Ex-band director sentenced in sex with student case
Kevin Handy formerly led West Charlotte High School band and received a 10 month jail term after pleading to indecent liberties with a minor and two counts of having sex with a student. He must surrender his teaching license and register as a sex offender and apologized to the victim’s parents at his appearance.
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Charlotte Area
Wsoc-Tv
Associated Press
West Charlotte
Kevin Handy
Ance
Handy
Police probe deadly Sunday shooting in north Charlotte
Police said someone shot David Thomas Martin on Ly dia Avenue in north Charlotte Sunday. Martin, who police said lived near the scene, was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and died later. Police seek the unnamed suspect in the WSOC-TV report.
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David Thomas Martin
Lydia Avenue
Charlotte
Martin
Ing
Carolinas Medical Center
Wsoc-Tv
Man dies in extreme road rage crash near mall
Police await the victim’s name after an extreme road rage incident on Central Avenue. A Ford Explorer struck a pickup and a car, attempted to run over two pickup passengers, then sped into an empty lot near Eastland Mall, tore through bushes and plunged down an embankment, killing the driver.
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Central Avenue
WSOC
Eastland Mall
Road watch updates on bridges and water main work
Repairs on the U S 74 Wilkinson Boulevard bridge over the Catawba River near the Gaston Mecklenburg line narrow several lanes and direct motorists to I 85. Park Road one lane each direction from Park South to Sharon Road due to water main work with Sharon Road as an alternate. Kenilworth Avenue one lane each direction from Morehead to Romany due to water main work with South Boulevard or Kings Drive as alternates.
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U.S. 74
Wilkinson Boulevard
Catawba River
Gaston-Mecklenburg County
Park Road
Park South Drive
Sharon Road
South Boulevard
Kenilworth Avenue
Morehead Street
Romany Road
Two cousins die in 151 mph motorcycle wreck in North Carolina
On U S 76 west of Memorial Bridge Cape Fear River two cousins Michael Lamont Brown 28 of Wilmington and Almuan Brown 24 of Bolton died after a motorcycle led police at 151 mph. Officers arrived to find both riders dead at the scene.
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Leland
U.S
Wilmington
Almuan Brown
Bolton
Carter
State department heads sign agreement on road planning
In Raleigh DOT Secretary Lynda Tippett and DENR Secretary William Ross signed an agreement assigning shared responsibility for meeting North Carolina road needs while protecting the environment. DENR will supply DOT with information on critical land conservation areas and be involved earlier in environmental planning to prevent permitting delays. In Wilmington, city workers complain of pigeon droppings in a city-owned building as the Family and Neighborhoods Institute files a health complaint with New Hanover County over odors headaches and respiratory issues. Officials will investigate.
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Raleigh
State Transportation Department
State Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DOT
Lynda Tippett
DENR
William Ross
Wilmington
Family and Neighborhoods Institute of North Carolina
New Hanover County Health Department
First elk birth marks milestone in Smokies history
In Smokies Tennessee the first elk birth in 150 years occurred. A 40 pound male calf born to transplanted herd from Land Between the Lakes Kentucky near Cataloochee Valley North Carolina. Park biologists used transmitters and radio collars to monitor calf No 29 amid a five year restoration program with more elk planned from Canada and future births confirmed.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Smokies
Land Between the Lakes
Kentucky
Cataloochee Valley
N.C
Jennifer Murrow
University of Tennessee
Bob Miller
Miller
Canada
Cumberland Mountains
Knoxville
White enrollment falls at Fayetteville State amid HBCU trend
Fayetteville State University and the five historically black state universities show declining white enrollment. White students fell from 33 percent in 1991 to about 21 percent in 2000. national patterns show rising black enrollment at white institutions. Chancellor McLeod cites scholarship gaps and perceived quality as factors.
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Fayetteville
Fayetteville State University
FSU
Willis McLeod
McLeod
Charles Darlington
FSU Ad
Joseph Pipitone
Pipitone
Sonia Blanks
Blanks
Chapel Hill
No clear front runner in S C GOP gubernatorial race
Six candidates vie for the Republican nomination in South Carolina with no clear front runner. Analysts say the crowded field may drain resources and complicate the party's leadership, as June primaries could be delayed by redistricting issues and the winner faces incumbent Democrat Jim Hodges in November.
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GOP
S.C
Charleston
Francis Marion University
Neal Thigpen
Post and Courier
Bill Branton
Summerville
Charlie Condon
Sullivans Island
Jim Miles
The
Isle of Palms
Bob Peeler
Lexington
U.S
Mark Sanford
Ken Wingate
Columbia
Jim Edwards
Mount Pleasant
Thigpen
Hodges
University of South Carolina
Blease Graham
Moore
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Man
Road Watch
SSRN
Gaston
Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital
Tyndall
State Department
Waite Douse
Tilt As
Nto
Saint Wardell Lane
Wayne County
Shell
Goldsboro
Jim Hodges
Gastonia
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