Local News in Lee County, North Carolina
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College Board honors county system for AP students
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:38:15 -0800
Davidson County Schools was recognized as one of the five systems in North Carolina that was named to the Second Annual District Honor Roll.
Cumberland County's jobless rate rises; most N.C. counties also see increases
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:16:37 -0800
Unemployment rose in most North Carolina counties at the end of 2011, including Cumberland County. A report Wednesday from the N.C. Employment Security Commission said Cumberland's unemployment rate in December rose to 9.8 percent, from 9.5 percent in November.
Romney easily carries Republican presidential primary vote in Collier, Lee
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:49:00 -0800
Mitt Romney performed even better in Southwest Florida this year than he did in the 2008 GOP primary, sweeping up solid majorities of the hotly contested Collier and Lee county vote.
Washed-up Morrisville outlet mall to get Chinese makeover
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:17:43 -0800
A big renovation is in store for a Morrisville mall near Raleigh-Durham International Airport, thanks to a Triangle developer who hopes to transform the struggling outlets into North Carolina's premier Asian-themed destination.
Unfinished business: Alamance Co. properties ready for housing market rebound
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:46 -0800
Lee Kimrey worked last week to build a new house at Spanish Oak Hill Road in Snow Camp.The new house is about 90 percent complete. The job itself is unsual because Graham-based Lee Kimrey Construction LCC mostly does housing additions, alterations and renovations these days since fewer new houses...
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.
Three North Carolina men charged with attempted murder in Johnson County home invasions
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:19:56 -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.
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."
Man sentenced in Lee Co. vehicular homicide
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:04:16 -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
Here is the latest North Carolina news from The Associated Press
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:18:44 -0800
An Orange County judge is considering whether a former aide to John Edwards should be held in contempt. Andrew Young, his wife and their lawyers face jail time for providing confidential documents from a state civil case to...