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Top Stories for Monday, February 8th, 2010:
By BRIAN HANEY Of The Record Staff In Dunn yesterday, yellow ribbons draped telephone poles along U.S. 421. A large banner read “Welcome Home Bravo 230th BSB; You ARE Dunn’s Heroes; Thank You for a Job Well Done” just off I-95 Exit 93. Up and down Cumberland Street, businesses spelled out similar messages on lettered signs. Members off the 230th Brigade Support Battalion’s Bravo Company out of Dunn arrived home to fanfare and family yesterday at the Dunn Armory... ---Click for Full Story--- By BRIAN HANEY Of The Record Staff In the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, Irvin Warren remembered someone saying the poorest country in the world now has less. Mr. Warren said he would never forget that statement, especially now that he’s been to the nation to assist with disaster relief. Mr. Warren recently offered two of his Warren Oil Company jets to transport a group of Wilmington doctors to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, for three days to offer their... ---Click for Full Story--- Two Harnett County men are jailed under $1 million bonds each following their arrests on cocaine trafficking charges. Narcotic agents with the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office allegedly seized 70 grams of powder cocaine, with an estimated street value of $7,000, following an undercover drug buy in the parking lot of the Food Lion in Benson. Noe Lopez Hernandez, 28, of Bayleaf Road, Coats, and Aaron Alvarez, 23, of Spencer Road, Lillington, were arrested. Both men are... ---Click for Full Story--- A Benson man was arrested Friday morning hours after he allegedly stabbedhis wife. Larry Alan Smith, 51, of Benson- Hardee Road is accused of stabbing his 40year-old wife in the abdomen with a knife during an altercation. Mr. Smith reportedly told officers he was lying in bed around 2 a.m. when his wife approached him with a knife. He told sheriff deputies he took the knife away from her and stabbed her in the abdomen, according to WTSB radio. The victim was taken... ---Click for Full Story--- By TOM WOERNER For The Record A rail crossing near Kipling that nearly closed more than two years ago now appears back on schedule to be blocked off leaving one way for hundreds of cars to make their way through the area each day. The North Carolina Department of Transportation is holding public forums beginning tomorrow to discuss how they plan to adjust roadways due to the proposed closing of the railroad crossing at Kipling Church Road, near U.S. 401 and the Kipling Post... ---Click for Full Story--- Allen Johnson, 72, of Old N.C. 55 East, Dunn, wound up inside a building on Bunnlevel-Erwin Road Friday after he reportedly hydroplaned while heading towards Erwin. According to Harnett County State Trooper K.N. Thomas, Mr. Johnson hydroplaned and drove his van through a telephone pedestal, utility pole, fire hydrant and finally into a game room across Finch Road. “He had visible signs of injury,” Trooper Thomas said, “but he chose not go with EMS, said he was going to go on... ---Click for Full Story--- By RYAN BISESI Sports Editor It would be hard to match the first meeting between 3-A Cape Fear Valley Conference rivals Overhills and Westover, but the events of Friday night did it. Westover avenged a two-point loss to Overhills last month with a one-point win, 60-59, and moved two games ahead of the Jaguars for the CFV’s top spot with just three games left in its regular season. With 29.5 seconds to play and the game tied, the Jaguars’ Jasmine Canady was whistled... ---Click for Full Story--- The Western Harnett swim team returned from the 3-A East regional Sunday state-final worthy in a quartet of events at the Goldsboro Family YMCA. The Eagle boys finished ninth overall at the meet, with senior Thomas Cameron earning a trip to the state meet in the 100-meter freestyle and 200 free. Junior Jake Bergman reached the same status in the 50 free. Western captured the 3-A Cape Fear Valley Conference meet two weeks ago. “I think we did pretty good considering the... ---Click for Full Story--- W.A. Myatt and Anna Tart provided the closing heroics as Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity basketball teams came back for nonconference wins at Grace Christian of Sanford on Friday night. Jacob Coats grabbed the rebound after Grace missed a free throw with 10 seconds left and passed to Myatt, who drove past a double team to score with 1.7 seconds left. After two timeouts, the hosts inbounded to David Fox, who had made seven 3-pointers for a game-high 21 points. His shot... ---Click for Full Story--- CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY Sports Information FORT MYERS, FLA. – Lorne Merthie led four double-figure scorers with 16 points and Campbell defeated Florida Gulf Coast 64-52 Saturday evening at Alico Arena to move into second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings. Merthie hit a career-high 5-of-9 threes and matched his seasonbest with five assists and just one turnover in 38 minutes. Miles Taylor added 13 points for his eighth double-figure outing on the road this year.... ---Click for Full Story--- |
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