Dick Trickle Dies of Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound
Richard “Dick” Trickle killed himself on Thursday. The former NASCAR racer called the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, N.C., and told him they would be having another dead body on their grounds. He was found minutes later, lying next to his truck, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71 years old. When [...]
Autism Awareness around the World
By Dawn Cranfield Autism Awareness around the World The American Psychiatric Association may have reclassified autism as “autism spectrum disorder” in the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), confusing things for some, but for others, it has shed light on the subject and opened up the discussion for others. Regardless of how [...]
North Caroline Teen Mom Caitlin Tiller Yearbook Photo Banned
By Dawn Cranfield Teen Mom’s Yearbook Photo Banned Senior, Caitlin Tiller, of Wheatmore High School in Trinity, North Carolina, has been cut out of her alma maters’ annual because she was holding her son in the photo. Tiller’s picture was banned from the yearbook just days before publication. The young mother, who graduated from Wheatmore [...]
Autism Awareness Month, Light It Up Blue, the Light Seen ‘Round the World
By Dawn Cranfield Autism Awareness Month, Light It Up Blue, the Light Seen ‘Round the World April has been officially declared Autism Awareness month since 2010 with the calming blue light selected to represent those who support the initiative to raise awareness about the growing health concern facing so many. The campaign has been embraced [...]
North Carolina Home Construction Site Accident Kills Two Young Cousins
By Dawn Cranfield Two Young Cousins Die in North Carolina Home Construction Site Accident Sunday night, two young boys were buried under piles of dirt when the construction pit they were playing in collapsed. The 6 and 7-year-old cousins went into the pit to retrieve a “child-like pickaxe” in the pit when the walls of [...]
Carolyn Watkins’ body found in wrecked car towed from scene accident
Woman Who Died in Accident Found in Recovered Vehicle 62-year-old Carolyn Watkins’ body was found in her vehicle after it was towed from the scene of an accident. Her car was towed to a wrecking yard after it was discovered on Friday. “We were wondering where she was, and she was in the car the [...]
Facebook Pictures of Tattooed Pit Bull Draws Ire of Animal Lovers
By Dawn Cranfield Pictures of Tattooed Pit Bull on Facebook Draws the Ire of Animal Lovers Ernesto Rodriguez of North Carolina drew more attention than he expected when he posted pictures of his five-month old pit bull, Dutchess on his Facebook page. Rodriguez had tattooed Dutchess with her name and a crest he states is [...]
North Carolina plantation owner buried with 12 other people rattles community
By Dawn Cranfield Last Monday, state crews in Shelby, North Carolina, started disinterring 13 people who were buried in a plot dating back more than 150 years. The plot belonged to plantation owner, John Poston (1797-1862); the graves were members of the Poston Family. Poston, a plantation owner, inherited the land from his [...]
Nestlé Recalls Lean Cuisine Meals: Glass Particles Were In The Food
SOLON, OH — Nestlé Prepared Foods Company today announced the voluntary recall of two production codes of LEAN CUISINE® Culinary Collection Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli, UPC 13800-58358. The production codes are 2311587812 and 2312587812; the “best before date” appears as DEC 2013. The voluntary recall is limited to these two days of production, which were distributed [...]
NWS Issues Tornado Watch & Severe Weather Threat For AL, GA, NC, & SC
The NWS Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK, has issued a Tornado Watch and Severe Weather Threat for portions of: Alabama. Georgia. North Carolina. South Carolina. This is Status Report #3 of Weather Watch 21 A summary of the current situation indicates that the remainder of south central Georgia into the South Carolina Piedmont area, [...]
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