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The petition against closing Alamance County District Court to spectators and reporters has been dismissed by the North Carolina Court of Appeals after county courts released an order allowing limited access.
“It doesn’t shock me, it s sort of a way of side-stepping a delicate issue,” said Mark Prak, a Raleigh based media lawyer who has represented the Times-News in the past. “We re in a pandemic and if there s judicial proceedings, there s got to be a way for the public to see them, and the press is the public s surrogates in most cases.
Reporters were turned away from District Court on Dec. 2 and Dec. 8 when cases connected to the Oct. 31 I am Change march and crackdown in Graham were before visiting Judge Fred Wilkins. Citing COVID-19 restrictions, Wilkins allowed only defendants, victims and lawyers into the courtroom.
Suspected accomplice arrested after Farmington Hills home invasion
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FARMINGTON HILLS Farmington Hills police announced the arrest of a 26-year-old woman from Detroit who is a suspected accomplice in a late-night home invasion Dec. 7 at the Diamond Forest Apartment complex, on Halsted Road, between Nine Mile Road and Grand River Avenue, where multiple gunshots were reported.
According to a press release, several 911 calls reporting gunfire came in around 11:30 p.m.
As police began to investigate, preliminary information indicated that three male suspects had broken into an apartment and stolen several firearms before being confronted by the residents, who then fired several gunshots at the suspects as they immediately fled the apartment.
Charlottesville Chief of Police RaShall Brackney, a finalist for Dallas, Texasâ top law enforcement position, highlighted her law enforcement experience during a recent virtual public interview for the position.
Brackney is among seven finalists for the position and was selected from a pool of 36 applicants, according to KRLD. She is the only woman finalist and one of two who work outside of Texas.
She has declined to comment on the her candidacy since the news broke on Dec. 11. If she is offered and accepts the position, it will continue a churn of top leadership in the city since the Unite the Right rally.
March 26, 2021
Judging by the looks of some local roadways, Mount Airy could use a good cleanup and two entities are partnering to accomplish exactly that during a first-of-its-kind community “litter sweep” in the coming weeks.
Mount Airy Parks and Recreation (through its Grounds Maintenance Division) and the Mount Airy Appearance Commission are trying to recruit individuals, businesses and others to actively participate in the three-week campaign scheduled this coming Monday through April 18.
“To my knowledge this is the first time we’ve done something of this large a scale,” city Parks and Recreation Director Darren Lewis said Wednesday regarding the scope of the sweep that seeks to engage everyone in the fight against litter.