CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon pleaded guilty Tuesday to a public corruption charge, ending a remarkable rise for a man raised by a single mother in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Cannon’s guilty plea was on a single count of honest services wire fraud, which carries a sentence of up […]
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NC High Ranking ‘Bloods’ Inmate Charged in Kidnapping of DA’s Father
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina inmate described as a high-ranking member of the Bloods street gang faces a federal kidnapping charge after authorities say he used a smuggled mobile phone to help orchestrate the abduction of a prosecutor’s father. An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Kelvin Melton, who is serving a life […]
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4 Shot at Rocky Mount, NC Church; Boy, 12, Critically Wounded
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police in a North Carolina town are searching for a man who sprayed a church playground with gunfire, striking four youths and leaving a 12-year-old boy gravely wounded. The Rev. James Gailliard at Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount said the shooting happened shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, as about two […]
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Confederate Flag at Old NC Capitol Coming Down
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns. The decision was announced Friday evening, hours after the Associated Press published a story about the flag, which officials […]