September 17, 2009
ELON (MCT) — Starting the season with back-to-back dominating performances has sent confidence flowing throughout the Elon football team.But there’s also a firm sense of realism among the Phoenix.“Of course I’m pleased with scoring...
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July 29, 2009
ALTAMAHAW (MCT) — Canoeists and kayakers now have yet another spot to access the Haw River. The Altamahaw Paddle Access, just off N.C. 87 north of Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary School, opened recently.
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July 14, 2009
GRAHAM (MCT) — A third man wanted for his alleged involvement in Sara Dixon's homicide was found in the Green Level area Monday afternoon.The Alamance County Sheriff's Office searched for 21-year-old Matthew Devon Fields all weekend. Investigators t...
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July 9, 2009
GRAHAM (MCT) — As Alamance County authorities built a case against the two men charged in the death of Sara Dixon, they wanted to make sure every last scrap of evidence was collected from the McCray Road home where she was shot and killed in her bed...
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June 24, 2009
Faye Boswell knew going into this year's Hospice League of Alamance/ Caswell Flea Market that considering the economy, it was going to be tough to match last year's total.''It became very obvious from the very beginning that it was going to be almost impo...
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June 11, 2009
HAW RIVER (MCT) — A house was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning after a pickup truck crashed into the living room and exploded.Leo Currie of Burlington was transporting a 1987 Ford Ranger pickup on the back of a trailer to an automotive shop on Di...
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May 27, 2009
ELON (MCT) — Stephen Stiegel, an English teacher at Western Alamance High School, is scheduled to appear on the long-running television quiz show "Jeopardy" tonight.The taped episode airs at 7:30 p.m. on WFMY (CBS, Channel 2).Despite...
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May 18, 2009
HAW RIVER (MCT) — A 1-year-old boy who died at a day care center here in March was killed by hyperthermia, or exposure to heat.An autopsy report released last week by the state Medical Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill confirmed the preliminary exami...
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April 28, 2009
GRAHAM (MCT) — A Gibsonville man charged Friday because he was on school premises as a convicted sex offender waived his first appearance in Alamance County District Court on Monday and was instead represented by his attorney.Defense attorney Rick C...
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GRAHAM (MCT) — A 57-year-old man pleaded guilty in Alamance County court Monday for his role in the 2008 death of a man during a dispute over the condition of a recreational vehicle.Jerry W. Hill was scheduled to go on trial this week on a charge of...
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April 8, 2009
BURLINGTON (MCT) — A woman charged with the death of a 43-year-old man killed while riding a motorcycle in downtown Burlington on Sunday was cited last summer for driving with no operator's license. Lidia Monica Lopez, 41, who is from Mexico, is all...
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March 25, 2009
BURLINGTON (MCT) — St. Luke's United Methodist Church recently decided to sponsor a gospel sing to raise money for two Alamance County ministries.Church members planned to sell tickets to the Alamance County Gospel Sing for Missions as well as adver...
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March 16, 2009
BURLINGTON - Timing and a quick response by firefighters helped contain a fire to one classroom at E.M. Holt Elementary School on Sunday afternoon. Someone pulled into the parking lot of the school on N.C. 62 shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday and noticed flames...
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March 11, 2009
BURLINGTON (MCT) — The chairman of the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education said he won't run for re-election in 2010. Instead, Tom Manning will try again for a seat on the Alamance County Board of Commissioners. Manning has been on the school board s...
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ELON (MCT) — Ernie Nestor paraphrased Charles Dickens on Monday night when he said that March is the best of times and the worst of times in college basketball. Hours earlier, the professorial veteran coach learned he was out of a job at Elon Universit...
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February 20, 2009
GRAHAM — Three former Alamance County detention officers were convicted in Alamance County district court Wednesday on false imprisonment charges for their role in what was termed a "scared straight"-style jail tour involving a juvenile. Assault charge...
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February 18, 2009
GRAHAM (MCT) — Alamance County's next manager will be Laurinburg city manager Craig Honeycutt. Honeycutt will be paid $112,000 a year plus $3,000 for a vehicle allowance and additional mileage money. He starts April 6. Alamance County commissioners anno...
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February 2, 2009
GRAHAM - A negligence lawsuit filed in Guilford County by a former Elon University student who was injured after an incident at an off-campus fraternity party two years ago has been transferred to Alamance County.
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January 29, 2009
He spent five months living near the interstate, four weeks in the animal shelter and about a month in rehabilitation, but the dog known to many as Freeway is no longer a stray. Freeway has a permanent home and a new name. A retired Mebane couple with an...
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January 5, 2009
MEBANE (MCT) — Investigators found human remains in a wooded area of northeastern Alamance County. Investigators spent Sunday combing the area along Dickey Mill Road, where remains of a skull, torso and ankle bones were found. Sheriff Terry Johnson sai...
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BURLINGTON (MCT) — Two have been charged with involuntary manslaughter after a 24-year-old Mebane woman was found dead in her home the day after Christmas. Investigators with the Alamance County Sheriff's Department said Saturday they still don't know w...
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December 9, 2008
BURLINGTON (MCT) — A 44-year-old man who uses oxygen was flown to Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill on Monday after he lit a cigarette and set his face on fire. The man received burns in his nostrils, throat and face, but his condition wasn't immediate...
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November 20, 2008
BURLINGTON (MCT) — Embers hidden under a pile of leaves burned over the weekend were ignited by the wind Tuesday morning and are the cause of a fire that destroyed a mobile home on County Line Road near Randolph County. The blaze ravaged a four-bedroom...
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November 13, 2008
BURLINGTON (MCT) — Valerie Hughes touched a lot of people. From the radiology students she taught at Moses Cone Health System in Greensboro to the patients she worked with as a radiological technologist at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, Hughes made a las...
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October 16, 2008
GRAHAM (MCT) — Four Alamance County jailers have been charged with simple assault and unlawful restraint after an unauthorized tour of the county jail in April. The misdemeanor charges were filed Wednesday by the State Bureau of Investigation, which pro...
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