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'Right place at the right time': Firefighters rescue worker trapped in lift
Firefighters with the Cornelius-Lemley Fire Rescue rescued a construction worker who was stuck in a lift, according to the department. The fire crew had just finished up training at an apartment building under construction when the site's foreman told them one of his workers was stuck in a stalled lift on the side of the building.
North Carolina joins US Department of Justice in suing software company accused of illegally raising rent prices
North Carolina, the DOJ, and seven other states filed a bipartisan lawsuit against RealPage, alleging it violated antirust law and pushed apartment prices artificially high.
Black Death Row Inmate Argues For Resentencing Based On North Carolina’s History Of Racial Bias
Attorneys for a Black man who is currently on death row are arguing for their client to be resentenced to life in person due to the history of the state’s documented history of racial discrimination. According to NBC News, Hasson Bacote was convicted on a first-degree charge of murder for the 2007 shooting death of an 18-year-old man during a home robbery attempt. The jury that convicted him was made up of 10 white and two Black jurors. One of his attorneys, Henderson Hill, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union argued that white jurors “get shown the box. Black...
State opens purse for area arts groups
The Surry Arts Council was on the receiving end of some good news this week when the North Carolina Arts Council announced recipients of $11.5 million in grant funding. The Surry Arts Council were among 366 recipients of grant funding, receiving two grants from the state organization totaling more than $59,000. For the Grassroots Arts Program, the local council was granted $51,123, while the Traditional Arts Programs for Students (TAPS) received $8,000. ...
Precautionary swimming advisories remain at four Outer Banks locations
State recreational water quality officials have lifted most of the precautionary advisories against swimming issued due to Tropical Storm Debby, but four Dare County locations areas remain under swimming advisory due to bacteria levels that exceed safe swimming standards. Test results of water samples taken from these waters show bacterial...
NC Supreme Court declines to fast-track Governor Cooper's lawsuits over board appointment powers
North Carolina's highest court has decided it won't fast-track appeals of results in two lawsuits initiated by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that challenged new laws that eroded his power to choose members of several boards and commissions.The state Supreme Court, in orders released Friday, denied the requests from Republican legislative leaders sued by Cooper to hear the cases without waiting for the intermediate-level Court of Appeals to consider and rule first on arguments. The one-sentence rulings did not disclose how individual justices voted on the petitions to bypass the cases to the Supreme Court. Cooper's lawyers had asked the court...
@BerwynClub boys’ recruit: Perkiomen School 2025 SSMF Murray commits to Belmont Abbey
Perkiomen School 2025 short-stick midfielder Justin Murray has committed to play Division II lacrosse at Belmont Abbey College. High school: Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Position: SSMF/Midfield. Grad year: 2025. College committed to: Belmont Abbey College. Club team: True Philly, True Mid-Atlantic Burns. Why did you choose Belmont Abbey? “I chose...
D.G. Martin: Take steps to help favorite candidates succeed
Have you decided how you are going to vote in the upcoming election? Even if you have decided between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, there is more to do before you can do your duty on Election Day. There are more offices that will need your vote: secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner, insurance commissioner, state senator, state representative,...
TWO INJURED IN I-29 ACCIDENT
BOTH DRIVERS WERE INJURED AND HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING A TWO VEHCLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING ON INTERSTATE 29 IN MONONA COUNTY. THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 7:30 A,M. WHEN A SOUTHBOUND SEMI STRUCK THE REAR OF A DODGE DAKOTA BEING PULLED BY A NISSAN PICKUP. THE DRIVER OF...
Voter registration forms found scattered in Raleigh, spark security concerns
Trenice Wright pulled into the driveway of her job Friday afternoon in Raleigh and saw dozens of white forms on the ground.She took a closer look; they were all voter registration forms."I felt bad because...one, people's information is on there. Their addresses are on there," Wright said. "Then, they're assuming that they're registered to vote."Most of the ones Eyewitness News saw were blank. However, there were three completed.According to the Board of Elections website, one was invalid and the other two were registered voters. ABC11 was able to contact one of the voters, who did not want to reveal her...
Furman Rallies Past Winthrop To Claim First Victory, 2-1
Rock Hill, S.C. – Christian Kraus and Ivan Agyaakwah netted second half goals as Furman rallied past Winthrop, 2-1, to claim its first victory of the season Sunday evening in Rock Hill, S.C. The win improved the Paladins to 1-0-1 on the season while Winthrop slipped to 0-2-0. With...
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