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Crews: 2 Approaches To Restore North Carolina Islands' Power
Crews are taking two approaches to restore power to two North Carolina Outer Banks Islands.
Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative spokeswoman Laura Ertle said in a statement that crews are digging up damaged cables to splice together. The utility also is looking at an overhead transmission line from the Bonner Bridge to existing lines on Hatteras Island.
Ertle said crews are working on both plans until it's clear which is fastest and safest. She says depending on the approach, repairs could take one to two weeks.
Tourists were evacuated from Hatteras and Ocracoke islands because of Thursday's outage.
Gov. Roy Cooper is visiting the bridge Monday where three transmission cables were damaged by a construction crew. Cooper will also visit businesses in Rodanthe, south of the bridge on Hatteras Island.
Body Of Man Believed Kidnapped During Manhunt Found
The body of a 68-year-old man believed to have been kidnapped by a North Carolina suspect who eluded officers for six days has been found.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that a member of the Skyland Fire and Rescue Department found the body of Thomas Bryson in a corn field in Arden on Sunday night. A cause of death hasn't been determined.
Philip Michael Stroupe II was driving Bryson's truck when authorities found and captured him in Yancey on Thursday after a search that closed parts of the Pisgah National Forest for days. Authorities believe Bryson was kidnapped Wednesday.
Investigators have accused three people of hiding Stroupe while he was on the run.
Man Sought In Triple Shooting That Left 2 Dead
Police are searching for the suspect in a triple shooting that left two men dead in Greensboro.
The News and Record of Greensboro reports that police took out arrest warrants Sunday against 23-year-old Trevorn Daqwain Pinckney for two counts of first-degree murder and one count of assault with a deadly weapon. The charges stem from a Saturday night shooting that killed 27-year-old Tony Stevens Martin Jr. and 26-year-old LaTony McCants and left 25-year-old Quintis Jamar Mickel in critical condition.
Greensboro Police Department spokeswoman Susan Danielsen says none of the three victims lived at the apartment complex where the shooting took place. She says the four men apparently knew each other.
New NC Law Makes It Crime To Fly Drones Near Prisons, Jails
It's now a crime in North Carolina to fly a drone near prisons and jails.
A new law prohibits anyone but law enforcement officials from flying drones within 250 feet above or 500 feet around prisons and jails. Gov. Roy Cooper signed the law Tuesday.
Using a drone to deliver weapons or other contraband can result in felony charge. People who just fly drones near prisons can face a misdemeanor.
Officials say drones have twice crashed within prison fences in North Carolina. In both cases, prison staff members recovered the drones' contraband before it reached prisoners.
North Carolina Man Fails To Prove Innocence In 1994 Murder
A North Carolina judicial panel says a man who has already spent 21 years of a life sentence behind bars has failed to prove his innocence in a murder case, which a unique innocence commission determined needed a fresh look.
A three-judge panel on Friday ruled unanimously against Robert Bragg, who has always insisted he never beat the elderly victim to death.
The judges heard evidence after Bragg's case was reviewed by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, the state agency responsible for investigating and evaluating post-conviction claims of innocence. It's the only agency of its kind in the country.
The 64-year-old Bragg has been serving life without parole for the fatal beating of a man in December 1994. Bragg had rejected a plea deal that carried a 15-year sentence.
Steelworkers, Goodyear Reach Tentative Contract For 5 Plants
The United Steelworkers and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. have reached a tentative contract agreement that covers about 7,000 workers at five plants.
Goodyear says the five-year agreement covers workers at plants in Fayetteville, North Carolina; Danville, Virginia; Akron, Ohio; Gadsen, Alabama; and Topeka, Kansas.
The agreement was reached late Saturday night, just before union officials said workers were ready to go on strike.
Staff representative Ken Nettles of USW Local 959 in Fayetteville tells The Fayetteville Observer that workers don't yet know the terms of the tentative agreement.
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