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'Why Us Kids?' event: 11-year-old leads charge for better NC child mental health resources
FRANKLIN, N.C. (WLOS) — At only 11 years old, Gracie Parker is not afraid to push for more. Her mission is to bring additional resources, advocacy and trauma counselors and providers to children throughout the state, particularly in elementary school settings. For the second year, she has organized a...
Family mourns death of 63-year-old Lake Toxaway truck driver, following fatal crash
Lake Toxaway's Carolyn Lynn McCall Lund who, according to her son, John Lund, was the first female to be hired as a truck driver at B&A Hyder Trucking Company in Hendersonville, died April 22 in a single-vehicle accident on U.S. 64 West near Rosman. According to North Carolina State Highway...
Sylva Man Charged with Murder
Sylva -- April 24, 2024: Sylva Police Department confirmed the identity of the victim on April 9, 2024, in the recent suspicious death of 34-year-old Jessica Kirkland. The incident occurred on Clayton Street in Sylva on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at around 12:31 am. The police investigation into Kirkland's death...
Sylva Pride won’t apply again for parade permit; citizen group plans to march anyway
Sylva Pride says it won’t apply for another parade permit for its annual September event. The town council refused a road closure request by the nonprofit organization that organizes the annual LGBTQ+ Pride celebration in Jackson County. “While our Board of Directors strongly disagrees with this decision, we have...
‘I failed.’ NC camp counselor didn’t complete thorough checks before boy’s death
LAKE TOXAWAY (WBTV) – A new report released by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reveals new details about the events leading up to the death of a 12-year-old boy at a therapeutic wilderness camp in the western part of the state. The boy died in...
Highway Patrol: Driver identified in fatal dump truck crash on U.S. 64 in Rosman
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has released the identity of the dump truck driver who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on April 22 in Rosman. Sgt. Jim Contas told the Times-News on April 24 that the woman has been identified as Carolyn McCall Lund, 63, of Transylvania County. He said the call about the accident came in at 12:37 p.m. April 22, and that the accident happened on U.S. 64 West in Rosman near Silversteen Road.
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