIRL-FOUND-TIKTOK TikTok rescue: Girl got help using silent distress signal LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a 16-year-old girl held captive by a 61-year-old man was rescued on an interstate highway in Kentucky after another driver noticed her making a silent distress signal with her hand. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office says the…… read more »
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North Carolina News – November 8
North Carolina News – November 5
JAIL OFFICERS ASSAULTED Officers assaulted at North Carolina jail, 1 stabbed CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says three jail officers were assaulted by an inmate who they were trying to move to a disciplinary unit away from the general population. The Charlotte Observer reports the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office says the…… read more »
North Carolina News – November 4
AP-US-FOOD-BANK-EXPANSION Food banks embark on expansions with lessons from COVID ATLANTA (AP) — Food banks have ramped up their output during the coronavirus pandemic to meet an explosion of need from families facing financial hardship. Now, some are preparing to permanently boost their food distribution with major expansion projects driven in part by their experiences…… read more »
North Carolina New – November 3
SEXUAL ASSAULT-MAN SENTENCED North Carolina man gets 26 years for assaulting a child DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina district attorney says a man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting his partner’s daughter more than three years ago. The News & Observer of Raleigh…… read more »
North Carolina News – November 2
SCHOOL BUS CRASH-FATAL Officials: NC school bus driver dead after crash ZIRCONIA, N.C. (AP) — School officials in North Carolina say a school bus driver is dead and four students were taken to a hospital after a crash. Henderson County Public Schools officials say the crash happened Tuesday morning when the bus flipped as it…… read more »
North Carolina News – November 1
COAST GUARD RESCUE Coast Guard rescues 2 boaters off North Carolina coast MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) — The Coast Guard says it has rescued two boaters after their small boat capsized off the North Carolina coast. A Coast Guard news release said the rescue occurred Saturday night near Cedar Island, which is northeast of Morehead…… read more »
North Carolina News – October 29
AP-US-VOTER-ID-NORTH-CAROLINA NC voter ID debate clouded by call for justices’ recusal RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One of several legal challenges to North Carolina’s contentious voter ID law is on hold amid a dispute over whether two justices on the state Supreme Court should recuse themselves. The state NAACP’s request that Phil Berger Jr. and ex-Sen.…… read more »
North Carolina News – October 28
COUPLE KIDNAPPED Eight charged after North Carolina couple kidnapped HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says eight people face charges after a North Carolina couple was kidnapped and assaulted. The Hickory Daily Record reports the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that deputies responded to a call from a…… read more »
North Carolina News – October 27
OXYGEN TANK-WORKER LAWSUIT She asked to bring oxygen to work — they fired her instead WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal settlement. Delaware-based TriMark Foodcraft also agreed to train its staff on what…… read more »
North Carolina News – October 26
APARTMENT SHOOTINGS Police: 1 dead, 2 wounded in NC apartment complex shootings WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police say a man died and two others were wounded after shootings at a central North Carolina apartment complex. It happened Monday in Winston-Salem. Officers arriving at the Rolling Hills Apartment complex located a wounded 16-year-old girl and a…… read more »
