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Voters select SB 848: Allow Illegal Immigrants in Community Colleges Raleigh, N.C. - Visitors to the Civitas Institute Web site have crowned SB 848, a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to enroll in North Carolina's community colleges and universities, as the year's worst bill.

Head south on N.C. 11 from Kinston and you'll soon run into signs imploring the community to stay away from methamphetamine.

The apparent shooting death of an Albertson teenager Sept. 25 is still being investigated by the Duplin County Sheriff's Office but no concrete motive for the homicide has been established, Sheriff Blake Wallace said this week.

Sunday, October 18, 2009 Grady Fall Festival Janie Howard, age 6, shows off the cuddliest of items auctioned off Saturday night at the B. F. Grady Elementary School Fall Festival.

A 17-year-old teenager whose body was found last Friday morning in a mobile home at Albertson had been shot and two "persons of interest" have been questioned in the case, Duplin County Sheriff Blake Wallace said today.... Please log in to see full story.

Most of the $6.3 billion North Carolina received from the federal government in stimulus funds won't go to create new jobs by building highways, bridges and water and sewer systems.

Duplin County authorities say they have a death investigation underway. Sheriff Blake Wallace says a teenager was found dead in a mobile home on Guy Sanderson Road, that's outside of Albertson in northern Duplin County.

Officials with the N.C. Highway Patrol have released the name of the victim in Wednesdaya s fatal accident on N.C. 24, just outside of Clinton.

Tuesday afternoon, rain might have tried to dampen the spirits for the second day of the 2009 Lenoir County Fair, but for some of the fair-goers who turned out for Senior Day and the employees operating the amusement rides, it couldn't stop the show.

After approving versions of roughly three dozen bills, hammering out a state budget and deliberating for more than three hours, the N.C. Senate had one item left on its agenda the night of Aug.

Allan Smith, superintendent of Edenton-Chowan Schools, has been nominated for North Carolina Superintendent of the Year.

Allan Smith, superintendent of Edenton-Chowan Schools, has been nominated for North Carolina Superintendent of the Year.

North Carolina lawmakers may repeal the state's required annual motor vehicle safety inspections.

For the past two years, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission has been crafting new rules to require water monitoring at factory hog farms, a significant source of pollution in the state.

HEADLINES: - Video poker supporters, Republicans try to build support for alternatives to $1B tax hike NC considers ending vehicle safety inspections NC considers ending vehicle safety inspections North Carolina lawmakers may repeal the state's required annual motor vehicle safety inspections.

MONEY TALKS: House and Senate Democrats again neared a tax deal they hope will satisfy Gov.

North Carolina lawmakers may repeal the state's required annual motor vehicle safety inspections.

A North Carolina state senator unhappy with a possible requirement that hog farmers test their streams for pollution wants to prevent an environmental panel from making regulations for the next two years.

The following arrests were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Ana Rosa Sotis Maroles, 29, Indian Springs Road, Seven Springs, July 19, .11. Arresting trooper: J. Noble.

Local and global environmental worries ran into each other Wednesday on the floor of the state Senate.