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...
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...
Planning commission endorses residential rezoning near airport, 4-3, over staff objection
Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has endorsed a rezoning request that would allow a Burlington native to build a home next to the site...
Fleeing Highway Patrol results in stop, multiple charges
A man stopped Wednesday (Feb. 24) after a pursuit by the N.C. State Highway Patrol in Graham has been charged with several drug-related offenses.
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Advocacy group announces new legal challenge against state permit for quarry in Snow Camp
An environmental advocacy group has announced it’s taking legal action in response to a mining permit that state officials have granted to a controversial...
Planning staff, planning commission endorse Samet’s request for office rezoning near hospital
Burlington’s planning staff is sometimes seen as a rather inflexible guardian in assessing various rezoning requests in compliance with the city’s long-term land use...
Burlington police: body found in abandoned home ID’d as missing Burlington man
Police in Burlington have identified a body found in an abandoned home along Trade Street as the remains of a 60-year-old man who was...
Burlington police chief to retire
Burlington police chief J. Jeffrey "Jeff" Smythe intends to retire from his post within the next few months.
Smythe advised city manager Hardin Watkins yesterday...
Littering by university student neighbors prompts Elon homeowner to demand tougher ordinance and/or enforcement
The scattering of cans prompted an outpouring of frustration when one Elon resident, situated in a neighborhood heavily populated by student renters, came before...
Trials for 2020 protesters begin
First Halloween Day protester from march & rally found guilty of failure to disperse
Trials began Wednesday morning in Alamance County criminal district court for...
