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5 Dead After Deputy's Pursuit In Greensboro Leads To Crash
Five people are dead after a car being chased by a North Carolina sheriff's deputy slammed into a passing car, killing everyone in both vehicles.
Officials said Sunday that the deadly collision happened when an allegedly stolen 2003 Acura shot through a red light in Greensboro and hit a Kia Optima with two females inside. The Guilford County Sheriff's Office says the driver of the Kia has been identified as 32-year-old Stephanie Louise Warshauer. Her passenger was 29-year-old Alyssa Mackenzie Bolick. Both were Greensboro residents.
The occupants of the Acura were Deshon Lee Manuel, 42, Theresa Monique Kingcade, 34, and Bruce Wayne Hunt, 30.
Police say the Acura had been stolen two weeks earlier from a Greensboro apartment complex.
Champion High School Basketball Player Killed In Car Crash
A 16-year-old High Point student who was a member of his school's 2017 state championship basketball team died in a car crash.
Southwest Guilford High School's basketball head coach Guy Shavers says that Dez Woods died from injuries sustained in the Sunday morning crash.
Shavers said Woods was a passenger in the car driven by Southwest Guilford alumnus Brandon Lamberth. He said the crash happened on Interstate 85 near Lexington, as the teens returned from Charlotte.
Further details of the crash aren't available, but Shavers said Lamberth is expected to recover.
Woods was a key member of the team that won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4A State title game in March.
Mocksville Man Gets Life In Plea Deal For Killing Girlfriend
A Mocksville man who admitted he killed a woman he was romantically involved with has made a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.
The News & Record of Greensboro reports 56-year-old Anthony Campbell was set for trial in November, but instead pleaded guilty to killing 45-year-old Joyce "Jo" Eaton and was sentenced to life in prison.
Eaton's family says she met Campbell online while both were married, but prosecutors say Eaton learned Campbell was still with his wife a week before her death.
Guilford County Schools Receives Arts Grant
Guilford County Schools has received a 1.4 million-dollar grant dedicated entirely to arts education. The district was the only school system in North Carolina to receive the funding.
The Professional Development for Arts Educators grant comes from the U.S. Department of Education. It'll fund the Guilford County Schools Arts Integration Academy, a partnership between the school district, UNCG and a community of artists, galleries, theatres and museums.
One goal is to expand opportunities for teachers to integrate arts in other courses. At the Guilford County School Board meeting, Superintendent Sharon Contreras congratulated the grant-writing team for their efforts which she says further solidifies the district as a national arts leader.
Amid Outcry Over Confederate Markers, New Ones Are Going Up
As Confederate statues across the nation get removed, covered up or vandalized, some brand new ones are being built as well.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans dedicated a $5,000, 7-foot-tall monument on private land in Aiken, South Carolina on Saturday. A marker honoring unknown Confederate soldiers was recently unveiled in a private park in Alabama, and another memorial has been installed outside a courthouse in Georgia.
Supporters say these new monuments are meant only to honor the Civil War soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the South.
But Benard Simelton of the NAACP calls them a "slap in the face" when Americans should be coming together.