Second of a two-part series. To read part one, click here. As the holiday season of 2012 approached, I had read again and again of accidents involving school buses and personnel in North…
On the last Friday morning in October, a pickup truck smashed into the back of a stopped school bus on a highway just north of Rocky Mount, a small town about halfway between Roanoke and…
A violent crash on Halloween night ended with a couple of miracles in Asheboro, North Carolina. A SUV barreling through a 35-mph zone at 70 miles per hour slammed into the back of a car…
The annual magic of Halloween conjures up happy phrases: Tricks and treats, kids and candy, ghosts and goblins, frights more fun than fearful. But to make sure that the scares are only…
When I read about businesses being raided by police and charged with selling synthetic drugs, I poke around a bit on the Web for what is new in this “industry.” I hope to find fresh…
A recent study by the AAA auto club revealed a shocking statistic: One out of seven drivers in North Carolina doesn’t have a valid driver’s license. That number was so outrageous…
Let’s play a word-association game. Take a common word, a concept. Now define that concept in just two words. You have 30 seconds. First concept: “Parenthood.” Hmmm…
It wasn’t outwardly apparent that something was wrong on the little street called Rockwood Drive in Rowan County, until a sheriff’s car responded to a 911 call at 1:25 Tuesday…
Just a summer’s-end reminder: In high society, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day of the year when it is fashionable to wear white or seersucker. It’s also good to…
North Carolina outlawed synthetic marijuana on June 1, 2011. But like kudzu, this man-made “weed” is hard to kill. Amazingly hard, actually – as this story of a sting…
Traffic has been flowing more smoothly past the Walmart at Randleman, North Carolina, in the past year, with the help of the roundabout intersection. That probably didn’t seem…
Oh, brother. Another Click It or Ticket campaign, as we roll into the Memorial Day weekend. Haven’t we had enough? I mean, what are these law enforcement people thinking? It’s…