Category: North Carolina

Police: North Carolina Rampage Began When Teen Shot Brother

RALEIGH, N.C.—Police believe the shooting rampage that left five dead in North Carolina’s capital city last week began when the 15-year-old suspect shot his older brother, according to a report released Thursday. More details about the shootings emerged from the four-page preliminary report that Raleigh’s police chief provided to the city manager. Such summaries are…


Prospective Juror Sent to Jail Without Bond for Refusing to Wear Mask in Courtroom

A prospective juror had to spend 24 hours in jail for refusing to wear a mask in a North Carolina courtroom on Oct. 10. Gregory Hahn, 47, of Harnett County was found in contempt of court and booked without bond by the North Carolina Superior Court judge, Charles Gilchrist, for his refusal to follow the judge’s…


Police: Suspect in Deadly North Carolina Shooting Is 15-Year-Old

RALEIGH, N.C.—A 15-year-old boy fatally shot two people in the streets of a neighborhood in North Carolina’s capital city, then fled toward a walking trail, where he opened fire, killing three more people and wounding two others, police said Friday. Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson said the suspect was hospitalized in critical condition following the…


Pro-Life Group Wins as NC City Admits 1st Amendment Protects Public Prayer at Abortion Clinic

Officials in Greensboro, North Carolina, agreed that a group of pro-life citizens praying outside a local abortion clinic had been illegally arrested for their “exercise of constitutionally protected First Amendment rights,” according to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Eight members of the Love Life Christian ministry were arrested outside a Greensboro abortion clinic on March 28,…


Teen Suspect Arrested in Double-Murder of 2 High School Students

Authorities in North Carolina arrested a 17-year-old suspect in connection to the double murder of two high school students who went missing in mid-September. The bodies of Lyric Woods, 14, and Devin Clark, 18, were located along a hiking trail near Buckhorn Road in Orange County on Sept. 18, according to a press release posted…


Election Integrity Advocates Cheer Independent State Legislature Case Before Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court convened its annual session in Washington on Oct. 3 with a crowded docket that includes cases related to affirmative action, gay rights, and freedom of speech and religion. Among the most closely-watched cases slated for the term, which could see hearings extend into next summer, is a challenge to the…


World of Bluegrass Festival Showcases Raleigh’s Pleasantly Urban Side

By Myscha Theriault From Tribune News Service With a museum scene that’s earned the nickname Smithsonian of the South, a notable restaurant repertoire and a boast-worthy beer scene, an unassuming North Carolina town has an abundance of built-in reasons to brag. Simply put, Raleigh is pretty dope. While a number of events throughout the year…


These US Cities See the Largest Increase in Rent Prices

While New York, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, continue to be the most expensive rental markets in the country, some unexpected locales have actually experienced the largest increases in one-bedroom rental prices year over year. The August report from Rent.com puts Greensboro, North Carolina, at the top of the list, with rent hikes of 74.2 percent,…


IRS Revokes North Carolina NAACP’s Tax-Exempt Status

The tax-exempt status of the influential North Carolina branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was automatically revoked by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after the non-profit group failed to file required returns with the tax agency for three consecutive years. The loss of status by the North Carolina State…


Police: 1 Killed, 2 Hurt in Apparent Stabbing at High School

One person was killed and two were injured Thursday in an apparent stabbing on the fourth day of class at an eastern North Carolina high school, police said. Three teenagers have been charged. Two minors were taken to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune with injuries, and one later died, Jacksonville Police Chief Mike Yaniero told…