Guilty pleas in double slaying avert death penalty
Donald Brooks age 33 and David Bowman age 19 pleaded guilty to the 1993 stabbing deaths of Jill and Jamie Bias, receiving multiple life sentences plus extra terms for conspiracies kidnapping and sexual offenses. Judge Caldwell condemned the crimes as brutal, while District Attorney Lands cited evidence from Brooks’s confession and noted no death sentence.
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Donald Brooks
David Bowman
Jill
Jamie Bias
Jesse Caldwell
Bowman
Brooks
Mike Lands
Lands
Caldwell
Park funding eyed as leaders shift in General Assembly
North Carolina park officials seek stable funding for capital improvements. A July law would have earmarked about 10 million yearly from a land transfer tax, but actual funds were only 75 thousand last year. House bill requests 8.75 million for upgrades, with officials warning total needs exceed 150 million. Pilot Mountain, Stone Mountain, and Hanging Rock parks face multi‑million gaps.
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An Division of Parks and Recreation
Pilot Mountain State Park
Yadkin River
Parks Division
Stone Mountain State Park
Hanging Rock State Park
North Carolina eyes $800 million to $1 billion highway bond plan
State lawmakers discuss a large highway bond package to finance outer-loop roads in Winston-Salem Greensboro Durham Raleigh Charlotte Asheville and Wilmington. Revenue from fuel taxes and motor-vehicle fees could repay bonds without a tax increase, potentially doubling or tripling current outer-loop pace and saving tens of millions.
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Wilmington
Sam Hunt
State Transportation
Hunt
Rule would require clinics to disclose affiliations
RALEIGH AP Abortion clinics would have to disclose each doctor's hospital affiliation to patients as proof of access to treat post abortion complications under a proposed rule. The plan responds to seven months of complaints about A Woman's Choice in Raleigh with doctors saying they lack local hospital access.
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Womman’s Choice
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