Man sentenced for DUI crash in Craven County
Charles Plunkett Jr., 36, was sentenced to 117 to 153 months in prison after pleading guilty to felony hit and run, aggravated serious injury by motor vehicle, driving with a revoked license, reckless driving to endanger, and driving left of center. The March 9 2019 crash on NC 43 injured two drivers. a third sped away.
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New Bern
Charles Plunkett Jr
NC 43
Craven County
North Carolina
Vidant Medical Center
Spring Garden Road
Craven County Sheriff’s Office
Plunkett
Superior Court
Paul Quinn
Matt Wareham
Scott Thomas
Public health director fired amid pandemic clash in Colorado
Emily Brown, director of Rio Grande County Public Health, faced long shifts and staff shortages as case counts rose. Disputes with county commissioners over restrictions and data fueled tension until a Facebook post led to her dismissal. She defended public health amid a broader national strain on health workers.
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Emily Brown
Rio Grande County
Colorado
Barber Graveyard Hidden Near Jones County Farmstead
Sam Barber hopes to uncover the Barber graveyard near a cotton field in Jones County showing a century and a half of history. The plot lacks markers but Barber traces his ancestor Peter Barber, born into slavery and among the county's first black commissioners, buried in 1880, to a family legacy tied to land ownership.
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Trenton
Sam Barber
Jones County Transportation Department
Barber
Peter Barber
Jones County
Harry Brown
Trent River
Gray Whitley
SUN Journal
Senior pit bull Dudley finds a home
Dudley a 10.5 year old senior pit bull spent 9 years at Colonial Capital Humane Society on Old Airport Road. After years in kennels and foster care he moved into his permanent home with Joey and Ashley Hengeli, who kept him in bed with them and even hosted a going away party with cake and dog friends.
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Dudley
Colonial Capital Humane Society
Foster
Society
Old Airport Road
Joey
Ashley Hengeli
Rhonda Heath
Hengelis
Ashley
Colonial Capital
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