TEACHER DEAD-SHOOTOUT Police: Man charged in teacher’s killing in cartel shootout GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have arrested and charged a man wanted for months in a shootout that left a popular North Carolina teacher and another man dead. The Alamance County sheriff’s office says the U.S. Marshal Service arrested Gar-yon-ded-weh Stepney on Monday. News…… read more »
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North Carolina News – July 20
North Carolina News – July 19
CATAWBA RIVER-SEWAGE SPILL 850K gallons of raw sewage spills into Catawba River CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Water says nearly 850,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Catawba River near Old Dowd Road on Friday. News outlets report that the spill happened Friday near Old Dowd Road. It was the largest spill of untreated…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 16
BLOOD SUPPLY SHORTAGE Some North Carolina hospitals dangerously low on blood RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of the agencies that provide blood to some North Carolina hospitals say the easing of the coronavirus pandemic has created potentially dangerous shortages. As people get out and about more, injuries from car crashes and other traumas are increasing,…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 15
ENERGY BILL Bill to retire coal-fired plants gets initial NC House OK RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation that could shape North Carolina electricity production for decades has received initial approval by the House. Republicans pushing the bill say it promotes an all-of-the-above energy strategy while reducing carbon emissions and keeping power reliable and affordable. The…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 14
DEPUTY SHOOTING-NORTH CAROLINA Family files $30M suit over deputies’ shooting of Black man The family of an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina has filed a $30 million civil rights lawsuit. Wednesday’s filing in federal court says Andrew Brown Jr. died because of the deputies’ “reckless disregard of…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 13
BLACK SOFTBALL PLAYER-HAIRCUT Rules changed after Black softball player had to cut hair The national governing body for high school athletics has changed its softball rules after a Black player in North Carolina was forced to cut her hair because of the beads she was wearing. The Charlotte Observer reports the National Federation of High…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 12
NAACP- INNOCENCE CLAIM Man still seeking pardon, compensation after leaving prison RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who served 26 years in prison for a murder he said he didn’t commit is still seeking a pardon and compensation. Dontae Sharpe told The Raleigh News & Observer on Friday that he wants to be…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 9
BC-US-ELECTION 2022-NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina GOP senate candidate Pat McCrory raises $1.2M RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Pat McCrory raised more than $1.2 million in his first fundraising haul between April and June. The former Charlotte mayor who lost a pair of general election gubernatorial bids in 2008 and 2016…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 8
AP-US-ELECTION-2022-NORTH-CAROLINA Democratic US Senate candidate Cheri Beasley raises $1.3M RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley of North Carolina has raised nearly $1.3 million in little more than two months since entering the race in April. Her campaign announced the total Wednesday. The former state Supreme Court chief justice is gearing up…… read more »
North Carolina News – July 7
AP-US-EDITOR-JAILED-NORTH-CAROLINA Judge jails editor over reporter’s use of recorder in court RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge sent a small-town newspaper editor to jail after one of his reporters brought an audio recorder to court. Superior Court Judge Stephan Futrell charged a Richmond County Daily Journal news editor and a staff writer with…… read more »
