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Rain dampens July 4 activities, but police still busy
Showers seem to have had a calming effect for the Fourth of July in Salisbury Township. Even so, the Salisbury Township Police Department was kept busy. According to the July 4 holiday weekend report prepared by Salisbury Township Chief of Police Donald Sabo and presented by Salisbury Township Lt. Christopher Casey at the board of commissioners July 11 meeting, there were 134 calls for police service.
Deputies look for missing Robeson County man
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — Robeson County authorities have asked for the public’s help finding a missing man. Temmi Thomas was last seen in the area of Conatser Drive in Parkton, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said. He is 5-foot-8 and weighs 145 pounds. He has brown eyes and is bald. Anyone with information is […]
These paramedics are for more than just emergencies in N.C. communities
On a street corner east of Durham’s downtown, Cheryl Riley spotted a woman sitting on a ledge outside a grocery store, her upper body bobbing back and forth. Riley, a Durham County paramedic, pulled over her Ford Expedition with bright blue and yellow markings and asked the woman if she could take her vitals. After getting a go-ahead, Riley checked her blood pressure and oxygen levels.
Emergency responders turning to drones to try to get people help faster
The drones are coming.Starting in September, if someone in Clemmons, North Carolina, calls 911 to report a cardiac arrest, the first responder on the scene may be a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator, or AED."The idea is for the drone to get there several minutes before first responders," such as an emergency medical technician or an ambulance, said Daniel Crews, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office in Forsyth County, where Clemmons is located. The sheriff's office is partnering on the project with local emergency services, the Clinical Research Institute at Duke University, and the drone consulting firm Hovecon. "The...
Gwinnett County Man Detained On Statutory Rape Charges
On July 3, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a man for reportedly bringing a 14-year-old girl from North Carolina to Georgia. On July 3, the United States Marshals reached out to the Sheriff’s Office Trafficking and Child Exploitation and Gang Units for assistance in locating the missing girl.
Japan’s HI-CHEW Maker Morinaga Investing Over $136 Million In NC Factory
The Mebane, NC produces the popular fruity candy HI-CHEW. Due to high demand, Morinaga will add manufacturing space and production lines. A performance-based grant of $100,000 from the One North Carolina Fund will help facilitate the expansion, contingent on a company capital investment of $115.4 million, the creation of 40 jobs, and local government support.
Police find 5 malnourished, abandoned dogs at Lexington home
LEXINGTON, N.C. — Police arrested a Lexington woman accused of not feeding her five dogs to the point of malnourishment. Officers were called to Olympia Street on Sunday morning. Police said they found five dogs without food, water, or shelter. Tammy Wilt, the dogs' owner, was charged on Tuesday...
Cornel West's Justice For All Party says it will sue NC Board of Elections over ballot denial
The Justice For All Party said Thursday that it will file a lawsuit challenging the North Carolina Board of Elections decision this week not to certify the organization as a political party. That decision means its candidate, progressive academic Cornel West, can’t appear on the state’s ballot for president.
UNCW researchers discover new parasite affecting North Carolina bay scallops
Native bay scallops in North Carolina are under threat and this time the culprit is a parasite. According to the University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers, they have discovered an undescribed trematode parasite that is infecting native bay scallops. The parasite was discovered in 2012 by Ami E. Wilbur ’85,...
NCDHHS awarded $2.5M to expand school-based health services
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand school-based health care in North Carolina. The grant will support NCDHHS’ ongoing work to ensure school-aged children and their families have equitable access to health care and behavioral health services readily available in the same places where they learn and grow.
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