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REGIONAL: Montgomery County resident sentenced for transmitting threats to North Carolina Jewish organization
GREENSBORO – A North Carolina man was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison, after pleading guilty to one count of communicating threats in interstate commerce, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina. Jeffrey Scott Hobgood, 64, of Troy, was sentenced to an 18-month term of imprisonment by […] The post REGIONAL: Montgomery County resident sentenced for transmitting threats to North Carolina Jewish organization appeared first on The Stanly News & Press.
NC police errors with license plate cameras brought wrongful arrests, $70K to women
In two cases, errors led to innocent women enduring police detaining them for no reason. “They substitute the technology for thinking critically about cases,” one lawyer said.
Potential improvements for Pinehurst traffic circle
The N.C. Department of Transportation is exploring upgrades and alternatives to the Pinehurst traffic circle. The circle, built in 1956, experienced 50,000 daily trips in 2023, with the traffic demand expected to rise to 80,000 trips in the next few decades. With traffic steadily growing on key stretches such as...
Blog: Warming up today. Temps drop tomorrow.
Yesterday we had a weak cool front move into the region. It did create some scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. However, a lot of the area missed out on the rain. That was no surprise. The highest amounts were in some spots over North Carolina where about a quick...
Dense fog advisory issued for parts of central NC
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a dense fog advisory for some parts of central North Carolina Thursday morning. Forecasters have set the advisory to be in effect until 9 a.m. Seven counties, all east of Raleigh, are affected: Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash,...
Lotto player wins $800K jackpot after his sister dreams about finding ‘a bunch of gold’
A North Carolina man won more than $800,000 in the lottery after his sister says she dreamt about riches. David Atwell, of Kannapolis, won $837,187 in Saturday night’s drawing off a Cash 5 on a $1 ticket he bought at a local Jiffy Quik, North Carolina’s Education Lottery announced. “I was stunned,” he said. “At first I saw the jackpot went back down to $100,000 so I knew someone hit it. I had no idea it was me.” Winner of $1.3B Powerball jackpot is cancer patient from Laos, will split winnings with friend: ‘How long will I live?’ His sister, though, had a hunch...
‘A new breed of commuter’: This North Carolina woman ‘super commutes’ 500 miles to work every other week to save $2K/month — what’s driving this emerging trend
While we adhere to strict editorial guidelines, partners on this page also provide us earnings. Oh, the extremes folks will go to keep the Big Apple from taking a big bite out of their bank accounts. Take hairstylist Kaitlin Jorgenson of Brooklyn. Well, once of Brooklyn. Yes, Jorgenson still working...
18-year-old in North Carolina wins $2 million after a gut feeling to buy a lottery ticket
LAURINBURG, N.C. — An 18-year-old in North Carolina said he had a gut feeling he should buy a lottery ticket, and his intuition paid off with a $2 million win. (Video above: WYFF News 4 Evening Headlines from 5.1) Donnie Leviner, of Laurinburg, said he had only bought a...
Cooper calls for change to tax law around gambling winnings
Sports bettors in North Carolina must pay state income taxes on their winnings, but cannot deduct their losses to lessen the tax bill under current law. Gov. Roy Cooper called for state lawmakers to remedy that situation, which could become an issue with the legalization of mobile sports betting across the state in March.
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