Courts & Crime

LabCorp will pay $2.3 million to 44 states for 2019 data breach

Burlington
North Carolina’s attorney general Jeff Jackson has announced that he and 44 other attorneys general have reached a $2.3 million settlement with Burlington-based Lab-Corp...

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...

Police

State-issued bonuses trickle down to local law enforcement

Police
One perk in the state’s latest annual budget has begun to come through in a big way for local law enforcement officers across Alamance...

Graham police clerk fired, charged by SBI with falsifying time cards

Courts & Crime
The State Bureau of Investigation has arrested a part-time police clerk in Graham for an alleged attempt to defraud his one-time employers at the...

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...

Sheriff

Opinion

Misplaced priorities for Rescue Unit

Leaders of the local Alamance County Rescue Unit have been making the rounds lately, trying to persuade local municipalities to jump on their bandwagon...

Closing busy traffic lanes in Burlington is just plain dumb

We never cease to be amazed at the ridiculous ideas some consultants can come up with, given the thousands of taxpayer dollars some government...

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...
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Seasons ends for area tennis, volleyball teams

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Lindley Oler of Williams lost in the singles quarterfinals of the Class 6-A state tournament Friday at the...
Burlington

Burlington city council postpones public hearing on $62.5M Project ‘Monty’

Burlington’s city council has postponed its review of an incentives request from a mysterious corporate suitor that apparently plans to set up a $62.5...
Alamance News EXCLUSIVE

Local officials discuss how to reduce juvenile crime, recidivism as adults

“We can’t – we cannot – give up on our kids." – District court judge Larry Brown, Jr. More than two dozen Alamance County officials in...
County Commissioners

County tentatively renew deals with existing waste, recycling haulers

After weeks of hemming and hawing, Alamance County’s commissioners have tentatively agreed to retain the two waste haulers that presently provide curbside trash and...
Sports

Williams beats back Western; Southeast, Southern score big in victories

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Williams relied on its defense and a couple of second-half touchdown drives to defeat visiting Western Alamance 13-6...

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