Last year was a time of ups and downs for the Sand Mountain area as people began to move on with their lives and businesses following the mandates and lockdowns
Pioneering Black Lineman Lights the Way
John Johnny Lee Willis was born in Spring Hill, Louisiana to a sharecropper father and saw firsthand the impacts of slavery and racism in the Deep South. It prepared him with the courage and strength to break the barrier as one of the first Black linemen at Southern California Edison. You can t fail unless you quit, he said, and I was prepared for this.
Married with three children - ages 1, 2 and 4 at the time - Willis had left the Marines when he applied for a job at SCE. He visited the Rialto office every day to the point everyone knew him on a first-name basis and thought he was an employee. Finally, after months of persistence, Willis was offered an exam where he tested the highest in his cohort.
In just the first two weeks of the new year, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office has seen positive results come from the work of their K-9 unit.
Monday night, a green Chevrolet pickup was circling an area near Oleander and College Road before going into a gravel parking lot next to Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church where buses, vans, and trailers for the church and Boy Scout Troop 26 were parked.
A sheriff s office deputy, his K-9 Timo, and two detectives approached on foot and found David Hansen and Johnny Willis.
Hansen and Willis had allegedly hooked up a Boy Scouts trailer to their vehicle and were in the process of stealing it when they were arrested, according to the release.
Sheriffâs Office: K-9 unit halts theft of trailer belonging to Scout troop
K-9 hero helps stop potential theft of Scout Troop s trailer By WECT Staff | January 13, 2021 at 2:10 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 7:01 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Thanks to one of its K-9 units, a potential theft of a Boy Scout troopâs trailer was halted, according to the New Hanover County Sheriffâs Office. Timo (Source: NHCSO)
âWhile on Patrol Monday night K-9 Deputy Day noticed a green Chevrolet pickup circling the area near Oleander and College Rd.,â the sheriffâs office said in a news release. âDep. Day was able to relocate the vehicle in close proximity in a gravel parking lot next to Wesley Memorial UMC where buses, vans, and trailers were parked for the church and Boy Scout Troop 26.â