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LARRY LITTLE | Working the primary in South Carolina
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:20:00 -0800
Ordering at Dunkin' Donuts last Saturday in Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina, I offered our typical off-handed, non-question question, "How are you?" The middle-aged, black woman replied, "Blessed." After a startled few seconds I asked her in what ways she was blessed. She replied that she "was alive — I have a job, I'm doing good."
North Fort Myers resident dies in Lee County crash
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:45:50 -0800
An 85-year-old North Fort Myers man was killed this evening in a two-car crash.
Perdue won't seek re-election
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:15:28 -0800
North Carolina’s first female governor announced Thursday that she will not seek a second term. Many close to Gov. Bev Perdue said she had been mulling the possibility, weighing a list of pros and cons, for awhile.
Three North Carolina men charged with attempted murder in Johnson County home invasions
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:20:00 -0800
MOUNTAIN CITY — Three men arrested last year in North Carolina have been charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and other offenses from a series of home invasions and shootings in Johnson County.
Coastal Studies campus to open in August
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:59:12 -0800
A two-day joint orientation meeting of the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) Foundation and Administrative Boards of Directors was held on Jan. 12 and 13 in Manteo and the Walter B. Jones Center for the Sounds in Columbia.
Man accused of writing bad checks to buy hot tubs off Craigslist
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:18:21 -0800
IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. -- The Iredell County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man accused of using multiple aliases and obtaining property by false pretense when buying hot tubs off of Craigslist. According to the police report, Troy Lee Waters, 45, will contact the seller, show up at their residence and write them a bad check that cannot be cashed or deposited because the checking account ...
Man sentenced in Lee Co. vehicular homicide
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:13:21 -0800
A North Carolina man was sentenced in Lee County after pleading guilty in a crash that killed his passenger. 40-year old Roger Hamilton of Randolph, North Carolina pleaded guilty in December to vehicular
Business Notebook - Lee F. Cowper construction closes
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:40:38 -0800
The firm belonged to Lee Cowper, who pleaded guilty in September to illegally billing New Hanover County's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
UNC recruit leads Webb in his first game of season
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:22:50 -0800
North Carolina basketball recruit Isaiah Hicks scored 28 points Friday night in his first game of the season as he led Oxford Webb to a 79-59 victory over Northern Vance.
In Chapel Hill, opposition builds against charter school
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:33:58 -0800
The Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars charter school is a State Board of Education vote away from becoming a reality in Chapel Hill. It's an outcome the local school board is working to stop.