Two Officers Slain After Scuffle in Douglas Drive Shooting
Two Douglas Drive patrolmen Dennis Spinnett and Robert Crawford were killed in a Saturday night shooting. Investigators describe a scuffle during which Spinnett was fatally shot, Crawford mortally wounded trying to aid his partner. Residents and witnesses report a tense scene as the two suspects, William Lindsay and Joe Medley, were arrested on murder counts.
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Phil Speaks Enterprise
Thomasville
Paul Shore
Shore
Dennis Spinnett
Robert Crawford
William Junior Lindsay
Joe Cleven Medley
Douglas Drive
Joel Leonard
Spinnett
Department
Crawford
Meaders
Police Dept
Sizemore Presses Environmental Fight After EPA Resignation
High Point native Frank Trip Sizemore III warns of a crisis in the environment and irreversible ecological damage. He recalls resigning from the EPA pesticide office with Jeffrey Howard and William Reukauf amid regulatory failures, spoke at High Point College about industry data and safety concerns, and noted Senate scrutiny and a chaotic EPA regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Wilson Utley
Frank
Trip) Sizemore III
High Point
High Point College
Sizemore
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Jeffrey Howard
William Reukauf
U.S. Senate
Chemical Industry
Pesticide Office
Chemical Industry Lobby
Agriculture Lobby
House Agriculture Committee
White House
Russell Trane
National Cancer Institute
Senate
Edward Kennedy
Selective Enforcement Locations Announced
High Point's Selective Enforcement Program enters its second week to day after initiating the infant traffic safety project during the busy New Year's weekend. Each Monday, The Enterprise will identify locations and streets where radar units will be assigned. Also listed will be arrest statistics from the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Guilford County Mental Health Staff Seeks Board Reform
Greensboro area reports chronic problems across the Guilford County Mental Health Department with leadership, program development, and personnel. Staff urge implementing a review committee report, replacing the director Fontana, and expanding qualified hires while involving advisory boards.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
Donald Fontana
Area Mental Health Advisory Board
Fontana
Area Mental Health Associations
Mental Health Dept
Reva Phillips
John Witherspoon
HRC Denies Civil Service Board Survey Request
The High Point Human Relations Commission refused to survey city employee opinion on abolishing civil service. HRC Director Ragan Weaver confirmed the vote but would not detail it until the Civil Service Commission is notified. Civil Service Chair William Hawley argued the commission is a state body created by the General Assembly, not a city instrument.
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HRC
Civil Service Board
High Point Human Relations Commission
Ragan Weaver
Civil Service Commission
Mission
N.C. General Assembly
City Council
High Point
Snow Hampers Opening Day At The Market
Snow slowed the winter furniture market opening day at the Southern Furniture Market Center. GM Robert Gruenberg said snow halted momentum, but roads improve eastward and buyers from North Carolina and nearby states continued to visit. Attendees noted regional buyers seeking purchases with seminars and a Virginia Carolinas association awards dinner planned. Attendance Sunday was moderate with buyers arriving to buy.
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Jim Hawkins
Robert Gruenberg
Southern Furniture Market Center
Gruenberg
Max Meeks
Furniture Plaza
Virginia
Bob Buttermore
Crawford Manufacturing Co
North Carolina
James Casey
SFMC
West Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
Davidson Man Killed With Shotgun
Davidson County deputies report Jesse Snyder 60 of Lexington was killed by a shotgun wound at a Broadway Road house before 4 p.m. Sunday. Deputy reports James Owens 54, also of Lexington, arrested for the murder and held without bond.
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Churchland Davidson
Jesse Snyder
Rt. 5
Lexington
Broadway Road
Snyder
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Joel Leonard
James S. Owens
Davidson County
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Frank Sizemore III
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Brentwood Street
Nathan Hunt Drive
Fraley Road
Eastchester Drive
Centennial Street
Lakewood Drive
Hawley
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