Archive - Apr 17, 2009

Marine corporal Cesar Laurean was extradited to the US from Mexico today. He passed through Wilmington Friday night on his way to Onslow County where he faces murder charges in the death of Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach.

Multi-tasking is something many people do quite well, but lawmakers say multi-tasking while behind the wheel needs to stop. A bill making its way through the state legislature would make it illegal to text message while driving.

As Ocean Isle Beach celebrates its golden anniversary this year, 500 people make up the town's year-round population. That number jumps to as much as 25,000 in the summer.

April 15th has come and gone. Did you get your taxes done in time? Did you pay someone to do them for you? The IRS reports about 60 percent of us do. It's just gotten too darned complicated. Just ask any number of Obama cabinet nominees.

More than 492,000 people in our state are out of work. The state jobless rate has risen to 10.8 percent, up from 10.7 percent in February, which was already the highest rate in recorded history.

Bruce Cavanaugh has closed his auto sales business. The problem is financing, more specifically the lack of it.

It's been two years since a gunman went on a deadly rampage at Virginia Tech killing 32 people before killing himself. Hokies everywhere gathered in remembrance Thursday, including the local alumni chapter, which held a candlelight vigil.