Arrests – Jan. 24
Congratulations to RS JROTC
RUTHERFORDTON – Congratulations to the RS JROTC squad who placed \: FIRST in Armed Squad, SECOND in Armed Platoon THIRD in 1st year Unarmed Squad SECOND in 1st year Armed Squad THIRD in Unarmed Platoon Cadets Fisher and McGee FIRST in Duel…Read More »
Mark Johnson, state schools superintendent, finds comedy in one troubled school system’s tragedy And what North Carolina Republicans, if they truly support public education, should do about it
By Billy Ball – 1/23/2020 – in Billy Ball Commentary, Top StoryPrint This Article Print This Article If North Carolina Republicans are confounded by the notion that every last one of them disdains public education—and, surely, not all of them do—they should…Read More »
Poll: What do Americans know about the Holocaust? Some, not much
Pew Research, Religious News Service “Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II (Birkenau), Poland, during the Holocaust in May/June 1944. Jews were sent either to work or to the gas chamber. The photograph is part of the collection known as…Read More »
Pete Buttigieg tells Jewish publication he’d spend $1 billion to fight anti-Semitism
RELIGIOUS NEWS Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a town hall meeting at the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) January 23, 2020 Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg told a…Read More »
North Carolina’s mountains and coasts are teeming with biodiversity
January 23, 2020 RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s mountains and coasts are teeming with biodiversity that conservationists say is under threat from global warming. As ecosystems adapt to a changing climate, it’s becoming harder to predict which species will survive and which…Read More »
OODLES scam leads to guilty plea on federal charges
JANUARY 22, 2020, BY STAFF REPORTS, Carolina Public Press At the federal courthouse in Charlotte on Tuesday, Hal Brown Jr. entered a guilty plea to multiple charges. He admitted to cheating investors out of millions with his company, OODLES, and its affiliates. Photo…Read More »
January 23 Arrests
Community: Cpl. Andrew “Andy” Greenway Completes S.R.O. Certificate Program
Sheriff Chris Francis and the North Carolina Justice Academy are proud to announce that Cpl. Andrew D. Greenway of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office recently completed the School Resource Officer Certificate Program at the Justice Academy. Cpl. Greenway is the 275th participant…Read More »
Obituaries – January 23
Mary “Granny” Weast, age 96, of Rutherfordton, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at her residence while being surrounded by her family. Granny was born August 6, 1923 in Rutherford County to the late Elijah Greene and…Read More »
