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November 07, 2009
Officer who stopped Fort Hood rampage is Carolina Beach native
Those who know Kimberly Barbour Munley said they aren’t surprised the Carolina Beach native is the female civilian police officer credited for stopping the deadly shooting at Fort Hood, where 13 people were killed and several others injured.
November 06, 2009
Pembroke bank robbery ends in chase, arrest
A bank robbery Thursday evening ended with an arrest less than a half hour later.
Man fined after spear-fishing grouper off Wrightsville
A man has been ordered to pay a $500 replacement fee after he pleaded guilty to possessing a federally protected fish, caught off Wrightsville Beach this summer, officials said. The N.C. State Marine Patrol charged Alejandro C. Llinas, 31, of Wrightsville Beach with a misdemeanor, alleging he possessed a Goliath grouper on Aug. 21, according to documents filed in New Hanover County District Court.
November 05, 2009
With record prices, the gold rush is on
For this group of modern-day treasure hunters, there are no yellowed maps or tales of buried riches. But on a chilly fall night during a meeting at a volunteer fire department, there was plenty of gold.
November 04, 2009
Family tragedy: NC Murder-suicide shocks, saddens
People who knew Billy Maxwell Jr. tried Tuesday to understand why the man known as a wonderful husband and father shot and killed his wife and two teenage children before turning the gun on himself. “It’s like a nightmare,“ said Cyndi McKinney, a business partner and close friend of Maxwell.
November 03, 2009
Police: NC family’s death a murder-suicide
Police say a prominent Fayetteville businessman shot and killed his wife and two teenage children Monday night before killing himself. One of the victim’s in-laws discovered the bodies and called 911.
NC lottery adds Mega Millions
North Carolinians soon will get twice as many chances to defy the odds and win the jaw-dropping jackpots that stir daydreams of shiny cars, massive homes and instant retirement. And the state lottery will get more ways to make money.
October 31, 2009
I-40 rock slide, football, tourists clog other Western North Carolina roads
Backups could slow travel on interstates around Asheville as football fans and befuddled tourists cope with the closure of Interstate 40 near Tennessee. Traffic for the University of Tennessee-South Carolina football game in Knoxville combined with leaf-season tourists on highways already crowded because of the I-40 rock slide could make for congestion.
October 30, 2009
Teen arrested in Robeson County homicide
Robeson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a teen in the death of a 21-year-old.
Laurel Hill man dies after tree-falling accident
A Parkton man died after a tree fell on him.
Easley’s lawyer stuns elections board, asks that DA get the case
After four days of putting the campaigns of Gov. Mike Easley and the N.C. Democratic Party under the microscope, the State Board of Elections expects to decide today whether a criminal probe is needed. On Thursday, Easley’s personal attorney told them to skip the deliberation.
October 28, 2009
Ocean Isle beach house fire two years later
Wednesday marks the two-year anniversary of the Ocean Isle Beach fire, that killed seven South Carolina college students.
Report: Real estate speculation led to Cape Fear Bank’s downfall
Cape Fear Bank was brought down by rapid growth and a loan portfolio too heavy on real estate acquisition and development, federal regulators reported Tuesday.
October 27, 2009
Engineers consider 2 strategies for NC rock slide
Engineers are considering two strategies to begin removing rocks as large as a mobile home from Interstate 40 in western North Carolina near Tennessee. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported one plan involves building an access road to the top of rock slide, a job that could take more than a week.
October 25, 2009
Rockslide closes I-40 at mile marker 3
A rockslide has closed Interstate 40 at mile marker 3 in both directions, the state highway patrol has reported. Mile marker 3 is near the Tennessee border in Haywood County.
October 24, 2009
NC identifies 7 more inmates that could be freed
Seven more violent criminals could potentially be freed because of a court ruling and good conduct credits, North Carolina prison officials said Saturday. The men join 20 others who had been preparing for their release, but the future of all the prisoners remains uncertain.
October 23, 2009
Scotland Cancer Treatment Center hosts breast cancer awareness walk
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Friday the Scotland Cancer Treatement Center hosted its fourth annual breast cancer awareness walk.
Could more constrictors lurk in Cape Fear region?
What if it wasn’t alone? That’s a worrisome possibility for local ophiophobes to wrap their minds around as they digest how a giant non-native snake ended up on the side of N.C. 133 near Orton Plantation in Brunswick County.
Lumbee tribe inches closer to federal recognition
Approval by key Senate committee moves tribe to its closest point since 1991.
October 22, 2009
Local labyrinths’ paths cross boundaries of faith and tradition
Patricia Bell had seen a number of labyrinths during her travels as a magazine editor, particularly in Europe. The Landfall resident also has walked the winding paths in Wilmington - at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Church of the Servant. “It’s just very peaceful,“ she said about labyrinths, which go back thousands of years and have become a meditative tool for people from various walks of life.
College faces accreditation issues
St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg could lose students because of accreditation problems.
October 21, 2009
Progress Energy joins industry in pledge to make electric vehicles a reality
The pledge builds on existing actions to help prepare the market for full-scale commercialization and deployment of PEVs by aggressive action in five focus areas: charging infrastructure, customer service, customer education, incentives and conversion of utility fleets.
Charlotte heroin deaths on rise in ‘09
Heroin overdoses and deaths in Charlotte have more than tripled since last year, a concern to authorities who want to prevent a repeat of the city’s drug battles of the early 1990s. Local officials are particularly concerned that gangs, most of which are connected to Mexican drug organizations, are aggressively targeting teenagers.
Escaped Robeson County inmate caught Tuesday night
Sheriff Sealy said Herman Locklear, 52 was apprehended Tuesday night at an apartment near Maxton.
October 20, 2009
NC State Fair hangs on to fans
On a sunny Monday afternoon with temperatures in the low 60s, parked cars stretched down both sides of Hillsborough Street near the N.C. State Fairgrounds. There were lines to buy miniature doughnuts and fried cheese, to ride in a tiny helicopter and to squeeze a cow’s udders.
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan to speak in Brunswick County
Peace activist Cindy Sheehan will give a speech Monday at Brunswick Community College that likely will include much more than ending America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and aim at a broader concept than that of an anti-war agenda.
October 17, 2009
Former Brunswick sheriff Hewett released from prison
Former Brunswick County sheriff Ronald Hewett has been released from prison and sent to an undisclosed halfway house. Hewett was released from Butner Federal Correctional Complex near Raleigh on Thursday and transferred to a community corrections facility, Bureau of Prisons spokesman Edmond Ross said.
October 16, 2009
Sweepstakes parlors generate mixed reaction
As sweepstakes game parlors, operating as a legal makeover of video poker and Internet electronic games, sweep the state, some local governments are taking steps to stem the tide.
October 15, 2009
Ghost hunters search for paranormal activity
Mick Barraza believes in ghosts. He said he has seen them in action. Years ago, Barraza was in bed asleep when he heard his stepson’s tricycle being ridden in the house. Wondering what the boy was doing up so late at night, Barraza got up to check. “With my own eyes,“ he said, “I saw the tricycle going around in circles.“
October 14, 2009
Prisoner escapes deputy’s custody in Pembroke
Robeson County Deputies are searching for man who escaped while being taken to a Pembroke courtroom Wednesday morning.
