By Mark Starling
One Dead In Asheville Homicide
(Asheville, NC) The Asheville Police Department is investigating its first homicide of the year. Officers say a man died after he was shot in the Southern Street apartment complex near the Livingston community on Thursday morning. The search is on for suspects. WLOS-TV reports six people have been shot in the city so far in 2021.
Rezoning For Henderson County Asphalt Plant Denied
(Henderson County, NC) A Henderson County community isn t backing off its opposition to a proposed asphalt plant. A group of people in East Flat Rock has pushed back against two proposals from Southeastern Asphalt, which is seeking to build a new plant off Spartanburg Highway. The county s planning board turned down a rezoning request last night, which would have allowed construction. The recommendation will now pass to the county commission for a final decision.
Updated: 5:02 PM EDT April 15, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
A Charlotte bartender has been criminally charged after an impaired person left the business and was seriously injured in a car crash.
According to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, on the evening of Monday, Feb. 22, troopers responded to a vehicle crash with serious injuries on Crowell Dairy Road near Old Dutch Road.
As a result of the SHP investigation, ALE was contacted to further assist due to the suspected involvement of alcohol in the collision. ALE special agents began to re-trace the suspect driver’s actions that night to find where she became intoxicated.