Prosecution choice shapes North Carolina governor race and civil rights museum loan
In Charlotte, prosecutors decline to retry Officer Randall Kerrick in the 2013 fatal shooting of Jonathan Ferrell, triggering FOP delegates to back Pat McCrory over Roy Cooper. Greensboro approves an extended loan repayment for the Civil Rights Center & Museum, forgiving one dollar per dollar raised, with a February 2018 deadline and a prior 1.5 million loan.
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North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Fraternal Order of Police
Roy Cooper
FOP
Cooper
Pat McCrory
Walter Dalton
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Randall Kerrick
Kerrick
Jonathan Ferrell
Greensboro
International Civil Rights Center & Museum
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Woolworth
Obituary roundup notices with listed ages and towns
Obituary names and ages include Keith Keever Luella Ramseur 87 Maiden Allen Hedrick 66 Gastonia Freddy Hoffman 64 Dallas La Paris Sisk 9 York SC Christine Bowles 89 Kings Mountain Russell Stewart 45 Gastonia Ronald Lynn Sr 73 Mt Holly Rosa Stewart 94 Tampa Fla B Demetria Pompey 43 Gastonia Marcell Hines 59 Mount Holly Billie Carroll 92 Jacquelyn Price 84 Denver w Sandra Degree 40 Shelby Betty Ellis 86 Gastonia Vivien Herron 72 Kings Flynn Brantley Gastonia. See Obituaries on Page B3. Watch for our special quarterly remembrance section coming soon. Volume 137 Issue 231
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Keith Keever
Luella Ramseur
Maiden
Allen Hedrick
Gastonia
Freddy Hoffman
Dallas
La’Paris Sisk
York
S.C
Christine Bowles
Kings Mountain
Russell Stewart
Ronald Lynn Sr
Mt. Holly
Rosa Stewart
Tampa
Fla
Demetria Pompey
Marcell Hines
Mount Holly
Billie Carroll
Jac
No bond in case of missing three year old Jordyn Dumont
Three year old Jordyn Ann Dumont was found wrapped in a sheet about 500 yards from her home. William Joseph McCullen, blamed for the death, appeared in court and will remain jailed without bond. District Attorney Locke Bell outlined facts before Judge Angela Hoyle, who kept McCullen's bond level. The man, age 25, is charged with killing his live-in girlfriend's daughter after reporting she had disappeared.
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William Joseph McCullen
Gaston County
Jordyn Ann Dumont
John Clark
the Gazette
Locke Bell
Angela Hoyle
McCullen
Jaylene Dumont
Bessemer City
Whiskey Mill Bar & Grill
William Joseph McCullen Jr
Dumont
Jordyn
Missing three year old Jordyn Dumont case near Bessemer City
Jordyn Dumont, age three, was reported missing by her mother Jaylene Dumont and her boyfriend William McCullen Jr. after leaving home near Bessemer City North Dakota. Sheriff and rescue teams searched a pond and surrounding area while authorities traced the front door and home scene.
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McCullen
Jordyn
Bess Town Road
Bessemer City
Social worker urged drug counseling in Dumont case
Nearly three months before Jordyn Ann Dumont died, a county social worker closed a case involving her family. Joshua Kinnett, living 12 hours away, asked police to monitor Jordyn and her 1-year-old daughter Angel. DHHS conducted a family assessment and urged William Joseph McCullen to seek a substance abuse evaluation and keep a sober caretaker for the children. Police accuse McCullen of murdering Jordyn and hiding her body, with Kinnett saying guidelines were not followed.
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Wilmington
Ill
Joshua Kinnett
Jordyn
Angel
Jaylene Dumont
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Gaston
Department of Health and Human Services
Bess Town Road
Kinnett
DHHS
McCullen
Zoning clash ends Gastonia tattoo parlor bid
Gastonia leaders rejected a plan to allow central business district tattoo studios 5 to 2. Artist Dave Scearce, veteran with Blood Sweat & Tears Tattoo, says zoning restrictions blocked a preferred downtown site and he plans to operate elsewhere. The rejected proposal would have bound studios to hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and require 3,000 square feet with 1,000 feet between shops. He has long sought a Gastonia site after operating in Charlotte.
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Dave Scearce
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Central Business District
Scearce
Charlotte
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