Governor calls for investigation over dress code memo
Governor Hodges urged a state and federal probe after an anonymous memo mocking female page dress at the South Carolina Statehouse triggered protests by female lawmakers. The memo proposed lenient standards for undergarments and short skirts, spurring the House Ethics Committee to seek law enforcement aid.
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South Carolina
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Vida Miller
D-Pawleys Island
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Charlotte mayor presses arena renovation option for Hornets
Mayor Pat McCrory pushes to review two year old architectural plans to retrofit the Charlotte Coliseum with luxury suites on Tyvola Road. He warns chances are slim but seeks ideas to keep the Hornets in Charlotte after voters rejected funding a new Uptown arena.
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Police ID man found dead in West Charlotte RV
Police identified 54-year-old Stephen Michael Bare who was found dead in his West Charlotte RV. Friends found him after he failed to appear for work at USAirways. Investigators treat the death as a homicide with no new details released.
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Prosecutors drop harboring charge in Carruth case
Wendy Cole 28 faced a harboring a fugitive charge after Rae Carruth fled North Carolina following murder charges in the November 1999 killing of his pregnant girlfriend Cherica Adams. The Mecklenburg assistant DA signed the dismissal with no stated reason, and the prosecutor declined to discuss the drop.
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Town mourns loss of three in plane crash in Jacksonville
Jacksonville mourns three residents Floyd Lewis 49 De Vonnya Greenfield-Burks 35 and pilot Gregory Russell 51 after a single engine plane crashed near Monroe on Wednesday evening. Lewis and Greenfield-Burks were joining officials from the Federal Reserve in Charlotte for a meeting.
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Park Road and Kenilworth Avenue Open Lanes Reconfigured
One lane in each direction remains open on Park Road between Park South Drive and Sharon Road due to water main construction with several turn lanes closed near Woodlawn. Motorists urged to use Sharon Road or Sharon Road West to South Boulevard and Selwyn Avenue or Abbey Place as alternates. On Kenilworth Avenue between Morehead Street and Romany Road only one lane each direction is open for water main work, with South Boulevard or Kings Drive as alternate routes.
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Arrests End Hope For Blue Ridge School In Jackson County
Officials and residents fear for the 263 student Blue Ridge School as the money-for-sex case involves instructor Joseph Brooks and former student Jeremy Stewart. Brooks faces promoting vice and exploitation charges while Stewart is charged with seven counts of statutory rape. Community leaders vow the school must continue despite turmoil and declining enrollment.
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Elizabeth Balerek
Joseph Carroll Brooks
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Stewart
U.S. Department of Education
Smoky Mountain High School
Chewning Family Gives $1 Million to UNC Athletics
The Chewning family of a former Tar Heel men's tennis player donated one million dollars to UNC Chapel Hill. The gift benefits the Cone Renfield Tennis Center and academic support, and funds endowments for men and women’s tennis, women’s swimming, women’s golf, and field hockey.
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