Alamance County News

Some facts about the turnover rates and salaries in the Alamance County Sheriff's Office, other counties and the city of Burlington.

A project by the N.C. Department of Transportation and the New Leaf Society is sprucing up the county's interstate exits.

The Alamance County Sheriff's Office said Anesuisshe "Annie" MakaMaka Kagura was found safe at a home in Burlington Thursday night.

The Graham Recreation & Parks Department's Thursdays At Seven concert series will begin May 23 with Eric and the Chill Tones, featuring WFMY-News 2 anchorman Eric Chilton.

Alamance Battleground State Historic Site is playing host to three days of special, family-friendly activities that began Thursday and will continue with an 18th-century Living Experience and Patriots' Day on Saturday and Sunday.

Jason Lyle Garner, 31, of N.C. 87 South, Graham, was charged May 7 with chop shop activity knowing activity.

Kernodle Cliic in Burlington will join Duke Medicine's physician practice organization this summer, in part to implement a new electronic medical records system.

Emily Suzanne Uckele, 22, of Riverside Drive, Burlington, was charged Tuesday by Burlington police with felony breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, and first-degree trespass.

The Alamance County Sheriff's Office charged Davidson Mains, 18, of Grove Lane in Swepsonville; Laura Smith, 18, of Shagbark Lane in Graham; and Johnathan Riley, 20, of Crawford Road Graham.

According to a police press release, at around 4:30 p.m., Ernesto Rodriguez, of Burlington, arrived at UNC Hopitals Emergency Room in Chapel Hill suffering from a gunshot wound.

"A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps, both." More than a half century ago, the General Assembly wisely legislated that, for accountability and in the public's best interest, notice of public meetings should be run in newspapers of record in all North ... (more)

The regional agency that oversees mental health care in Alamance County has announced new leadership to oversee its managed care.

A Gibsonville man was found guilty Monday of assaulting an officer and then pleaded guilty to being a habitual felon.

Brandon William Johnson, 22, of 1217 E. Webb Ave., Apt. A in Burlington is charged with one count sex offender on a social network, two counts failure to register online identifier and one count failure to register new address.

The Alamance County Sheriff's Office located a Snow Camp man safe after a search that lasted several hours Monday.

Visitation for family, friends and community members will be Tuesday at The Lamb's Chapel at 415 Roxboro St.

The Swepsonville Town Council has scheduled a special meeting for 7 tonight at the Swepsonville Fire Department to discuss matters related to the location or expansion of an industry or business in Swepsonville.

Preston Miles Metz Jr., 28, of Mobile Manor Road, Burlington, was charged with breaking into a storage building on Mobile Manor Road and selling power tools he stole there to a pawn shop between Nov.

The shrill buzzing noise of brood II cicadas will soon be heard across Alamance County when they resurface from the ground after lying dormant for 17 years.

Three volunteer fire departments are asking the Alamance County Board of Commissioners to approve tax rate increases in their districts so they can meet budget needs for 2013-14. Representatives from E.M. Holt, North Eastern Alamance, and Snow Camp volunteer fire departments presented their request to the board last week.