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Panel To Help Carry Out "Raise The Age" In NC Meets
North Carolina legislators have agreed to stop being the only state that automatically prosecutes 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for crimes in two years. Now a committee charged with ensuring the "raise the age" legislation approved last summer is carried out well is beginning its work.
The Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee scheduled its first meeting for Monday in Raleigh.
The panel is comprised of law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates for victims and juveniles and others. It's supposed to develop the plan that increases the age of juvenile jurisdiction for young people charged with misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies. The "raise the age" law directs the change in December 2019.
Cone Denim Holds Job Fair
Cone Denim is holding a job fair this week to help connect their employees with other area manufacturers. The aim is to help them reenter the workforce after the company's Greensboro plant closes later this year.
The roughly 200 workers at the White Oak Mill are for the most part experts in the manufacturing processes they've honed over decades.
On Wednesday, they'll be greeted by more than 20 companies that have confirmed their participation in the job fair. They include manufacturers as well as businesses in the service and textile industries.
The historic Cone Denim White Oak plant will be closing down at the end of the month after more than a century of operation in Greensboro.
Duke Will Leave Robert E. Lee Statue Site Empty For A Year
Duke University will leave an empty space where it removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee so it can spend another year studying a proper replacement.
Duke announced Saturday its president, Vincent Price, approved the yearlong study period recommended by a campus historical commission. The commission was convened in September after the statue's removal. Lee was among 10 figures depicted at Duke Chapel in or near its entryway.
The statue at Duke was vandalized and then removed in the aftermath of violent August demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Historical Marker Reported Missing In North Carolina
A historical marker has gone missing from the side of a highway in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural resources issued a news release Friday announcing the disappearance of Marker K-32, which honors John H. Mills, a 19th century president of Oxford Female College and the first head of Oxford Orphanage and Thomasville Baptist Orphanage.
The marker was located on Interstate 85 in Davidson County. It's unclear when it went missing.
The department is soliciting tips on the marker's whereabouts.
Arrest Made After ACC Championship Fight Video Goes Viral
Charlotte police have made an arrest after a fight in the stands of the ACC Championship football game that was seen by thousands on social media.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department spokesman Keith Trietley said stadium officials notified police about the disturbance in a seating section. Trietley says officers determined Reed Fletcher was a primary aggressor and arrested him.
Jail records show the 22-year-old Fletcher of Rogersville, Tenn., was charged with assault and battery, then released early Sunday on bond.