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Business: Credit union CEO re-elected to N.C. Credit Union League board of directors (The Salisbury Post)
John P. McGrail, president and chief executive officer of Lion's Share Federal Credit Union, won re-election to the North Carolina Credit Union League ...Upside-down flag at the Lake: No disrespect, help needed (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald) LAKE GASTON — Lake Gaston resident Keith Carlson is asking North Carolina property owners, particularly those in Warren County, to join him in flying the North Carolina flag upside down.
Union savors victory at pork plant (The News & Observer) After nearly 17 years of struggle, employees at the world's largest pork plant went to work under a union contract for the first time Thursday.
Covington Hang -- A Pickens County Civil War hanging revisited (Pickens County Progress) Covington Hang––an unusual place name on the Old Federal Road south of Marble Hill. Local folklore says the spot saw a hanging during the Civil War. A band of Confederate guerrillas, it is said, captured a man named Covington at his home just over into Dawson County.
Smithfield Packing, union agree on four-year contract (Winston-Salem Journal) Workers at the world's largest pork slaughterhouse in rural North Carolina have agreed on a four-year contract with a Smithfield Foods subsidiary.
Former N.C. lawmaker trial begins in Caswell County (Eden Daily News) The trial for former North Carolina state Sen. Hugh Webster began Monday in Caswell County Superior Court on charges of embezzlement and felony exploitation of an elderly adult.
Dawson County killer 'person of interest' in Florida man's death (Dawson News & Advertiser) The man convicted of killing North Georgia hiker Meredith Emerson in Dawson County and dumping her body in Dawson Forest is now suspected in the 2007 decapitation of a central Florida stock clerk.
July 4th Fireworks In Eastern Carolina (WITN 7 North Carolina) Where should you go to celebrate the 4th? WITN is compiling a list of public fireworks in Eastern Carolina.
Garrison enlists in the Marine Corps (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) Published: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 1:04 p.m.
Garrison enlists in the Marine Corps (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) Published: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 1:04 p.m. The program allows recruits to enter the Marine Corps and take up to one year to complete prior commitments such as high school.