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  • Meth found in car stopped on I-40 near RDU

    Morrisville, N.C. - The North Carolina State Highway Patrol briefly delayed traffic near Raleigh-Durham International Airport Wednesday after a trooper stopped a car and found five jars of liquid methamphetamine inside.Just after 11 a.m., troopers pulled over a driver in a silver car on westbound Interstate 40 and found the driver, Michael Edwards, 29, of Johnson City, Tenn., was wanted in ...

  • Caldwell authorities Fire was set

    LENOIR – Fire investigators say the blaze that destroyed a mobile home Tuesday evening in Caldwell County was not accidental. Fire was reported around 5 p.m. at a home in the 3200 block of Berry Court in Gamewell, according to Caldwell officials. A neighbor called 911 after her children said they saw smoke. Dino Dibernardi, an investigator with the Caldwell County Fire Marshal’s ...

  • Providence Road townhome project OK’d

    The Charlotte City Council approved 11-0 Monday a rezoning change that allows for a 19-unit luxury townhome development on the east side of Providence Road, between South Wendover Road and Providence Drive. Developer Wendy Field requested the change for 4.26 acres. But neighbors filed a protest petition against the rezoning, which meant it needed a super majority on council to pass. The zoning ...

  • Bouncer attacked women arrested after fight at Rock Hill pizzeria

    ROCK HILL Two women were shackled at the Rock Hill jail after police arrested them when a bar brawl fraught with racial tension resulted in one getting drunk and running from police, and the other one assaulting a bouncer on Tuesday. At about 11:45 p.m., police were sent to Empire Pizza and Bar on Old York Road where they dispersed a crowd of about 75 people who were in the parking lot, ...

  • Challenges filed to city’s S.C. sludge permit

    Two challenges have been filed to South Carolina’s permit, renewed earlier this month, that allows the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department to spread sewage sludge on 6,400 acres south of Charlotte. Both requests asked that this week the permit be reviewed by the board of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. The board has 60 days to respond. Sludge spread on ...


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  • Man is killed after he lies in front of train

    A Salisbury man died Tuesday after police say he laid down on the tracks in front of an incoming train. Just before 11:30 Tuesday morning, Salisbury emergency personnel responded to a pedestrian accident involving a Norfolk Southern Railroad train between 14th and 15th Streets. Authorities say 66-year-old Hugh Avril Deadwyler walked onto the tracks, then laid down across the tracks. The train ...

  • Forget the wet ... warm dry weather arrives

    Remember that forecast of a soggy week for the Charlotte region? The weather systems that meteorologists thought would bring wet weather to the Charlotte region are nowhere to be seen at midweek, and forecasters have traded their gloomy predictions for a much sunnier outlook. Instead of rain, the forecast is for nice weather into at least the early part of next week. “Cool high pressure ...

  • Commerce shift to NC nonprofit OKd by House panel

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A bill that lays the groundwork for a private nonprofit corporation to take over many economic development duties of North Carolina's Commerce Department has cleared a hurdle at the ...

  • New commander for SC Army Recruiting Battalion

    FORT JACKSON, S.C. - Lt. Col. Michael Standish is taking over Army recruiting operations in South Carolina, western North Carolina and eastern Georgia.The 44-year-old Army officer says his unit has to combat apathy among teens as well as a lack of knowledge about benefits the military can provide.Last year, the battalion at Fort Jackson recruited more than 3,000 active duty soldiers and about ...

  • Deal Diva Deals on summer stuff at Bi-Lo Teeter

    Check out some of the best grocery deals available this week at HT and Bi-Lo to help with your summer needs. Below you will find great deals on things to keep the kids happy and well fed, items to keep you cool, your stockpile full and your gas tank topped off – with enough left over to celebrate with a BBQ! How to read the list below: Coupon source is followed by the date of ...

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