The computers that power Division of Motor Vehicles driver license offices across North Carolina failed Monday, bringing business to a halt. The DMV’s mainframe computer system in Raleigh went down about 1 p.m., said spokesman Marty Homan, and remained offline until about 4 p.m. During that time, the state’s 114 DMV driver license offices could […]
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Alligator does ‘death roll’ while North Carolina cops wrangle him in: ‘He’s growling’
A North Carolina gator was filmed doing a “death roll” while law enforcement stubbornly wrangled him last week. The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office made a Facebook post about the incident on May 14. The reptile was spotted near Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington after residents alerted law enforcement to the creature. “Our deputies never […]
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (AP) — Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently. Some residents worry the hospital’s sudden closure last […]
Pedestrian hit and killed by train in South Carolina, Richland County deputies say
A pedestrian was hit by a train and killed Sunday, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The incident happened in Irmo, the sheriff’s department told The State. At about noon, the CSX train company told deputies that it believed that a train had hit something on the tracks, the sheriff’s department said. Responding deputies […]
Pedestrian hit and killed by train in South Carolina, Richland County deputies say
A pedestrian was hit by a train and killed Sunday, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The incident happened in Irmo, the sheriff’s department told The State. Members of both the sheriff’s department and the Irmo Police Department responded to the scene that involved an CSX train. The train did not derail in the […]
One driver killed, two people injured in crash on South Carolina road, cops say
One person was killed and two others were hospitalized Friday after a crash that involved a car, a pickup truck and an SUV, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The multi-vehicle collision happened at about 6:55 a.m. in Florence County, said Lance Cpl. Lena Butler. A 2023 GMC Canyon pickup and a 2022 Kia […]
Court records detail accused cop killer’s flight from South Carolina
May 18—Federal authorities say a man accused of killing an officer near Tucumcari began his crime spree days earlier — killing a woman in South Carolina, stealing guns from her home and taking a cross-country road trip with a friend in the woman’s vehicle. Jaremy Smith, 33, already charged in the March 15 shooting death […]
Flooding turns North Carolina speedway into a swimming pool for NASCAR crews
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. – A strong storm that produced flooding and lightning at the North Wilkesboro Speedway Saturday forced NASCAR to postpone the Craftsman Truck Series race and cancel qualifying laps as organizers will try again on Sunday. NASCAR said the Truck Series race was halted after 81 of 250 laps due to torrential rainfall […]
Bicyclist dies after being hit by a car on a South Carolina road, highway patrol says
A bicyclist has died following injuries after being hit by a car in Lexington County this month, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. On May 9 around 2:20 p.m., the bicyclist was riding south on secondary highway 663 near Sandy Oak Lane, about five miles south of Pine Ridge, Lance Cpl. Lena Butler said. […]
North Carolina will revoke license of wilderness camp where boy died
North Carolina officials on Friday said that they will revoke the license of Trails Carolina, a wilderness camp for troubled adolescents where a 12-year-old boy died in February. In a letter to the camp’s executive director, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services wrote that Trails Carolina had failed to comply with state […]
North Carolina camp Trails Carolina has license permanently revoked
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A popular camp in the North Carolina mountain region has had its license revoked by the state following the death of a camper earlier this year. On Friday the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced it was pulling the license for Trails Carolina, located in Trails Carolina […]