RALEIGH (AP) — N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper Wednesday commuted the sentence of a man imprisoned since he was a teenager in connection with a fatal robbery and shooting and also
By Mark Starling
Hendersonville Woman Appearing In Court After Murder Indictment
(Hendersonville, NC) A mother charged in the death of her five-year-old daughter is appearing in Henderson Count court this morning. The district attorney told WLOS-TV Penny Hartle has been indicted by a grand jury for first-degree murder. Investigators say she stabbed her daughter to death at their home in the Fruitland community last month. She waived her first court appearance.
Buncombe County Okays Training Center For Airplane Engine Maker
(Buncombe County, NC) Buncombe County is building a training center for an airplane engine maker. Pratt & Whitney will eventually employ 800 people to help make turbine airfoils at a new location being built in the Bent Creek area. The Citizen-Times is reporting commissioners voted Tuesday to spend five-million-dollars to construct a training center for employees. The new jobs at Pratt & Whitney are expected to average 68-thousand-dollars-a-year.