The National Weather Service announced an excessive heat watch from Central North Carolina to the coast Friday through Sunday night. Temperatures are expected to reach 105 degrees over the weekend and could hit a record high of 106 degrees at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, according to Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL meteorologist. With high heats expected this weekend, […]
Read moreCritical injuries suffered on the Fourth of July by a Duke football player unfortunately illustrate the dangers of operating personal watercraft, especially when their riders have little experience and no formal boat safety training. Blair Holliday, a sophomore wide receiver on Duke’s football team, was left in a coma after his personal watercraft collided with […]
Read moreA 70-year-old Durham woman, hit by an SUV at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in June, was treated for a back injury and released from WakeMed according to a Wral.com news report. Genevee Dillard has been resting in bed, unable to stand up straight or walk, according to her daughter, Sheremy Dillard-Clanton. When Dillard-Clanton drove up to […]
Read moreKnown as a scrappy fighter for workers’ rights, Seth Rosen, 55, vice president of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) labor union, died Friday, July 27, in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, according to the Communications Workers of America. Rosen, of Westlake, and his wife Kathi, were in the water when the accident occurred around […]
Read moreClay County ranked number one in North Carolina last year, based on driving fatalities relative to miles driven. There were five fatal accidents from March through September of 2011 in Clay. The ranking was determined by a AAA Carolinas analysis. Unlike other counties, where speed caused many accidents, the older age of the drivers in […]
Read moreAbby, a friendly 4-year old pit bull mix, barked for so long at a seemingly empty Randolph County, North Carolina, barn that neighbors dialed 911. When police responded to the scene they discovered a suspected shooter inside who is thought to have wounded two North Carolina police officers several hours earlier. Thirty-six-year-old James Lee Ashley […]
Read moreAccording to the San Francisco Chronicle, a 47-year-old female drag racer entered an Alford plea Aug. 28, 2012 to involuntary manslaughter. She was reportedly charged with murder for an April 2009 accident that killed three on Highway 49 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The defendant, Carlene Atkinson, of Lake Wylie, South Carolina, entered what is […]
Read moreDaniel Brito, 7, of Mohawk Trail was riding his bicycle in Clayton when he was struck by a pickup truck. He is currently in critical condition at Wake Medical Center. The accident occurred on May 30, 2012 at approximately 4:50 p.m. Police reports state that Brito was attempting to turn his bike around when he […]
Read moreA woman and her child died in a North Carolina car accident May 30, 2012. According to reports, Tisa Michelle Strickland Dellinger hit a tractor-trailer head-on while attempting to pass several drivers. She was driving west on N.C. 150 and drove into on-coming traffic to pass cars in her lane when she collided with a […]
Read moreA Wake County sheriff’s deputy was sent to the hospital Saturday night for minor pedestrian injuries after being struck by a van during a traffic stop. The accident occurred just after 8 p.m. Saturday night at Knightdale Boulevard and Acres of Space Boulevard. According to reports, the van’s mirror clipped Deputy Jeff Martin during a […]
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