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Lottery results and next draws for NC games
Evening results were not available at press time. Mega Millions drawn numbers 15 19 33 39 68 Megaball 25 Megaplier 3 with a Friday jackpot estimate of 276 million. Powerball drawn 3 4 6 48 53 Powerball 10 Powerplay 2 with a Wednesday jackpot estimate of 262 million. Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings listed with past results and NC Cash 5 numbers 5 12 24 29 36. Visit newbornsy.com for last night's winning numbers and tomorrow's paper for results.
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Sun Journal Publishes Correction Policy Note
The Sun Journal announces a correction policy and provides contact for reporting factual errors in stories by Sun Journal staff. Readers are invited to call 252-635-5681 to report mistakes and seek clarifications.
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North Carolina Sees Record COVID-19 Case Spike
North Carolina reports 6495 new COVID-19 cases in one day and a new hospital admission high of 2440. Seven of the top eight daily increases occur within the past week as tests return 11.7 percent positive and 56 deaths push totals higher.
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Lewistown man charged after assaulting two drivers in Forsyth County
Rod Steven Sturdy 55 of Lewisville faces two misdemeanor counts of simple assault and assault on a female after a Dec 3 incident in a parking lot. Arrest warrants say he punched Olivia Pugh and her juvenile brother whose car bore a Black Lives Matter sign and a Prosecute the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor SayHerName sign. Parsonage, the family's attorney, says the confrontation began during a dental appointment drive and that Sturdy tailgated and blocked the car. Sturdy told the Journal he will go to court and claimed the media ignores the facts. Breonna Taylor, killed by Louisville police in March, prompted nationwide protests over racial injustice. Prosecutors later said the two officers who fired were justified.
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North Carolina implements curfew and mask rules amid rising COVID cases
NC curfew limits indoor gatherings to ten and outdoor spaces to fifty with 7 percent cap for arenas over ten thousand seats. Alcohol to go banned 11 pm to 7 am. Public masking remains required as cases surge. Hospitalizations rise and 48 counties move to red, 34 orange, while vaccine doses from Pfizer expected next week for frontline workers.
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Gate restored at New Bern cemetery by community effort
Architectural historian Peter Sandbeck lauds the Jerkins gate, a National Register asset, returned after auction discovery by Frankie Muska. Hodges and the Questers negotiated with the Jerkins descendants and local authorities, culminating in John Burger welding the gate back to its post, preserving 1800s wealth reflected in the cemetery.
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