Police report details driver killed by NC trooper
A Charlotte Mecklenburg police report says the 29 year old driver Daniel Kevin Harris who was hearing and speech impaired was shot and killed by NC State Highway Patrol Trooper Jermaine Saunders after a brief pursuit on I 485. Saunders is on administrative leave as SBI interviews planned.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
State Bureau of Investigation
Daniel Kevin Harris
Obituaries listed for several Carolinas residents
Obituaries note ages and towns for Evelyn Houston Joanne Moses Leslie Gordon Jeanette Pettus Henry Weathers Jr Clwistine Schronce Mildred Oates Glenda Lyles Ivy Withers and others in Gastonia Dallas Shelby York. Page B3 mentions a forthcoming quarterly remembrance section and volume details.
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Evelyn Houston
Joanne Moses
York, S.C
Leslie Gordon
Gastonia
Jeanette Pettus
Henry Weathers Jr
Shelby
School system seeks bus drivers as shortages hit Gaston
Ashbrook High’s empty yellow bus bears a recruitment sign as Gaston public schools face a driver shortage with 12 part time driver openings and substitute, monitor, and mechanic posts. About 16,000 students ride buses daily on 210 yellow buses.
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Ashbrook High
Gaston Public Schools
Todd Hagans
Gaston’s
Hagans
Gaston County seeks bus drivers and staff amid early pickup woes
Gaston County Schools invites applicants for bus driver and other roles requiring a CDL health certificate and training. Parents criticize early pickups with a first grader often boarding at 6:17 a.m. and reaching school near 8:00 a.m., delaying breakfast and learning.
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Gaston County
Gaston
Kristi Blackburn
Franklin Boulevard crash injures one on Friday
A pickup crossed the center line on Franklin Boulevard near Aberdeen, colliding with a westbound black truck and a silver SUV. The SUV driver, a man with no passengers, remained unharmed besides the impact as the black truck swerved down an embankment. Police from Gastonia described the sequence of crashes and the injuries.
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Franklin Boulevard
Gastonia
Franklin
Aberdeen Boulevard
Aberdeen
John Clark
the Gazette
Jordyn Dumont's Mother Speaks After Daughter Found Dead
Jordyn Ann Dumont's mother Jaylene Dumont breaks silence via a Charlotte Observer letter thanking the community and seeking justice. Police charged William Joseph McCullen, the mother’s boyfriend, with Jordyn's murder after an autopsy found blunt force trauma as the cause of death.
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Jordyn Ann Dumont
Bessemer City
Charlotte Observer
Jaylene Dumont
William Joseph McCullen
Jordyn
William McCullen
North Carolina unemployment rate dips to 4.7 percent
State Commerce Department figures show NC July jobless rate at 4.7 percent, down from June, with a 13,000 drop in employment to 4.6 million and unemployment near 226,000. National rate held at 4.9 percent. Since July 2015 employment rose by about 114,000 while year over year unemployment fell by more than 47,000.
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North Carolina
State Commerce Department
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SBI
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Highway Patrol
SBS
Audria Bridges
Saunders
Mooresville
Lake Norman
Bradley Long
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Sherrills Ford-Terrell
The
Associated Press
Lee
Sar
Noth Carolina
Jordyn Dumont
Bess Town Road
Ruthaven Drive
Vike
Hensdill
Raleigh
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