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November 12, 2009
White House official takes on Hispanic education
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A White House official in charge of improving nationwide Hispanic education is stopping by a North Carolina community center.
North Carolina law student gives free legal advice
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina university law student is helping local entrepreneurs with free legal advice for a day.
November 11, 2009
High school football team forfeits entire season over grade tampering
One high school football team is forfeiting it’s season and the school’s principal is under investigation tonight.
IDA: SC Tree On Car And House
Tropical depression Ida is leaving its mark on South Carolina’s Upstate.
IDA: Cabarrus County, NC Flooding
Moderate to heavy rain will continue to fall across the Charlotte-region through Wednesday night and rainfall amounts are expected to reach up to five inches by Thursday morning.
Perdue interested in NC vehicle fleet changes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gov. Beverly Perdue wants changes to the state motor vehicle fleet because North Carolina government agencies have state vehicles in their parking lots.
$95 million veterans clinic to open in NC in 2011
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A U.S. congressman has announced plans for a $95 million veterans affairs clinic in eastern North Carolina.
NC pastor released after arrest on sex charges
LELAND, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina pastor has been released from jail after being arrested on charges of having sex with a child.
Growth of NC foreclosures slowed in October
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The rate of home foreclosures in North Carolina slowed last month compared with recent months.
November 10, 2009
NC police release 911 call in infant’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Raleigh police have released a 911 recording of a man seeking help for an unresponsive 10-month-old hours before her stepfather was charged with first-degree murder in her death.
NC police search for missing 5-year-old girl
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities are continuing to search wooded areas near a mobile home community in southeastern North Carolina for a missing 5-year-old girl.
Major pork producer in NC files for bankruptcy
CLINTON, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina pork producer has filed for bankruptcy after complaints from unpaid vendors and falling pork consumption tied to swine flu fears.
NC house fire kills 2 children
HENDERSON, N.C. (AP) - Two children have died in a house fire in northern North Carolina.
NC police look into murder-suicide 911 response
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina police are investigating why it took more than an hour to dispatch officers to the home of a real estate developer who killed his wife and two teenage children and himself last week.
November 09, 2009
NC yarn company announces expansion, more jobs
ELLERBE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina-based yarn company is expanding and plans to add 135 jobs over the next three years.
Magistrate says prayer violates First Amendment
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - A federal magistrate has recommended that the use of prayer to open a board of commissioners meeting in North Carolina violates the First Amendment.
NC gov unveils rare finance plan to complete I-485
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Gov. Beverly Perdue has released a plan to complete the outer loop around North Carolina’s largest city.
NC watchdog group recommends more grant oversight
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A legislative watchdog agency says North Carolina needs to better monitor how hundreds of millions of dollars sent annually to nonprofit groups is spent.
NC man facing charges in cold double murder case
BONNIE DOONE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man serving time in a Georgia prison is set to face murder charges in the slayings of his brother and sister-in-law more than two decades ago.
NC budget cuts Charlotte mental health services
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Officials have cut $1.5 million from mental health services in the Charlotte area after North Carolina state budget cuts reduced funds.
Billy Graham Library closing for renovations
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Billy Graham Library will close for three months next year for renovations.
NC community votes to become a town
ARCHER LODGE, N.C. (AP) - A small, rural North Carolina community has voted to become a town after three years of lobbying efforts.
NC McDonald’s customers sickened by pepper spray
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (AP) - A pepper spray prank at a McDonald’s restaurant in North Carolina sent six people to the hospital while 25 others were treated by emergency medical personnel at the scene.
NC police officers to reaffirm duty in ceremony
SPRING LAKE, N.C. (AP) - Nine officers on the police force of a North Carolina town are set to reaffirm their duty to protect and serve during a formal ceremony.
November 08, 2009
Groups divided over how to handle health care reform
Groups across the state remain bitterly divided on the issue after Saturday night’s vote in the House.
Both sides of the debate tend to agree there’s a need for some kind of reform, but disagree about the extent.
Shoplifting on the rise in North Carolina’s largest city
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Police in North Carolina’s largest city say shoplifting has risen more than 20 percent in 2009, and statistics indicate the trend is accelerating.
November 07, 2009
Suspect in NC store shooting had been deported before
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say the suspect in the killing of four men outside a North Carolina store was in the U.S. illegally and had been deported before.
Bullet to the heart responsible for SC serial killer’s death
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) - A bullet to the heart fired by a North Carolina police officer killed the man authorities think was a serial killer responsible for five deaths in South Carolina this summer.
November 06, 2009
NC planning new hospital for sea turtles
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina contractor says plans for a new sea turtle hospital in Surf City are in the works.
November 05, 2009
Chilling 911 calls from slain NC family home
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Police have released 911 recordings that contain the sounds of a gunshot and a relative pleading for ambulances to get to the scene of a quadruple murder-suicide in Fayetteville earlier this week.
