AP-US-ELECTION-2022-SENATE ‘Bad news’: Wave of GOP retirements signals battles ahead The Republican Party didn’t want to begin the new year this way — with a spate of retirements in the evenly divided Senate ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. On Monday, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt became the fifth Republican senator since January to announce he…… read more »
Tag Archives: North Carolina News
North Carolina News – March 9
North Carolina News – March 8
MURDER CHARGE Police: Man charged in fatal stabbing of his mother WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say a man has been charged in the stabbing death of his mother. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Jacob Christian Jones was charged with murder on Sunday. Authorities said his mother, Rosalyn Jalperya Howard was killed…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 5
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SATELLITE INTERNET NC to participate in satellite internet pilot for students RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Public school students in some of North Carolina’s most isolated areas could benefit from a new initiative that offers high-speed internet through low-orbit satellites. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office says the pilot program will target young people in Hyde and…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 4
CONFEDERATE STATUES-IREDELL COUNTY NC’s Iredell County votes to remove Confederate memorial STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials in North Carolina’s Iredell County have voted to move a Confederate memorial that has stood outside the court house for more than a century. The Statesville Record & Landmark reports that county commissioners voted 4 to 1 on Tuesday…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 3
POLICE DOG-TRAINING VIDEO Video of North Carolina K-9 training prompts investigation SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — Officials say an investigation of K-9 training is underway after video showed a North Carolina officer lifting a dog by a leash and slamming the animal into the side of a police vehicle. Salisbury Police Chief Jerry Stokes told news…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 2
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS Jobless must prove they’re looking for work to keep benefits RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — People who are unemployed in North Carolina will be required to prove they’re searching for work in order to keep their jobless benefits. The Raleigh News & Observer reports that Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order to that…… read more »
North Carolina News – March 1
HIKER RESCUED High-angle rescue performed after hiker falls in state park DANBURY, N.C. (AP) — Fire crews preformed a “high angle rescue” of a hiker who fell at North Carolina’s Hanging Rock State Park. The Charlotte Observer reports that the incident occurred Sunday. The Stokes County Fire & Rescue Association said the fall occurred at…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 26
OFFICER SHOT-NORTH CAROLINA Police officer who was shot remains in critical condition KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A police officer who was recently shot in Kernersville, North Carolina, remains in critical but stable condition. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that the Kernersville Police Department gave an update on the officer’s condition on Thursday. Officer Sean Houle was…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 25
COLD CASE-CHARGES Police: Man faces charges from 1990 Fayetteville rape case FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in Fayetteville, North Carolina, say a prison inmate has been charged in a cold case rape from more than three decades ago. The Fayetteville Observer reported Wednesday that Timothy Kurt Ragler faces charges including first-degree rape and and kidnapping.…… read more »
North Carolina News – February 24
VIRUS OUTBREAK States pass their own virus aid, not waiting on Washington ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — States are not willing to wait for more federal help and have been moving ahead with their own coronavirus relief packages. Maryland and California recently approved help for small businesses, the poor, the jobless and those needing child care.…… read more »
