Second Officer Resigns In Yourse Case
Another officer has resigned in relation to police body camera footage released in Greensboro this week. This is the latest development in a case involving a white police officer assaulting a black man.
The city of Greensboro has confirmed that Officer C.N. Jackson has left the force. She was on the scene of the altercation between former officer Travis Cole and Dejuan Yourse. The video, which was presented at a special city council meeting on Monday, was taken from body cameras worn on both officers. They were responding to a report of possible breaking and entering.
Cole resigned from his post in August, but not before getting a promotion while his conduct was being investigated.
Civil Rights Leaders Ask For Probe Into Greensboro Police Dept.
Civil rights leaders are asking the Greensboro City Council to form a special commission to look into the city's police department.
The Rev. Nelson N. Johnson and retired attorney Lewis Pitts sent a letter to the council asking them to probe what they call a “culture that conceals and minimizes police wrongdoing.”
The News and Record of Greensboro reports the letter was sent on Thursday, just days after the council's release of body camera footage showing a white officer assaulting a black man.
Johnson and Pitts have asked that evidence be preserved so that an independent commission can probe what they say is a lack of police truthfulness, transparency and competency.
Deadline Passes For Guilford Student Vaccinations
Over a hundred students in Guilford County Schools weren't allowed to return to school Thursday. They're barred from coming class until they can show documentation for required vaccinations.
State law says seventh-grade students need to get two vaccines: the Tdap booster, which protects from whooping cough and other diseases, and the MCV for meningitis. Students are required to submit medical forms showing they've been immunized.
Guilford County School officials say nearly 130 didn't do that.
Guilford County began sending notices in the spring. Health officials say a child can only be exempted for a medical reason or religious belief.
NC Regulator Oks Duke Energy-Piedmont Natural Gas Merger
North Carolina regulators are allowing Duke Energy to expand from being the country's largest electricity company to selling natural gas.
Duke Energy Corp. said in a statement Thursday that the North Carolina Utilities Commission has allowed its acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. The regulatory approval is the last needed for the deal. The transaction is expected to close Monday.
Family Band Flatt Lonesome Wins 3 At Bluegrass Awards
Family band Flatt Lonesome won three awards at the International Bluegrass Music Awards while the Earls of Leicester were named entertainer of the year for the second consecutive year.
The awards were given out Thursday in Raleigh. Flatt Lonesome, which includes siblings Kelsi, Charli and Buddy Robertson, won album of the year for "Runaway Train," song of the year for "You're the One" and vocal group of the year.
Becky Buller took home female vocalist and fiddle player of the year and Danny Paisley was awarded male vocalist. Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen were named instrumental group of the year.
New inductees to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame include Clarence White and the founders of bluegrass label Rounder Records, Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy and Bill Nowlin.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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