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Raleigh man gets five years in prison for child pornography
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.A 21-year-old Raleigh County man was sentenced to five years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Irene Berger Thursday for collecting hundreds of images of child pornography. Steven Russell Helton, of Beaver,...Tags: Sex Crimes, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Pornography, Prisons
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BRIEF: Raleigh police say driver who hit pedestrian was impaired, unlicensed
The News & ObserverThe driver of a car that hit a woman who was crossing a street just west of downtown on Thursday night has been charged with driving while impaired and driving while his license was revoked. The woman, Norma Collins McCaulley of McCulloch Street in... -
NC Community colleges, high schools emphasize training for manufacturing jobs
The News & ObserverMomentum is building in North Carolina to better train workers for more sophisticated manufacturing jobs to erase a so-called skills gap in the workforce. At a Raleigh summit Friday hosted by the N.C. Community College System, business, government and...Tags: Advanced Training, Politics, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Labor Legislation
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TriPol: Raleigh council committee backs city's panhandling rules
The News & ObserverRaleigh City Council members this week rejected a request from Occupy Raleigh members to loosen the city's panhandling rules. The council agreed to review the issue after a dozen or so people from the group -- once known for round-the-clock protests...Tags: Politics, Elections, Wake County, Voting, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Tainted Wake Forest well owners get clean water
The News & ObserverClean water is flowing to 22 homes in rural northern Wake thanks to new water lines that replaced contaminated wells. Last summer, environmental agencies discovered that more than 20 wells in the Stony Hill community west of Wake Forest were laced...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Illness, Environmental Politics, Water Supply
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The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), John DrescherExecutive Editor column
The News & ObserverWhen a search committee for the Biblical Recorder, the newspaper for North Carolina Baptists, was looking for a new editor in 1982, the committee voted against the Rev. R.G. "Gene" Puckett, 4-3. Puckett had been an editor at several Baptist...Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, Brenda Frese, Newspaper and Magazine, Atlantic Coast Conference, Maryland Terrapins
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In it, but unlikely to win it. Still, excitement stirs over record Powerball jackpot
The News & ObserverMany call it a "fool's game" or an "idiot's tax." It's probably safe to say that few of those caught up in Saturday night's Powerball frenzy really expect their $2 lottery ticket to bring big houses, fancy cars, endless vacations or anything close to...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Services and Shopping, Charles E Jefferson
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Wake sheriff's deputy shoots and kills woman in Raleigh
The News & ObserverA Wake County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a woman early Friday afternoon when she threatened him and other deputies with a knife or machete. Misty Michelle Mullins, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to sheriff's spokesman James...Tags: Wake County
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There's a festival fit for everyone this weekend in the Triangle
The News & ObserverPianos on the streets of downtown Raleigh. Classic cars in Hillsborough. A tractor parade at the N.C. State Fairgrounds. Chicken coops in Cary. Old-school hip hop music in Durham. It's a big festival weekend across the Triangle, and there's likely...Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Wake County, Music, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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NC House says yes to interstate tolls -- but with limits
The News & ObserverLegislators were of two minds this week on the question of collecting tolls to widen Interstate 95, and they spoke with one voice. The House of Representatives said in a 113-0 vote that it's OK for the state Department of Transportation to add new lanes...Tags: Travel, Smithfield, Politics, Road Transportation, Transportation
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WakeMed warns of looming staff cuts
The News & ObserverWakeMed Health & Hospitals laid off 31 people last week in a reorganization that CEO Bill Atkinson warns is a taste of things to come under federal health care reform, which is designed to squeeze costs out of health care delivery. Atkinson couldn't say...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Hospitals worry over possible funding gap
The High Point Enterprise, N.C.Kimberly Crews and her fellow employees at High Point Regional UNC Health Care will enter uncharted financial waters with the impending shift of Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals here and across the state and nation. Crews, the chief financial...Tags: Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Care Reform (2009)
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