An underage individual visited a Family Foods store in Sunbury, North Carolina (NC) and purchased alcohol. This individual wound up dying in a single-car accident later that night. The store clerk who sold the alcohol is now charged with selling to a minor and Family Foods was charged with an administrative violation, according to The…
According to North Carolina State Trooper, Beckley Vaughn, “Statistics show that teenagers are in some of the highest fatality groups and certainly some of the highest accident groups.” The car accident that occurred on Puryear Road in Knightdale, North Carolina (NC) recently proves Beckley Vaughn is right in his assessment. Two teenagers, students at…
Two men whose names were not released were killed when a train struck both of them Friday evening at the intersection of 18th Street and North Main Street in Kannapolis, NC. Apparently, the other man was trying to pull the other out of the rail track when they were hit by the train. An Amtrak…
Cameron Chemicals off Old Dill Road in Suffolk, Virginia (VA), burst into flames Sunday afternoon, Dec. 6. No one was injured, but residents in two homes mere blocks from the facility that produces specialty fertilizers had to evacuate for several hours. As Suffolk spokeswoman Debbie George explained to WAVY TV 10, while no toxic chemicals…
Virginia’s soon-to-be-Governor Bob McDonnell has advocated for domestic drilling and oil exploration of the Commonwealth’s coast. In 2008, a federal moratorium on oil exploration and development off the coast of Virginia expired and the leasing rights off the coast are projected to start in 2011. Given the Republican’s control the House of Delegates, there’s a…