Leicester News

A Leicester man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison on child pornography charges.

The Transit Master Plan, developed with the help of an outside consultant, a long list of stake holders and a series of public-input sessions, was adopted by Asheville City Council at its Oct.

After weeks of arguments that have pitted neighbor against neighbor, Swannanoa voters will have their say Tuesday on whether their community should be incorporated into a town.

Deputies say a Leicester man stole a Ruger 9 mm pistol. Kenneth Eugene Pearson, 51, of Monroe King Drive, was charged with larceny of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm and carrying a concealed weapon, according to warrants served Wednesday.

I would like to bring to light a subject that is about light. I have lived in the Leicester community for 15 years and have done so because of its relative "peace and quiet." Peace and quiet can mean many things to many people, but to me peace is living in relative harmony with your neighbors and quiet means no undue stress due to obnoxiousness ...

City police on Monday charged an Leicester man with possessing 239 grams of marijuana and other offenses.

City police charged a Boone man with possession of Ecstasy. Sean Alexander Herberg, 20, of Howard Street, Boone, was charged with simple possession of MDMA or Ecstasy.

Several people were reportedly injured after a head-on collision between two vehicles on Bear Creek Road near the intersection of Turkey Creek Road in Leicester.

ASHEVILLE City police are investigating a rash of armed robberies since Thursday, including a bank robbery Friday afternoon.

City police on Sunday charged a Candler man with attempting to obtain oxycodone pills with a fraudulent prescription.

The N.C. Highway Patrol is investigating several accidents as of 7:30 a.m. In Buncombe County, there's an accident on Old Leicester Highway at Dove Tree Lane.

Police arrested an Asheville man charged with breaking into more than a dozen vehicles last July.

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A standoff with police Tuesday afternoon ended with no injuries. Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies responded to Bear Creek Road for a report of a person with a shotgun, said Sheriff's Lt.

Buncombe County will open its first Human Services satellite office in the Leicester community today.

Fire and rescue crews are on the scene of a crash near an intersection with Old County Home Road on New Leicester Highway involving at least two cars in the vicinity of George's Deli.

I'm quite bothered by candidate Terry Bellamy's implication that the city of Asheville might not have the ability to grant domestic-partner benefits under North Carolina law.

Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies on Wednesday charged a Leicester man with failing to register as a sex offender.

Buncombe County will open its first Human Services satellite office in the Leicester community on October 5. "Buncombe County Human Services - West" will be conveniently located at Leicester Crossing at 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 110 and will provide social services, health and mental health services as well as substance abuse and aging ...