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Cocke County Battles for Less Pollution from North Carolina Paper Mill (Metro Pulse)
“When they first started dumping poisons in this river, we had Civil War veterans living along the shore,” Lee Willis of the Cocke County Water Advisory Council told a crowd of 500 at Cocke County High School on Jan. 25. “We have lived with fear and anxiety for 100 years.”South Carolina 2010 football recruiting capsules (Anderson Independent-Mail) Javon BellWR | 5-11, 170Ribault High(Jacksonville, Fla.)Named the region's Offensive Player of the Year by the Florida Times-Union. ... Caught 48 passes for 1,256 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior. ... Given a two-star ranking and considered the nation's 146th best wide receiver by Scout.com. ... Originally committed to Florida International before switching. Also received an offer from ...
Ruling eliminates invocation before commissioner meetings (Carteret County News-Times) Morehead City — County commissioners in North Carolina should not open meetings with prayers that single out a particular religion.
Across the USA (USA Today) News from every state
Heels sign 21, eight from North Carolina (WRAL Sports Fan) Though Butch Davis was happy with Carolina's recruiting haul, he did admit the team would have liked to have signed one more running back.
Top recruiters by conference (Rivals.com via Yahoo! Sports) It's easy to say head coaches are the reason why a team has a successful recruiting class.
Murder arrest: Montpelier man accused of killing wife in N. Carolina (Idaho State Journal) Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:05 am | Updated: 9:14 am, Wed Feb 3, 2010. PARIS — Raven Samuel Abaroa, a Montpelier man accused in the stabbing death of his wife, Janet, five years ago, refused extradition to North Carolina during a hearing Tuesday in Bear Lake County.
Court ruling bars county endorsement of Christian prayer (Smoky Mountain News) County commissioners in Western North Carolina face a fork in the road after a federal judge in Forsyth County made it clear last week that prayers mentioning “Jesus” at county meetings are unconstitutional.
Three men from the Carolinas sentenced in federal meth lab case (Florence Morning News) Three men responsible for distributing methamphetamine in the Pee Dee and teaching others how to make the drug were handed federal sentences in connection with their crimes, according to a press release issued Monday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Columbia.
Semi carrying turkeys overturns near Monroe (WTOC 11 Savannah) A road in Union County was closed for more than seven hours early Wednesday morning after a truck hauling turkeys flipped over. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the driver was traveling northbound on Old Pageland-Monroe Road just before 1 a.m. when he accidentally drove the trailer off the road.