By Mark Starling
Henderson County Lowest Impacted County For COVID
(Henderson County, NC) One county in western North Carolina has the lowest impact of COVID-19 in the state. Henderson County is the only one in the state under the color green in Health and Human Services most recent COVID County Alert System report this month. Green signifies low community spread. Cherokee and Polk counties still remain in the orange level, or substantial impact.
State Urges Holding Off Outdoor Burning
(Raleigh, NC) Hot and dry conditions are causing concern for the North Carolina Forest Service. The Agriculture Commissioner is encouraging North Carolinians to hold off outdoor burning through early June. There have already been 25-hundred wildfires in the state this year, which already outpaces all of 2020. It s expected to be in the upper 80s in the mountain region through the week.
By Sarah Tate
May 24, 2021
When you see headlines involving fraud, forgery and the elderly, most stories explain how the older adults are often taken advantage of. One man recently pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his grandmother while another man reportedly defrauded an elderly woman with dementia out of millions by posing as her son. However, a case in North Carolina is flipping the narrative around.
An elderly woman outside of Greensboro is facing multiple charges after reportedly stealing from the church where she worked.
According to the Davidson County Sheriff s Office, 79-year-old
Betty Fowler Collins, of Thomasville, is accused of forging checks and embezzling more than $150,000 from Liberty Baptist Church. According to the
79-year-old woman accused of embezzling money from North Carolina church
Betty Fowler Collins, 79, of Thomasville, arrested Share Updated: 10:13 AM EDT May 24, 2021 The Associated Press
Betty Fowler Collins, 79, of Thomasville, arrested Share Updated: 10:13 AM EDT May 24, 2021
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Show Transcript KENNY: A WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A CHURCH. SHE IS FACING EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. SHE TOOK MORE THAN $150,000 FROM LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH IN THOMASVILLE AND WORKED AS A SECRETARY TREASURER AND DETECTIVES GOT A TIP ABOUT THE TAKING MONEY FROM THE CHURCH SI
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