Man killed after colliding with UNC Charlotte student driving wrong way on I-85 in Cabarrus County
Deadly crash shuts down part of I-85 By Kristi O Connor | May 16, 2021 at 7:25 AM EDT - Updated May 17 at 3:55 PM
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) - A man was killed early Sunday after crashing with a college student driving the wrong way on I-85 in Cabarrus County, according to N.C. Highway Patrol.
The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. between Poplar Tent Road and George Liles Parkway.
The man killed was 55-year-old Bobby Black, who was driving back home to Salisbury when he crashed with a 19-year-old female student at UNC Charlotte, according to troopers.
PAYETTE â As the Western Treasure Valley has grown in population in recent years, officials on the Payette Airport Commission are working with the Payette City Council to plan growth at the Payette Municipal Airport around that growth. Specifically, the two parties aim to ensure adequate standards for parties looking to set up hangars at the airport.
âThey basically would like to a little bit more of a written policy for hangars ⦠we really donât have a plan for where you put hangars,â said Councilor Ray Wickersham.
In her agenda statement to the council dated April 30, deputy city clerk Bobbie Black noted the commissionâs aim to clarify what private parties can and cannot do with their hangars in the cityâs âMinimum Standardsâ rules. The commissionâs proposed changes appeared on the agenda for the councilâs regular meeting on May 3.
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PAYETTE â The Payette Brickyard property, which has been known for contributing to much of the commercial landscape of the Western Treasure Valley, has found a buyer as announced by the Payette City Council at its regular meeting Monday. The sale of the 6.3 acre surplus property was addressed in Resolution 2021-04.
According to the resolution statement in the meetingâs agenda packet, the property was sold at a public auction which took place April 1. The successful bidder for the property is Sebastian Keith with a winning bid of $208,000.
âThe only thing I can tell you about him, and this has more to do with my real estate business, is if you spend any time driving around New Plymouth ⦠thereâs 60 acres that [his company has] bought and theyâre asking to be annexed and theyâre going to build some homes over there too,â said Williams, noting the company plans to build 150 homes there.
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Weeks after results in Oklahoma were certified in a contentious election, the Carter County Election Board quietly resumed their behind-the-scenes work this month, ahead of several local elections in early 2021. Carter County voters in Dickson and Wilson will be called back to the polls early next year, while qualifying for Ardmore municipal elections in April are set for early February.
Most aspects of their job remains similar to previous years for election board staff, but election board secretary Diane Hall said on Thursday that absentee ballot request reminders will not go out this year.