3 Dead In Forsyth County Plane Crash
Three people have died when a small plane from Florida crashed at a rock quarry in Forsyth County and exploded in flames.
There were no survivors in the crash just after noon Monday near High Point.
Peter Knudson with the National Transportation Safety Board said the Beechcraft A36 airplane was flying from Sarasota, Florida, to Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro. Knudson says the pilot was talking with air traffic controllers and seemed disoriented. Skies were cloudy at the time.
The names of the victims have not been released.
Catalytic Converters Cut From 10 Vehicles In Burlington
Authorities say thieves used a special tool to cut off and steal the catalytic converters off 10 vehicles at two Burlington apartment complexes.
Police said the parts were stolen off the cars during the day Sunday by thieves using a special tool that makes a clean cut on each end of the pipe. The damage is estimated at less than $5,000.
All Clear After Catawba College Sends Out Alert Overnight
Officials at Catawba College in Salisbury say an on-campus threat is over after the school sent out an alert warning of possible armed men on campus.
Authorities said no one was injured early Monday morning, and the four men who prompted the alert at the private liberal arts college have been taken into custody.
The college told students around 12:45 a.m. Monday that the men identified themselves as students from Livingstone College, which is also in Salisbury. Officials told students to stay in their rooms because one of them might have a weapon.
The alert was lifted around 1:45 a.m., and police announced they found the suspects about an hour later.
Replanting Project Focuses On Repairing Sandy-Damaged Coast
Vast stretches of the iconic tall grasses that dot the Atlantic coast were destroyed during Superstorm Sandy, removing a vital protective buffer for the region's shoreline.
Now, the New England Wild Flower Society and its partners will collect the seeds of those native plants to replant them and reinforce coastal areas.
The Society says the $2.3 million project will help make these habitats more resilient to future storms. For inland states, the seeds will be used in river projects.
The two-year project is the first large-scale, coordinated seed banking effort in the Eastern United States.
Study: Are We Shifting To Fewer, Weaker Atlantic Hurricanes?
A new and controversial study asks if an end is coming to the busy Atlantic hurricane seasons of recent decades.
The Atlantic looks like it's entering a new quieter cycle of storm activity, like in the 1970s and 1980s. That's what two hurricane researchers write in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Scientists say they're seeing a localized cooling and salinity level drop in the North Atlantic near Greenland.
They theorize those conditions change local weather and ocean patterns and form an on-again, off-again cycle in hurricane activity that they trace to the late 1800s.
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