North Carolina News Archives

CHAPTER 8 DECISION, DECISION In April 1997 Coach Smith, Coach Guthridge, Coach Fogler, and I met in Fort Myers, Florida, for a two-day golf vacation.

Six eastern North Carolina counties will have to pay to replace crumbling pavement along an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 795 from Goldsboro to Wilson.

The family of a North Carolina man who fell to his death while trying to help wreck victims on Interstate 440 in Raleigh says more safety measures are needed in the area.

North Carolina's burley tobacco growers may have just one place to sell their product this season.

The data has been compiled, the grades are in and the 2009 North Carolina School Report Cards are now online at www.ncreportcards.org. This Web site features the state's largest collection of information about student performance and attendance, class size, school safety, teacher quality and classroom technology at the state, district and school ...

Officials are set to install a highway marker commemorating a sit-in to protest racial segregation at a North Carolina ice cream parlor.

Officials in North Carolina say they are seeing an alarming growth in the size and sophistication of the fake identification business.

Nov. 29, 2009, 10:45 a.m. You've seen them and heard them. The cheesy game show character.

Snow will dust mountain spots like Newland, Avery County, NC late Thanksgiving into Friday 11 / 26.

Come Tuesday, it will be illegal to text while driving in North Carolina. A violation could land you a $100 fine plus court costs.

North Carolina shoppers taking advantage of after Thanksgiving sales can also get a chance for a trip and free food - if they give blood.

An autopsy shows a North Carolina man just discharged from a state psychiatric hospital died from a massive overdose of a painkiller given to him by the facility.

A North Carolina man has been killed trying to help people injured in a car crash.

On a recent camping trip with his son's Cub Scout troop, Curtis Barwick ended a talk about his job managing contracts for the now-bankrupt Coharie Hog Farms with a desperate plea.

Gov. Beverly Perdue is inserting the phrase "lots of travel" back into the job description of North Carolina's chief executive.

Police are investigating the shooting death of a man at a North Carolina motel, the third shooting victim at the motel since Oct.

North Carolina police say a man kidnapped an elderly woman while she sat in a car outside the Asheville hospital where she was being discharged.

North Carolina communities already facing tight local budgets may have to spend more to beef up pension plans for municipal workers, a newspaper reported Friday.

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says she's considering new ethics rules where gubernatorial appointees would be fired if they are indicted or refuse to cooperate with an investigation.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear will be the newest chairman of the Southern Growth Policies Board, a think tank that has been led in the past by such notable politicians as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.

Crowded airplanes, lost baggage and delays often greet travelers during the Thanksgiving weekend, but the airport for North Carolina's capital city wrestles with another problem.

Police are trying to figure out how to root out drugs and prostitution from a North Carolina motel that has been the scene of three homicides in the past five weeks.

One turkey will have plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving when he is gobbling about, rather than being gobbled up.

Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl whose kidnapping and slaying received national news coverage.

A North Carolina politician who heads a national Muslim civil rights group has condemned the Army psychiatrist charged in a deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood.

State Treasurer Janet Cowell needs more information before judging whether the last leg of the outer loop around North Carolina's largest city should be completed with an unusual financing method.

Elections officials are asking two North Carolina Senate leaders to fix potential problems with campaign finance reports.

Savor that holiday sweet potato pie and those marshmallow yams while you can. Agricultural experts and industry officials expect enough sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and Christmas, traditionally a high-demand period.

The rush home to family for the Thanksgiving holiday is picking up. AAA Carolinas estimates about one out of eight North Carolina residents are hitting the road for Thanksgiving, with Wednesday traditionally the heaviest travel day of the year.

North Carolina based insurance giant Blue Cross and Blue Shield has been vocal in its opposition to some parts of President Obama's health insurance reform proposals.

North Carolina, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest are all schools that are interested in Gibbs High senior Tim Jackson.

The father of a dead North Carolina girl isn't second-guessing his decision to let 5-year-old Shaniya Davis live with the mother accused of prostituting her.

North Carolina's culture mavens are out to show that real jobs flow from creative pursuits like arts, design and new media.

Jimmy Wayne, "Sara Smile" An album of emotionally layered songs about love sustained and sometimes lost, "Sara Smile" should establish Jimmy Wayne as Nashville's most sensitive male vocalist - both in his well-chosen material and in his elegant, soulful delivery.

Police are still investigating their handling of a 911 call from the home of a North Carolina man who shot his wife and two children before he turned the gun on himself.

Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering that tested military rules involving politicians.

Police in North Carolina have arrested a man in the accidental shooting death of a college student at an off-campus party.

The Shaniya Davis funeral was held Sunday at 3 pm in North Carolina, Shaniya Davis was the five-year-old girl that was murdered and raped earlier this month.

A West Side woman on vacation at North Carolina's Outer Banks drowned Sunday after a wave knocked her down and she inhaled water.

Health departments in North Carolina already burdened with the outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus have an additional worry - a dramatic increase in the number of cases of syphilis.

The North Carolina city that supports Panthers and Bobcats wants no part of the real four-legged predators roaming its neighborhoods.

Sarah Palin was having dinner Sunday with the Rev. Billy Graham a day before a planned book tour stop in eastern North Carolina.

When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend.

In May 2008, when a small plane piloted by a Florida pastor disappeared over the Western North Carolina mountains, authorities called the Civil Air Patrol.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2009. There are 40 days left in the year.

Charlotte , North Carolina , United States Thursday, November 12, 2009 The journey home began at 6AM Venice time and even with only a one hour layover in Munich we arrived in Charlotte at 6PM est time a very long day.

A former North Carolina firefighter pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill after shooting at a man riding a bicycle with his wife and 4-year-old son because he was concerned for the child's safety.

Nov. 19, 2009 -- An investigational drug that didn't perform well as an antidepressant appears to slightly boost sexual desire as well as the number of satisfying sexual encounters in women with lagging libidos, a study shows.

The man arrested in the death of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl appears before a judge.Mario Andrette McNeill is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child.He said little and showed no emotion during a brief court appearance this afternoon.Police say Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and strangled.Police also say McNeill ...

Environment North Carolina says there are more than 63,000 roofs in Mecklenburg County that could be used for photovoltaic systems in a study on solar farms released Wednesday.

A North Carolina judge has issued an order preventing a committee in Yadkin County from meeting to discuss overhauling plans for a jail to replace a closed lockup.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2009. There are 40 days left in the year.

Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.

A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat.

A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl facesnew charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday.

North Carolina and Microsoft are launching a public-private partnership to provide technology training to the state's residents at no cost, Gov.

For the second consecutive year, North Carolina earned an "F" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, but it showed improvement on criteria that can help give all babies a healthy start in life.

Best-selling mystery writer John Grisham will deliver the commencement address at the University of North Carolina spring graduation.

The Navy is conducting another bird study at a proposed North Carolina site for a practice landing field for jets fighters.

A search warrant says a man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl picked her up in front of her home and drove her to the hotel where she was last seen alive.

The state of North Carolina has launched a new Web site to provide access to online courses from K-12 grades, community colleges and universities.

There's a message for doctors, hospitals and communities in new guidelines for treatment of coronary disease and heart attacks: Get organized.

Virginia and North Carolina health officials are advising against consuming walleye fish caught in Lake Gaston because of mercury contamination.

A CT scan -- a kind of super X-ray -- provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.

Jewels, art, cars and more than 150 bottles of fine wine will be auctioned off in North Carolina's capital city to help recoup nearly $70 million in losses for investors duped in an alleged Ponzi scheme.

Lawyers for a disgraced former North Carolina legislator have gone back to court seeking to overturn his conviction for obstruction of justice.

It never ceases to amaze me how some politicians do math. Given North Carolina's recent budget woes and massive federal budget deficits as far as the eye can see, it should be obvious that many lawmakers never learned how to subtract.

The Senate Democratic Caucus met Tuesday morning to name a new majority leader to replace retiring Senator Tony Rand.

The Botticelli had happily hung in the North Carolina Museum of Art for more than a quarter-century, moving only a few feet over the years.

You can call it the recession tree. South Carolina's Statehouse Christmas tree is shorter than usual and doesn't even reach above the roughly 25-foot Confederate soldiers' monument on the front lawn.

North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue says the state's financial picture is improving but that unemployment may keep rising in the short term.

Songs and prayers were part of a North Carolina community's gathering to remember little Shaniya Davis, the 5-year-old girl whose body was found Monda ...

Court of Appeals Judge Sanford Steelman is seeking another eight-year term on North Carolina's second-highest court.

Shaniya Davis Body Found - Her Mother Charged in Selling Her to Prostitution - Boyfriend Also Arrested Shanyia Davis, the 5 year old girl missing from her North Carolina home has been found dead in a rural wooded area.

Internet telephone service provider Vonage will refund customers and pay $3 million collectively to North Carolina and 31 other states under a settlement involving the company's cancellation policies.

A drug that failed the test as an antidepressant could find a new use as the female "Viagra", say scientists.

Another helped a member of a Las Vegas conservative group appear on local talk radio to criticize the proposal.

North Carolina will be well represented in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports that the N.C. Central University Marching Sound Machine has been invited to march in the annual New Year's Day parade in Pasadena, Calif.

A long-stalled plan to bring passenger trains to Asheville could inch forward in the next few months, but it lags other rail projects as a top state priority.

Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger goes through his pre-flight routine before piloting a flight to North Carolina from LaGuardia Airport in New York in a file picture.

A University of North Carolina panel has revised a policy that allows school administrators to collect leave pay even if they don't return to teaching positions at the school as planned.

An audit shows six North Carolina hospitals owe the state more than $2.5 million for overcharging the health plan for teachers and state employees.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 6:45 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 6:45 p.m. They're the spoils of a feast that's over forever: Bernard Madoff's stuff on a government auction block.

North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge says he will not run for the U.S. Senate next year.

The North Carolina Film Council is staying in business. Gov. Beverly Perdue will sign an executive order reauthorizing the council on Thursday at EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.

A North Carolina man is under arrest, charged with kidnapping in the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl.

A missing 5-year-old North Carolina girl was seen with a man at a hotel, but not the same person charged in her kidnapping.

Relentless rain swept much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, triggering coastal flood warnings and watches from North Carolina to New York's Long Island, inundating streets and forcing some rescues of stranded drivers in hard-hit Virginia.

Henry Ford would have hated 2009, and not just because it's been a tough year to sell cars.

Donnie Denny takes the stage on Thursday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as a finalist in Oprah's Karaoke Challenge, he'll probably be a little nervous, but has no reason to be, " This plumber can flex the golden pipes" says friend, Tom Kilian, the founder of IBXarts and promoter of http://www.DonnieDenny.com If any singer deserves your vote, it is this loyal husband, father of two, who has always ran his business with integrity in the American Spirit of a honest days work for a honest days wage.

The Army's most elite soldiers are teaming with North Carolina's university system to improve training on national security issues.

A North Carolina pastor has been released from jail after being arrested on charges of having sex with a child.

A new federal study documenting the warming waters of the North Atlantic confirms that they're right a ' and that the typical meal could eventually change to the Atlantic croaker, red hake and summer flounder normally found to the south.

Virginia's governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday as unrelenting rain from the remnants of a tropical storm soaked the state, while officials in North Carolina braced for another day of heavy rain.

Gov. Beverly Perdue wants to promote North Carolina's military-friendly image by helping veterans and military spouses find work.

FAYETTEVILLE Authorities are continuing to search the woods near a mobile home community in southeastern North Carolina for a missing 5-year-old girl.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that a parent advisory council at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro come up with the fundraising plan after last year's chocolate sale flopped.

A North Carolina pork producer has filed for bankruptcy after complaints from unpaid vendors and falling pork consumption tied to swine flu fears.

A new study examining the perception of pain and the effects of various mental training techniques has found that relatively short and simple mindfulness meditation training can have a significant positive effect on pain management.

Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

John Hood RALEIGH - The 2009 election cycle is a prime example of how political trends are sometimes hard to spot when they're approaching, hard to describe when they arrive, and hard to flag when they've run their course.

Two children have died in a house fire in northern North Carolina. Multiple media outlets reported that a 12-year-old girl and her 1-year old brother died in the fire Monday night in Henderson.

US authorities are investigating whether the Cleveland man who owned the home where several bodies were found is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan.

Health officials in North Carolina say two pregnant women were among five people who died of pandemic H1N1 flu or similar symptoms in one week.

Police are investigating the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found at a home in North Carolina.

That old adage "No rest for the weary" could have been coined with Mark and Barbara Van Art in mind.

Two winning candidates who participated in a North Carolina city's new voluntary public financing program say it helped them take their focus off money and put it on issues.

Multiple news outlets have reported that accused serial killer Anthony Edward Sowell may have spent time in eastern North Carolina in the 1980s while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

North Carolina officials said that Jennifer Hughes Puckett, a former insurance agent from Rockingham, appeared this week in Carthage at the Moore County District Court and pleaded guilty to 16 counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent.

An Israeli foam manufacturing company is investing more than $7 million to open a North Carolina facility and add 72 jobs.

Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand helped pass seemingly every significant piece of legislation Democrats have crowed about over the past decade - from the lottery to probation reforms and the annual budget.

The body of a 60-year-old man was found floating in a central North Carolina lake, and authorities do not think foul play was involved.

North Carolina has launched a Web site to help the state's bars, restaurants and hotels to kick the smoking habit for good.

A North Carolina judge facing misconduct charges and possible removal from the bench has resigned.

WASHINGTON - The list of decades-old grievances that Indian nations have lodged against the federal government is lengthy and a source of great acrimony.

Thailand's ailing 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej made a brief public appearance Monday, the second during his six-week hospitalization, easing concerns about his health that have shaken the public and the local stock market.

Authorities say a 37-year-old Virginia man is dead and two other people injured in a shooting outside a North Carolina nightclub.

A man whose family was killed in their North Carolina home has pleaded guilty to drug charges that officials say led to the deaths of his wife and children.

Blasting is under way as crews try reopening Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line where a massive rock slide closed the road late last month.

Crews are hoping they can begin drilling rocks at the top of a massive rock slide on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line after rain delayed their progress over the weekend.

Submitted by WWAY on 5 November 2009 - 12:48pm. Go green, tax-free weekend on Energy Star appliances Saving energy is not a new concept.

North Carolina officials know some of the mountains of trash that are dumped daily could be useful to someone, if only interested parties could find each other.

Police in North Carolina delayed for more than an hour after a chilling emergency call that captured a gunshot before sending officers to the home where a real estate developer killed his family and then himself.

With the state's unemployment rate at 10.8 percent, it's little wonder residents remain pessimistic about the economy.

President Obama has nominated two North Carolina judges to vacant seats on the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond.

The president of the NAACP says too many North Carolina residents lack health insurance for people on Capitol Hill to delay passage of a health care overhaul bill until 2010.

North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan has withdrawn her support for a possible lifetime federal appointment for a state judge who ruled in favor of a company that includes Hagan's husband.

A North Carolina home daycare is closed while authorities investigate the death of an infant.

A higher sales tax means North Carolina consumers will get a larger break when they purchase energy-efficient appliances compared to a year ago.

Governor Bev Perdue has appointed Senator Tony Rand to head the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission.

A North Carolina insurance agent already accused of embezzling more than $168,000 from a 90-year-old woman and using the money for himself is facing additional indictments.

One of the state's leading seaport advocates, John LaCapra, is retiring as president of the Florida Ports Council at the end of the year.

The White House has nominated two North Carolina judges to fill seats on the nation's most conservative federal appeals court.

A North Carolina congressman dashing to catch a plane dumped his sport utility vehicle at the end of a row of properly parked cars at Charlotte's airport.

Louisiana ranked No. 25 in Site Selection magazine's Top Business Climates for 2009, down three slots from the previous year.

North Carolina lawmakers returned Tuesday to resume conversations on overhauling the state's tax system as soon as next spring after House and Senate Democrats couldn't agree on a plan before the Legislature adjourned in August.

Voters have narrowly elected a Democrat to lead Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city.

North Carolina kept the top spot in Site Selection magazine's ranking of states with the best business climate.

No disrepect to the new Web site, but North Carolina's culture was already building momentum against public smoking November 02, 2009 9:39 AM The state government has set up a Web page to help North Carolinians prepare for a new - yet unnecessary - law that takes effect Jan.

According to the latest poll released from Elon University, three of every four North Carolina residents believe the current health care system in the country needs reformed.

North Carolina lottery players should soon get to take a chance on two more multimillion-dollar jackpots a week without having to drive to Georgia or Virginia.

Fort Bragg officials say a civilian killed in an explosion at the North Carolina Army post was scavenging for scrap metal when he stepped on a round and it exploded.

A Republican congresswoman says people have more to fear from Democratic health care legislation than from terrorists.

For Republicans, an election win of any size Tuesday would be a blessing. But victories in Virginia, New Jersey or elsewhere won't erase enormous obstacles the party faces heading into a 2010 midterm election year when control of Congress and statehouses from coast to coast will be up for grabs.

Sprint began the week by bringing its 4G WiMAX service into action for several key areas promised earlier.

Police arrested a man early Monday in the parking lot slayings of four men shot in the North Carolina small town that was the inspiration for Mayberry in television's "The Andy Griffith Show." Marcos Chavez Gonzalez was charged with four counts of murder in the shooting late Sunday outside a TV store in Mount Airy, about 100 miles north of ...

Gov. Bev Perdue announced today the launch of www.SmokeFree.NC.gov, a website to help implement North Carolinaa s new law that requires restaurants, bars and lodging establishments that serve food and drink to go smoke-free as of January 2, 2010.

Three North Carolina residents face forgery charges after deputies say they used dozens of counterfeit $20 bills at Carowinds Saturday.

A summit at Duke University and the University of North Carolina will address whether the recession has disproportionately affected blacks.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina wants its customers to help the company lobby against a public health insurance option to provide the insurance giant with some competition.

As energy increasingly dominates the economy, a quiet little agency in Washington holds the responsibility for tracking the particles that conduct, fuse, blow, heat, combust and convert the earth, wind and water into the energy that makes our society run.

Tennessee transportation and safety officials are working to help drivers safely negotiate detours around a rock slide just inside North Carolina on Interstate 40.

What kind of personal pain would cause a 42-year-old pastor to abandon his family, his calling and even life itself? Members of a Baptist church here are asking that question after their pastor committed suicide in his parked car in September.