Attorneys for a convicted killer asked Friday that his death sentence be overturned because a judge signed the execution order with a happy face.
Attorney Ronald Kuby said the July 15 order ``was as shocking as it was gratuitous.'On the order, which set Robert N. Drew's execution for Oct. 14, Judge Charles J. Hearn's signature is capped with a smiley face.
Hearn has said he always signs his name that way as a symbol of his faith in God and doesn't plan to change it.
Two more on the list have connections to Guilford County. Among the North Carolina names on the list are former pastors in Rockingham and Alamance counties.
Two women were fatally injured while standing outside of their disabled vehicle when another vehicle collided with it at approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday, police said. Another woman died after a crash later that morning.
A North Carolina man who scored a $10 million lottery prize is now convicted of first-degree murder. In August 2017, Michael Hill said he bought a non-winning ticket before deciding to try his luck on another scratch-off game. When he checked the new ticket, he discovered his “life changing” jackpot win. “I saw the one and then the zero and it still didn’t hit me,” he told the N.C. Education ...
EDEN — Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office investigators charged a Baptist pastor who is a former Rockingham County School Board chairman with …
A woman in West Virginia fatally shot a man who began firing an AR-15-style rifle into a crowd of people that had gathered for a party, authorities said.
The incident occurred shortly before 6 p.m., Greensboro police said.
Guilford County Animal Services' Emergency Response team helped the city of High Point Animal Control Department remove 34 small breed dogs from the residence.
The 25-year-old is among more than 800 people who have been arrested nationwide and charged with crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Police say one person was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and two other people were treated for shrapnel injuries at the scene.
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