Leicester News

A Marshall woman has been arrested on as fugitive wanted on fraud charges from Utah, according to a warrant filed in the Buncombe County Magistrate's Court.

The Asheville Police Department investigated a traffic accident this morning on New Leicester Highway.

The fourth annual Leicester Artists Holiday Arts and Crafts Show - which features a wide assortment of original and affordable gift possibilities - will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.

AVERY'S CREEK ELEMENTARY: Girls on the Run Monday. BELL ELEMENTARY: Book fair is Monday-Friday in the library.

In addition to covering today's Asheville City Council meeting for an upcoming article in Mountain Xpress, staff writer David Forbes also turned in this coverage via Twitter, the micro-blogging program: 4:59 pm: City Council meeting is about to begin.

A Leicester woman was charged with trying to fulfill a stolen prescription for oxycontin, according to warrants filed at the Buncombe County Magistrate's Court.

Land-of-Sky Regional Council is holding meetings Thursday and Friday to get public feedback on its project to identify the most valuable natural lands in a four-county area.

As Earlys Mountain Road winds past quiet fields and farmhouses in Leicester, one farm in particular stands out among the rest.

To the surprise of no one, Buncombe County commissioners tentatively approved reinstituting countywide zoning on a 4-1 vote Tuesday.

At 7 p.m. today, the Leicester Branch Library will host the program, "Birds in the Back Yard" with Wendell Cisco, a local gardener who will share his bird experiences and present his photographic images.

A prearranged fight escalated into a shooting that left a Buncombe County man critically injured early this morning.

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.