An 18-year-old woman was killed when she was hit by an Amtrak train while walking along the tracks, authorities said. Officers responding to an emergency call around 10 p.m. Tuesday found the woman from the Garner area dead, Apex police said in a news release. Sign up for our Newsletters Click the video player above to watch headlines from WXII 12 News. Wake County EMS District Chief Joe McLean tells WNCN-TV that the woman and a teenage boy were.
Police: Teen hit by train, killed
June 9, 2021
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APEX, N.C. (AP) An 18-year-old woman was killed when she was hit by an Amtrak train while walking along the tracks, authorities said.
Officers responding to an emergency call around 10 p.m. Tuesday found the woman from the Garner area dead, Apex police said in a news release.
Wake County EMS District Chief Joe McLean tells WNCN-TV that the woman and a teenage boy were walking on the tracks when a Miami-bound Amtrak train struck the woman.
McLean says the boy wasn’t hurt and none of the 122 passengers on board the train was injured.
Convicted sergeant asks safety board for hearing
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
A Fort Wayne police sergeant who admitted strangling his wife has asked for a hearing before the board of public safety that will decide whether he keeps his job.
Sgt. Boyce Ballinger was given a 11/2-year suspended sentence last week after he pleaded guilty in February to felony strangulation and misdemeanor domestic battery.
Police Chief Steve Reed has asked the board of safety to fire Ballinger, but Ballinger has a right to request a hearing, Assistant Chief Karl Niblick said during Thursday s board of safety meeting.
The hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. March 26.
Mayor: Stimulus should pay city bills
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
As Congress continues to work toward another pandemic stimulus package that could include funding for state and local government, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry says federal relief could help offset personnel costs incurred because of the pandemic.
When employees – mostly in the street, fire and police departments – were exposed to or contracted the virus, other workers had to be called in to work to compensate.
“Overtime has been somewhat of a challenge,” he said during an interview Thursday.
In addition to extra labor costs, Henry said he would like to put as much federal money toward assistance for small businesses, particularly restaurants, bars and hotels.
APEX, N.C. (WTVD) An Apex mom, who is also a Wake County Public School System principal, was appalled by the response she got from a neighbor, who happens to be an Apex police officer, over the Christmas card she sent out this year.
Lori Nelson said it was meant to spark joy.
So she was caught off guard by the reaction from the police officer who lives next door.
The reaction was in response to one of the photos on her card. It features 11 family photos and offers a year in review.
There are snapshots from trips to the mountains, beach and Washington D.C. And one of the photos was from a Black Lives Matter protest she took her children to this year, to show them what it means to fight for justice.