Friday, August 20, 2010
Rocketeers set to deploy Sunday
Hundreds of members of the 4th Fighter Wing's 336th Rocketeers are scheduled to take off from the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base flight line Sunday, as the unit will make its way to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to begin a...Published: Aug 20, 2010 7:07 PM Full Story
CSX: Train speeds going up beginning Saturday
Beginning Sunday CSX Corp. will increase the speed of its trains traveling north and south of the city. The increase was announced at Monday night's City Council meeting. On the northern end, the increase will begin between Belfast Road...Published: Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Senator makes stop at Seymour Johnson AFB
Just because there is no immediate danger Seymour Johnson Air Force Base will be in the Base Closure and Realignment Commission's sights doesn't mean the county should relax, one of the state's senators said Thursday as she visited the...Published: Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Internet parlors get OK to stay open late
The city has backed off of plans that would have required Internet cafes to close by midnight and further restrict how close they could be located to churches, schools and residential areas. The changes to the city's Unified Development...Published: Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Schools meet, greet
Veteran educator Carole Battle, in her fourth year as principal at Carver Heights Elementary School, welcomed parents and students to open house Thursday night. She is looking forward to another school year, she said. "We're going to work on the...Published: Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
The witnesses
Defense Witness No. 3 -- Navy Cmdr. Lynn Carlton: A registered nurse and midwife assigned to the OBGYN section at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Ms. Carlton told the court Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was one of her patients from September...Published: Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Defense rests
His eyes focused on Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith, ex-Marine Cesar Laurean told those inside Courtroom No. 1 he would exercise his constitutional right to not testify in his own defense. Moments later, his attorney, Dick McNeil, rested his...Published: Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Teacher's assistant hospitalized after crash near school
A first-grade teacher's assistant at Spring Creek Elementary School was airlifted to Pitt Memorial Hospital on Thursday afternoon after she was involved in an accident near the school. The two-vehicle collision happened when a car driven by Monica Bourdon,...Published: Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story