North Carolina and South Carolina settle border redraws
NC House passed a bill 101 11 to validate the adjusted border with enforcement of the original line starting next January. The Senate approved. Gov McCrory will sign. Haley had signed a similar measure in SC. The dispute touched education taxes and dozens of residents who found themselves on the wrong side of the line.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
House
Carolinas
Senate
Pat McCrory
Nikki Haley
Carolina
The
Associated Press
Two Pathways for High School Math Clears NC Senate
The North Carolina Senate approved offering two graduation routes for math students. Traditional courses such as algebra and geometry would run alongside the integrated pathway adopted with Common Core in 2012. The move responds to families upset by confusing standards.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Senate
Remembrance Section Preview for Local Readers
A note announces an upcoming special quarterly remembrance section featuring names such as Sandra Forrester Barnes Bettie Keiser and Alberta Lindsay among many others from Gastonia Lincolnton Shelby and Stanley. The item appears in Volume 137 issue 169 with crosswords and sports listings on page D2.
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Sandra Forrester
Gastonia
Allen Boyter Jr
Charlotte
Bettie Keiser
Lincolnton
Brian Simpson
Shelby
Donald Torrance
Stanley
Michael Dreher
Thelma Biggers
Mr. Holly
Oma Lecroy
Maggie Hawley
Lenston Fulcher
Leslie Mysinger
Edna Hawkins
Lorenzo Puccio
Virginia Barnes
Alberta Lindsay
Firefighter Joshua Warren Dies While Jogging On Duty
Joshua Warren 34 died from a medical emergency Friday while on duty after responding to a medical call. He served with East Lincoln and Alexis fire departments, and had volunteered with Lucia Riverbend Fire Department. colleagues remember him as a devoted worker and active church member.
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Joshua Warren
East Lincoln
Alexis
Lucia Riverbend
Ben Reagan
Warren
East Lincoln Middle School
Robert Drew
Alexis Fire Department
North Lincoln Middle School
Pumpkin Center
Amity Church Road
Mike Hensdill
the Gazette
Lawmaker proposes Jessica Lunsford style ban on offenders
North Carolina state senator Buck Newton proposes the Jessica Lunsford Restoration Act to bar registered sex offenders whose offenses were against minors from places where children gather while the state appeals a federal ruling that the 2009 law was too vague. The bill targets venues like arcades parks recreation centers and pools when minors are present.
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Gastonia
Jessica Lunsford
Florida
N.C
Buck Newton
Wilson
GOP
Newton
Legislative Building
U.S
James Beaty
Carr
John Coney
Dottie Scher
Prevent Child Abuse
Gaston
Scher
Beaty
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate Judiciary Committee
Machete Robbery At Local Laundromat Shocks Couple
A Stanley woman feared for her life as two masked men threatened her with a machete near The Laundry Room on Main Street around 10 30 pm Tuesday. While one attacker sat on her legs another pressed the blade to her neck. Her fiancé intervened by punching one assailant. The couple fled and sought safety.
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Stanley
N. Main St
NC Prisons Phase Out Solitary for Teens Under 18
North Carolina announces a youthful offender program to replace solitary confinement for inmates under 18. At Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton there are 70 male inmates under 18 and two female inmates under 18 at the North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women in Raleigh. Solitary is to be phased out by Sept 1.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Adult Correction and
W. David Guice
Foothills
Morganton
Guice
North Carolina Correctional Institute For Woman
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