As adults, we often catch ourselves lending advice to our children or the young people in our lives. Sometimes, this advice comes from a place of personal experience. Adages such as, "do as I say, not as I do" or "learn from my mistakes," are offered to young people...
Month: August 2013
North Carolina bus accident injures 20 National Guardsmen
One person is critically injured and 10 others have been taken to hospital after a bus overturned north of Charlotte on Aug. 23. The bus was carrying 20 North Carolina National Guardsmen when the accident happened. Local law enforcement as well as the bus company are...
North Carolina arrests may be converted to federal drug charges
Sometimes a group of state charges with federal jurisdictional implications will be 'adopted' by federal authorities and taken forward by way of a federal indictment. That's probably bad news for a North Carolina man who is now in state custody on a number of pharmacy...
North Carolina man dies in motorcycle accident
A local man is dead following a fatal accident on August 3. North Carolina police have very little information about the motorcycle accident so far, but the investigation is ongoing. No charges have been filed in association with this tragic case as of this...
NC State leading rusher is sidelined due to assault arrest
It's odd the way some businesses and organizations suspend an employee from his or her job immediately upon knowing of an individual's arrest by police. This is done without any court determination of criminal wrongdoing. A North Carolina State running back was...
2 dead after fatal car accident in North Carolina
A man and his 7-year-old passenger are dead following a serious crash in Raleigh on August 2. The two-car accident also injured three other people. North Carolina authorities are still investigating the crash and have yet to announce their findings.According to local...
Traffic stop leads to drug charges of trafficking heroin
Without traffic stops, drug enforcement officers would have far fewer arrests. In North Carolina and nationwide, most everyone who drives with a cache of drugs in a car seems to have an uncanny predilection for speeding, having a break light out or some other traffic...
Car accident in North Carolina sends 2 to hospital
A red light violation very nearly ended in tragedy on July 23 after a two-car crash sent several people to the hospital. The car accident has resulted in charges being filed by North Carolina police against everyone involved in the crash. There is no word as to the...
Drug charge against North Carolina star P.J. Hairston dismissed
Back on June 5, University of North Carolina basketball star leading scorer, P.J. Hairston, was arrested at a traffic stop for misdemeanor marijuana and driving without a license charges. That North Carolina arrest also raised eyebrows and suspicions when it was...