May 6—Del. Jordan Bridges, a coal miner who represents Logan County, said he's had to break from the rest of the Republican caucus for the best interests of the people in his home county. He said other lawmakers didn't listen to his concerns about an unemployment bill that cuts benefits and passed during the recent legislative session. The incumbent in the upcoming election, Bridges voted ...
The last two Wake County Teacher of the Year winners made the transition to teaching after having started in other careers.
May 6—A Raleigh County man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his 11-year-old stepdaughter within the same month that the child's mother and sister died in a car crash was sentenced Monday to a maximum of 130 years. The sentence is the result of a guilty plea former volunteer firefighter William Lee Pettry, 36, entered in March for the charges of first-degree sexual assault, sexual abuse ...