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Black Mountain man pleads guilty to 2018 rape of 15-year-old after forensic tech match DNA
ASHEVILLE - A Black Mountain man pleaded guilty and was sentenced May 20 in Buncombe County Superior Court after updated forensic software matched his DNA to a 2018 rape involving a 15-year-old victim. David Brandon Wilson, 33, pleaded guilty to second degree forcible rape and was sentenced to 48-118 months, or at least four years, in prison by presiding Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Poovey, according to a press release from the District Attorney's Office. He was also...
Buncombe County adds 3rd assistant county manager; What are the job duties?
ASHEVILLE - Buncombe County will add a third assistant county manager to its roster after tapping Intergovernmental Relations Director Tim Love to fill the new role, according to a May 20 news release. The county billed the decision as a way to respond to its "ever-growing priorities." Love has worked...
'It could be you' Victim of attempted carjacking shares shocking experience
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Sixty-five-year-old Arthur Gilliam went through a lot on Saturday morning. All he wanted to do was get his car washed, but he ended up the victim of an attempted car-jacking on I-240 in East Asheville by a man police say was wanted in Virginia, West Virginia and now North Carolina.
Buncombe County school board member resigns; Applicants sought to fill seat
ASHEVILLE - At-large school board member Amanda Simpkins resigned from the Buncombe County Board of Education May 15 during a special called meeting. “This is due to personal reasons and some changes going on, but we just wanted to publicly let everyone know," Simpkins said. She was elected in 2020....
20-year-old arrested after convenience store robbery in Asheville
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Asheville Police Department said a 20-year-old is facing charges following an investigation into a robbery at a convenience store. Police said Logan Lee Booth was identified as the suspect after he held a convenience store at gunpoint on May 9. Booth was taken into...
3 escape late-night house fire in Asheville; 2 taken to hospital
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Asheville Fire Department responded to a working structure fire at approximately 11 p.m. May 20 at a home off Spears Avenue. According to Kelley Klope, a spokesperson for the fire department, three people were in the single-story home when the fire broke out, but all of them were able to escape. Two were treated at the hospital, Klope said.
NC Lottery numbers for May 19: Did anyone win big?
Grab your your May 19 NC Education Lottery tickets to see if you took home one of the game's many prizes. The Lucky for Life winning numbers for May 19 were 6, 16, 32, 34 and 41, with a Lucky Ball number of 12. There were no big wins this...
How Buncombe County might use $19M for affordable housing: new units, rent help, repairs
ASHEVILLE - Buncombe County elected officials are set to vote on whether to fund nearly $19 million in affordable housing projects − ranging from an emergency shelter for families experiencing domestic violence to a Woodfin apartment project that would include 120 units rented at below-market prices. The vote is expected to happen at a regular May 21 meeting of the Buncombe Board of Commissioners. Most of the funding, $15.6 million, would come from $40 million in property...
Five-acre Asheville estate hits the market at $24 million
May 21. A five-acre estate with a 13,000 square foot mansion and guest house is on the market for $24 million. Alec Cantley of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty in Asheville has the listing. Known as Deerhaven Gardens, the main house has 200 feet of accordion and nano doors framing...
UNC Asheville police OK'd to expand jurisdiction, 'take action' outside campus
ASHEVILLE — UNC Asheville’s police force will be expanding its jurisdiction beyond the campus perimeter, following a move approved by City Council May 14. The agreement with Asheville Police Department will allow UNCA police — who are fully sworn police officers — to patrol and make arrests at properties adjacent to their campus that serve as student housing. However, any investigations that ensue will still be handled by APD, Chief Mike Lamb said in the meeting.
'That's a high-speed chase:' Witness describes police pursuit of man caught on dash cam
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A wanted suspect led police on a chase Saturday morning, May 18, starting in Black Mountain and ending in east Asheville -- and a man whose dash cam caught the last moments of the chase spoke with News 13 on Sunday about what he saw.
Asheville’s bear cub case reshapes annual advisory on sightings
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — An annual advisory about avoiding interactions with wild bears has taken on new meaning after last month’s videotaped incident of a group in Asheville pulling a bear cub out of a tree and posing for pictures before it ran away. For years, the North...
SUNDAY WEATHER: Chance of more thunderstorms on tap
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — More wet weather could be on tap for the Asheville area on Sunday, with isolated or scattered showers and a possibility of thunderstorms after 1 p.m., the National Weather Service predicted. It has become a familiar pattern in recent weeks for much of Western North...
Wild Truth: Where Have All the Turtles Gone?
No larger than a small child’s palm, the tiny bog turtle is rare, reclusive and an undeniably cute critter. Like many turtle species worldwide, the population of these semi-aquatic creatures in our region has declined in alarming numbers. But, thanks to a neighbor, help is on the way—Western North Carolina hatchlings are spending winters, protected and safe, in Tennessee.
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