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Campus Shooting Suspect Skips Reading Of Charges
The man charged with killing two North Carolina college students in their classroom has chosen not to appear in court.
Twenty-two-year-old Trystan Andrew Terrell told his court-appointed attorney he did not want to hear the charges against him read Thursday in the Mecklenburg County Courthouse.
Terrell will remain in jail without bond at least until his next court appearance on May 15.
Body Of Student Slain In Shooting Arrives Home
The body of a UNC-Charlotte student whom classmates and police have called a hero for stopping a gunman in his classroom has returned home.
Television footage of the police escort of 21-year-old Riley Howell showed dozens of people holding U.S. flags lining the street as the procession turned into the funeral home in his mountain hometown of Waynesville.
Howell's mother then hugged every police officer in the procession, which had brought Howell's body about 150 miles from Charlotte.
Winston-Salem Ward Bill Withdrawn
A Triad lawmaker has pulled a proposed bill that would have altered the boundaries of Winston-Salem's wards.
State Rep. Donnie Lambeth's bill would have split the city into five wards and created three at-large seats on the Winston-Salem City Council. There are currently eight wards and no at-large members.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Lambeth and Mayor Allen Joines have reached an agreement that led to the withdrawal of the bill.
Instead, a study commission will look at how the council is elected and recommend solutions if anything needs to be changed.
Bill Secures Money For Stevens Center Upgrades
A major performance venue in Forsyth County could get a makeover with the help of state funding. Proposed legislation moving through the General Assembly would earmark millions of dollars to update the Stevens Center.
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts owns the Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem. The former 1929 movie theater serves as the school's primary performance space. The proposed state budget legislation would allocate 42.2 million in fiscal year 2019-20 for the renovation project.
Jim DeCristo with UNCSA says some of the upgrades would include a bigger lobby space, new seating and restrooms.
WFU Grad Wins Miss USA 2019
A Wake Forest University graduate, Cheslie Kryst of North Carolina, has been crowned Miss USA 2019.
Cheslie Kryst earned a law degree and an MBA at the school before becoming a civil litigation attorney who does pro bono work to reduce sentences for inmates.
The 27-year-old from Charlotte said during the final round that she was glad to be competing in Nevada because it's the first and only state in the nation with female majorities in both houses of the state legislature.
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