Courts & Crime

Visiting judge dismisses long-running lawsuit over parking dispute at Mebane’s Manorfield subdivision

Courts
A visiting superior court judge from Wake County has permanently dismissed a long-running lawsuit over parking restrictions in common areas within the Manorfield subdivision...

Mark Crotts, whose 3 successive murder trials captured county in 1990s before final not guilty verdict, now suing sheriff’s office

Courts
1st trial (1992): found guilty, verdict overturned; 2nd trial (1995): hung jury; All Posts 3rd trial (1997): not guilty An Alamance County man who was convicted in...

Pardon of innocence first step to seeking payment for wrongful conviction

Courts
A pardon of innocence, like the one that then-Governor Roy Cooper issued in November 2024 to Mark Crotts, is a required first step for...

City offers $23K to settle court battles with local boarding house owner

Burlington
The city of Burlington has agreed to settle a pair of legal disputes with a former boarding house operator who took the city to...

Police

Woman arrested for shooting off gun during quarrel in Burlington

Burlington
A woman from Burlington has been arrested after she allegedly punctuated an argument with a handgun. Ericka Latiesha Graves reportedly fired the 9-mm while she...

Burlington woman arrested for 2nd degree murder after early morning shooting outside convenience store

Burlington
A woman from Burlington has been charged with second-degree murder after she allegedly gunned down a 26-year-old man outside an area business earlier this...

Man faces felony charges after alleged vehicle break-in

Burlington
A 20-year-old man wound up behind bars this weekend after he alleged broke into a car along the 1900 block of Sinclair Trace in...

Police arrest suspect and victim after early morning shooting

Burlington
Police in Burlington have filed charges against both the suspect and victim in an alleged shooting that took place along May Drive over the...

Sheriff

Opinion

ABSS: Good news, for a change

We’ve had plenty of occasions on this page to critique the poor performance of ABSS schools, administration, and school board over recent years. But this...

Much ado about . . . data centers

Public speakers at last week’s public hearing and the county commissioners to whom they expressed their concerns may have breathed a sigh of relief...

Beware expanding the (Burlington) city council

Another topic which looks to us like a solution in search of a problem to address is the idea embraced by Bur-lington’s city council...

ENOUGH!

This newspaper has covered local governments for the at least the past 69 years. We’ve seen all sorts of combinations of mayors and council members,...
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Alamance County Health Department

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Has Democratic Party pulled support from county commissioner candidate Sean Ewing?

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Courts

Visiting judge dismisses long-running lawsuit over parking dispute at Mebane’s Manorfield...

A visiting superior court judge from Wake County has permanently dismissed a long-running lawsuit over parking restrictions in common areas within the Manorfield subdivision...

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