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Lincoln commissioners alter procedure for ousting chair, vice-chair
LINCOLNTON – A motion was approved by a vote of 4-1 at a specially-called meeting held on April 24 to amend the Rules of Procedure for the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners to allow for the removal of a chair or vice-chair upon a vote of “no confidence” by a majority of the board. Should that occur, a new chair or vice-chair shall be elected at that same meeting.
North Carolina man sentenced for 1994 cold case
A North Carolina man received a 30-year sentence Tuesday related to a 30-year-old cold case involving an assault in Indiana. According to Indiana State Police, in the 1994 case a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped in Owensboro, Kentucky, and was forced to drive to Spencer County, where she was sexually assaulted. The woman was ordered to lay down in the back of her vehicle while the person who assaulted her drove back to Kentucky, parked the car and fled.
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