Sheriff’s daughter loses appeal in 2024 drug conviction
Emily Jean Robinson, 45, formerly of Snow Camp has lost her appeal in her 2024 drug conviction, based on a unanimous opinion issued Wednesday...
Jurors in double-murder case begin deliberations, which will resume Tuesday
Twenty-four hours after they began their deliberations (which is about four to five hours of actual deliberation), jurors were still considering the fate of...
Defendant takes stand in double-murder case
The double-murder trial of Issiah Mekhi Ross resumed Tuesday morning in Orange County superior court after recessing early Friday morning due to a family...
Former friend & male lover testifies that defendant confessed double murders to him days...
Jurors in the double-murder trial of Issiah Ross, 21, black, male, formerly of Mebane, heard testimony from a man who said Ross had confessed...
Mebane man sentenced to three years in federal prison for sexually assaulting man while...
A Mebane resident and former Durham police officer will spend three years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a man during a welfare check...
Murder case prompts legislators to change “wanted” law
The double-homicide for which Issiah Ross is now standing trial in Orange County superior court led to the passage of “Lyric and Devin’s Law,”...
Double-murder trial testimony Day 1: Grieving parents relay growing concerns when they couldn’t reach...
The trial of Issiah Mekki Ross, a 21-year-old black male formerly of Mebane who is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the...
Fugitive shoots himself in standoff at Springwood Park
The hunt for an armed fugitive from Stokes County came to a grisly conclusion in Burlington where the suspect shot himself after police officers...
Man allegedly answers noise complaint by setting fire to neighbor’s fence
A man whose sound system riled a neighbor is accused of turning up the heat on her even more by setting her fence ablaze...
Deputies nab trio with apparent knack for concealing coke
A traffic stop in Burlington has led to the arrests of three people who were allegedly secreting cocaine and drug paraphernalia in more than...
