Monthly Archives: February 2021
Convicted murderer sentenced first to death penalty, then life in prison, now up for parole 37 years later
A former Alamance County man who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in June 1984 – and whose sentence was overturned...
1984 murder trial had familiar faces
SBI agent (now sheriff) Terry Johnson took suspect's confession; private attorney (then District Attorney) George Hunt prosecuted the case; private attorney Fred Sternberg defended...
ABSS scales back request for additional school resource officers
ABSS administration has decided to seek $260,000 for four more SROs, rather than $1.1 million for 17 new positions, as originally outlined to school...
WANTED: Burlington Police Dept. seeks public’s help in locating 9 suspects
Burlington's police department is asking for the public's help in locating nine individuals wanted for various crimes, three of them for felony charges. Meanwhile...
Burlington’s planning commission gives go-ahead recommendation for 205 apts. along St. Mark’s Church Road
Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has endorsed a developer’s proposal for 205 rental apartments along St. Mark’s Church Road.
The commission’s members voted 7-to-0 in...
What was man doing putting girl in trunk of car?
Burlington police are asking for the public's help in addressing a suspicious sighting Thursday afternoon.
Officers responded around 1:10 p.m. to what was termed a...
City mgr. says newly-formed police advisory group will have added assignment: input on qualities for next police chief
When Jeff Smythe left Show Low, Arizona in 2013 to become Burlington’s new chief of police, he didn’t initially imagine that he’d still be...
Alamance County and Cone Health to combine forces, open consolidated COVID-19 vaccination site
Beginning Saturday, February 27, the Alamance County Health Department and Cone Health will open a joint COVID-19 vaccination clinic at 2401 Eric Lane, Unit...
Elon University names new police chief for campus
Elon University has selected Joseph LeMire, a career law enforcement officer with more than 28 years of experience, as its new chief of Campus...
Latest Alamance County COVID-19 statistics: cases, hospitalizations, deaths (as of Feb. 24, 2021)
See earlier charts, with statistics back to last year's first cases/deaths: https://alamancenews.com/latest-alamance-county-covid-19-statistics-cases-hospitalizations-deaths-2/
