Haywood County News

Haywood County Sheriff's Office n Lindsey Tate Irvine, 18, 2267 Plott Creek Road, Waynesville, was charged July 15 with consuming alcohol under the age of 21.

It's official - businesses in Haywood County will now have to pay to put their trash in the local landfill.

Comments on Topix forums : WAYNESVILLE Occupancy tax collections in Haywood County increased 15 percent in May compared with figures for May 2007, according to the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority.

CANTON A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized over the weekend after being attacked by three pit bulls.

Mike McWilliams * MMcWilliams@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published July 21, 2008 12:15 am CANTON An eighth of an inch closer and Dylon Ingle might have been killed.

Doctors in Haywood County will soon be asked to weigh in on whether they think Haywood Regional Medical Center should merge or affiliate with another hospital.

0717 property transfers For 6/23-6/27 Compiled by: Suzanne Wilson Beaverdam n Huntington Drive: Jeremy and Carlin Smith to Jason Turner and Amber Farmer, $190,000. n Pike Point: Robert and Roberta Burns to Highland Park Mini Warehouse, LLC, 0. n Sugar Hill Road: John and Deborah Edwards to John and Deborah Edwards, $0. n Dewey Avenue: Thomas and Vickie Hardy and Ricky and Diann Ivester to Chuck and Kristy Rhinehart, $118,450. n Vision Road: Christopher and Stephanie Ulery to Christopher and Stephanie Ulery, $0. n Phillipsville Loop: Roland McBride to Robert and Cindy Bryant, $168,000. n High Street: Robert and Jacqueline Ellingwood to Roger King, $40,000. Canton n Main Street: Haywood Mortgage Associates to Edith and Jerry McCracken, $144,000. n Main Street: Troy and Lisa Dills to Edith and Jerry McCracken, $106,000. n Allen Street: Jason and Tara Wicks to Jason Wicks, $0. Clyde n Oak Ridge Drive: George and Martha Legsot to Kevin and Allison Spruill, $230,000. n Acorn Lane: Vicki and Charles Hall to Kandice McMullen and Misty Moss, $0. n Jeter Road: Jesse Tanyer to Veronica Tanyer, $0. Crabtree n Newfound Street: Luis and Paola Abreu to Christopher and Elaine Godfrey, $156,000. n Iron Tree Drive: John V. Luck trust to Hamiel Chadwell, $0. Clyde n Thickety Road: David and Lisa Duncan to Jerry Smith and Bobby McKay, $110,000. East Fork n Union Drive: Michael Evans to Michael and Charity Evans, $0. Ivy Hill n Hannah Hill Road: James and Beverly Van Sleet to Charles and Patricia Wilkes, $437,500. n Sheepback Mountain Road: Bjorn and Laurie Lindquist to Chad and Lara Martin, $180,000. n Moody Farm Road: Richard Jessell and Elaine Jessell to Ken and Judy Sanders, $110,000. Jonathan Creek n Dogwood Lakes: Sharon and Dan Elvis to Jeffrey and Susan Skuda, $45,000. n Valley Cove Place: Richard Roberts to Jeffrey and Teri Merritt, $400,000. Lake Junaluska n Liberty Road: Ronald Clauser to Ronald Paul Clauser trust, $0. Maggie Valley n River Wind: Martha and James Moody to Raymond Savignac trust, $34,000. Pigeon n Saints Place: Robert and Roberta Burns and Seth Burns to Saints Place Mobile Home Park, $0. n Riverside Drive: Henry and Joyce Green and Billie Jo Franklin to Jon and Emma Parsons, $115,000. Waynesville n Hawks Crest: Gertrude Ciszak to Gertrude Ciszak trust, $0. n Country Place: Catrina Mills to Jeffrey and Tammy Powell, $87,000. n Coco Way: Terry and Jane Huskey to Prudential Relocation Inc, $390,000. n Burke Street: Joseph Haynes to Mark and Shirley Cotton, $261,000. n Hunt Estates: Arthur and Debra Chambers Jr. and Bruce and Wendy Chambers to Ronald Lee, $140,000. n Russ Avenue: David Wasserman to Charles River Properties LLC, $0. n Finlaystone Trace: Tracy and Theresa Crowley to Highland Forest Partners LLC, $290,000. n Lickstone Ridge: Highland Forest Partners LLC to Tracy and Theresa Crowley, $800,000. n Oakdale Road: Deborah Edwards to Marcia McClure, $100,000. n Hillside Terrace Drive: William and Jean Hardy to Waynesville Housing Mart, $32,000. n Castle Creek Drive: Robert and Deborah Morgan to Betty Paul, $146,000.

WAYNESVILLE - Haywood County Sheriff's deputies on July 9 arrested a Rowan County man and charged him with sex crimes against a child.

Haywood County Sheriff's Office n Walter Clyde Minuto, 44, 160 Headman Lane, Maggie Valley, was charged July 7 with two felony counts of domestic assault by strangulation, misdemeanor domestic assault ...

Encephalitis Cases Confirmed The first two cases of La Crosse encephalitis in North Carolina this year are right here in the mountains.

Gaston County law enforcement agencies have raised more than $5,000 so far for a slain state trooper's family.

CANTON A driver going the wrong way on eastbound Interstate 40 Monday caused an accident that temporarily closed the roadway at Exit 31.

LAKE JUNALUSKA Zach Hunter is only 16, but he's already well known as an abolitionist and freedom fighter.

The images from Trooper David Shawn Blanton Jr.'s funeral won't easily be forgotten.

0710 property transfers For 6/16-6/20 Compiled by: Karen Greene Beaverdam n Great Oak Drive: Manabu and Mutsumi Suzuki to Manabu Suzuki, $0. n State Road 1845: Vanise and Mary Lou Henson to Kelley R. Tyler, $0. n Abel Road: Melena and Jamie Messer to Ella Mae Searcy, $0. n James Street: James and Karen Winfree to K&JW III, LLC, $0. n Riverview Drive: Wanda Shoemaker to Wayne Calvin Shoemaker, $0. n Riverview Drive: Wanda Shoemaker to Timothy Dale Shoemaker, $0. n Bula Lane: Florence Barker to Penny Branch and Katy Branch, $0. n Hannah Cove Road: Michael Kirkpatrick to 51 Acres GP, $114,000. n Substation Road: Denny and Dorothy Leis and Dennis Leis to Shelia Branch, $205,000. Canton n Haywood Drive: Lois Metcalf to Ruth Villavicencio, $150,000. Clyde n Lee Road: James and Karen Winfree to K&JW I, LLC, $0. n Hurricane Ridge: Community Bible Church of Highlands, Inc to Roughsawn Enterprises Inc, $3,000. n Jones Cove Road: John and Nadia Stewart to Conrad and Debra Stigematsu, $312,000. n Maple Knolls: Michael and Carolyn Denny to James Bledsoe, $114,000. n Garden Ridge Road: Stephanie Groves and Miriam Weber to David Mattingly III and Gail Mattingly, $125,000. Crabtree n Lost Cove Road: Spencer and Linda McCracken to Tracy Daryel McCracken, $0. East Fork n Pisgah Creek Road: Nancy Potts Coward, Betty and E.P. Stillwell, Jr., Orville and Carolyn Coward, Betsy and Herbert Phillips IV, Renee and J.K. Coward, Jr. and William and Kimberly Coward to Pisgah Mountain LLC, $0. Iron Duff n Iron Duff Road: John Tilson Parks to Rhonda Gail Mehaffey, $0. n Leming Lane: Estate of Blanche W. Leming to Perry and Brenda Rogers, $100,000. Ivy Hill n Timberline Drive: Jimmie and Angela Mosley to Mayberry North LLC, $200,000. n Off State Road 1387: Bobby and Rebecca Revis to Steve and Mary Ledford, $142,500. n Crocket's Meadow: Glenn and Jennie Seward to Jennie Seward, $0. n Emerald Lane: Albert and Jeannie Zayas to Tait Meldram, $280,000. n Lister Lane: Michael and Rosan Grecu to Michael and Rosan Grecu, $0. n Lizzie Lane: Janice Bergman and Hrair Alboyad to Bill and Phyllis Crookham, $85,000. n Brier Lane: Marilyn Dubois to Kevin and Sandra Lenard, $160,000. n Soco Road: John and Marcia Medford to Mitchell and Elizabeth Medford, $0. n Willow Street: John and Marcia Medford to Norman and Mary Medford, $0. n Utah Mountain Estates: Frank P. and Bonnie Lou Daly to Frank P. and Bonnie Lou Daly, $0. n River Wind: Martha and James Moody to Clifford and Beatrice Bolin, $100,000. n Moody Farm Road: Kathleen Toro to Gregory and Eileen Poulin, $212,000. Jonathan Creek n Red Maple Drive: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to Irene and Amy Goodgame, $0. n Carver's Crossing: Bodi and Joanne Sabet to Brent and Christy Perkins, $82,000. Maggie Valley n Riverside Villa Drive: Gloria and Albert McNorton, Sebrina and Leonard Smith III, Julia and Robert Finnigan and Tracy and Michael Fitch to Gloria McNorton and Leonard Smith III, $0. n Riverside Villa Drive: Gloria and Albert McNorton, Sebrina and Leonard Smith III, Julia and Robert Finnigan and Tracy and Michael Fitch to Julia Finnigan and Tracy Fitch, $0. Pigeon n Tipton Drive: Marjorie Borden to Anthony Rickman, $0. n River Meadows: Films R US Inc to Films R US Service Pro Inc, $0. n River Meadows: Films R US Service Pro Inc to Cliff Noland and Marne Frances Blasy, $0. n River Meadows: Marne Frances Blasy to Cliff Noland Blasy, $0. n Mosa Drive: International Property Ventures Inc to Scott and Heather Williamson and John R. Smith, $40,000. n Mosa Drive: International Property Ventures Inc to Scott and Heather Williamson and John R. Smith, $20. Waynesville n Sorrells Cove Road: Thomas Reece to Wanda Sue Palmer, $40,000. n Depot Street: Gregory and Kathy Tayon to Depot Properties Inc, $445,000. n Bradford Circle: Merton M. Delancey trust and Gwendolyn J. Delancy trust to Julius and Frances Hall, $250,000. n Taylor Avenue: Daniel and Daiga Carvalho to FG and MM Gosling, $146,000. n Camelot Drive: James and Karen Winfree to K&JW 1 LLC, $0. n Hemlock Street: Wanda Sue Brooks to Wanda S. Brooks, $0. n Woodstream: Geoffrey Hilaire to James M. and Lavaughn Barbee, $30,000. n Dragonfire Lane: Andrea and Terry Simmons to Charles and Brenn Rohman, $65,000. n Underwood Cove Road: Michael Dean and Linda Milner and Estate of Joseph Boyd Milner, $137,500. n Mountain Lake Forest: Catherine Harlan to Timothy Harlan, $0. n Hy Tech Heights: Michael and Mariah Ramsey to Michael and Mariah Ramsey, $0. n Evans Drive: Mary Ann Moore, Deborah Evans and Sara Johnson to Wanda Brooks, $55,000. n Russ Avenue: J. Euel Taylor living trust to J. Euel Taylor living trust, $0. n Off Russ Avenue: J. Euel Taylor living trust to J. Euel Taylor living trust, $0. n Off Russ Avenue: J. Euel Taylor living trust to J. Euel Taylor living trust, $0. n Camelot Drive: James and Karen Winfree to K&JW III LLC, $0. White Oak n White Oak Hill: Mark and Jessica Lashell to Ardith Lashell, $0.

Haywood County Sheriff's Office n Christopher Chad Pennington, 35, 3182 S.E. 95th St., Ocalla Fla., was charged June 25 with misdemeanor possession of a schedule IV controlled substance, misdemeanor possession ...

Rescue crews have found a 23-year-old hiker who was lost in the Shining Rock Wilderness area, officials said this evening.

Jon Ostendorff * JOstendorff@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published July 8, 2008 12:15 am WAYNESVILLE A Haywood County substance abuse counselor is facing fraud charges on allegations he took money to let a patient skip ...

Jon Ostendorff * JOstendorff@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * and Clarke Morrison * published July 6, 2008 12:15 am CLYDE The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a Haywood County man who stopped ...

The bicentennial edition of the Cold Mountain Heritage Tour celebrates the Bethel community this weekend, with guided tours of historical buildings and sites on Saturday and Sunday.