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Shooting On NC A&T Campus Marks Third Homicide In Greensboro Thursday
Greensboro Police say a man was shot and killed on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University late Thursday night.
The News & Record reports that around 11:30 p.m., campus police found an unidentified man suffering from a gunshot wound in a vehicle near Pride Hall.
The victim was taken to Moses Cone Hospital where he died from the injury. The man hasn't yet been identified and it's unknown if he was a student.
The incident also involved an unidentified woman visiting the campus who told police she got into a struggle with another man who had a gun.
This was the third homicide in Greensboro on Thursday.
Dozens Of Bills Clear House Or Senate As Deadline Nears
The North Carolina General Assembly acted on scores of bills this week while heading toward a self-imposed deadline designed to weed out policy legislation that has little support.
The House approved nearly 50 bills during a two-day work week ending Thursday. The Senate approved several more.
Bills passing the House on Thursday include those designed to encourage broadband expansion in rural areas and ensure treatment for young people with autism are covered by health insurance. Other measures extend the statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims to sue and revive tuition waivers for seniors to take some community college courses.
NC Bill Would Toughen Rules For Parent-Child Reunification
The court-appointed guardian for a toddler who drowned after he was reunited with his mother says a bill would fix a small but important part of a broken social services system in North Carolina.
Pam Reed was guardian ad litem for Rylan Ott, the 23-month-old who wandered away from his Moore County home in April 2016 and drowned in a pond. He died four months after he had been returned to his mother even though no social worker had observed the two together.
The bill would require social workers to observe and document two successful visits for a judge before children and parents are reunited. Reed says the requirement would give children an extra layer of security.
NC: Judges Wrong On Riverbed Rights Of Original 13 US States
North Carolina is continuing its fight for a say in the operations and ownership of four hydroelectric dams, saying federal appeals judges were wrong about the riverbed rights of the 13 original U.S. states.
State attorneys this week asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, to reconsider the case, this time by all 17 judges instead of a three-judge panel. That panel ruled 2-1 earlier this month to reject North Carolina's claim related to four Yadkin River dams built to power a now-closed Alcoa aluminum smelter.
State Attorney General Josh Stein's office said Monday that since 1776, state law has governed ownership of waterways in North Carolina and the other original states. State lawyers say the judicial panel wrongly ruled that federal law governs the issue.
Community College To Provide Extra Student Loan Counseling
Guilford Technical Community College will take part in a federal pilot program to help college students manage their student loans.
The News & Record reports that college officials announced Thursday that the school is the only North Carolina college picked to participate in the U.S. Department of Education effort, which starts this fall.
GTCC Vice President for Student Support Services Quentin Johnson says the initiative will provide students with extra loan counseling and provide students with more information before they borrow.
Duke To Host 2 NC Prep Football Title Games In December
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association says it will hold two football state championship games at Duke in December, meaning each of the state's four Atlantic Coast Conference schools will host two games.
The NCHSAA announced the move Thursday, adding Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium to the rotation along with UNC's Kenan Stadium, North Carolina State's Carter-Finley Stadium and Wake Forest's BB&T Field.
It will mark Duke's first chance to host since 2006. NCHSAA commissioner Que Tucker said in a statement it reached a partnership with the Triangle Sports Commission to return to Duke after seeing recent renovations to Wallace Wade Stadium.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.