by WSIC News | Mar 13, 2023 | WSIC State News
A 72-year-old man is dead after a bicycle accident in Fuquay-Varina on Saturday afternoon, according to Raleigh police. Officers say Richard Fish of Raleigh was hit when a Jeep hit a cyclist on North Main St. and Lake Wheeler Road near Highway 401. Police said the...
by WSIC News | Mar 11, 2023 | WSIC State News
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently co-sponsored legislation to reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act, which would provide state and local law enforcement agencies with resources to complete forensic analysis of crime scenes and untested rape kits. Tillis said that...
by WSIC News | Mar 10, 2023 | WSIC State News
A $110 million grant has been given from the U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the Alligator River Draw Bridge (aka the Lindsay C. Warren Bridge) on U.S. Highway 64 in Dare and Tyrrell Counties. Senator Thom Tillis (Republican from Cornelius, NC) announced...
by WSIC News | Mar 10, 2023 | WSIC State News
Siemens Mobility is investing more than 220 million dollars on a new carbon neutral facility in Davidson County and will bring more than 500 new jobs to the area. NCDOT contributed a 9.4 million dollar investment for roadway, rail and airport infrastructure needs in...
by WSIC News | Mar 10, 2023 | WSIC State News
WLOS TV is reporting that a medical transport helicopter crashed just moments after the pilot made a distress call last night in Macon County. Macon County EMS Director Warren Cabe said the aircraft was transporting a patient and three crew members from a medical...
by WSIC News | Mar 10, 2023 | WSIC State News
WNCN is reporting that a $5 million pledge to UNC-Chapel Hill will go toward supporting nursing students and developing nurse educators. Through the Bedford Falls Foundation, Joanne and William E. Conway Jr., prominent Washington, D.C.- area philanthropists and...