by WSIC News | Dec 23, 2022 | WSIC State News
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Target Corp. announced the recall of about 204,000 Pillowfort Weighted Blankets after two children at Camp Lejeune were suffocated in April. The four-year-old and six-year-old girls reportedly became entrapped ...
by WSIC News | Dec 23, 2022 | WSIC State News
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina and its 700 partner agencies have seen a 42% increase in the number of people needing services. State Treasurer Dale Folwell visited the food bank’s main distribution center in Raleigh on Tuesday to return $2,515...
by WSIC News | Dec 23, 2022 | WSIC State News
The N.C. Department of Transportation has prepared for the storm. It has over 2,200 employees who are specially trained to use hundreds of trucks to remove snow and ice from roads. The agency has prepared its trucks and equipment in advance of this weekend’s winter...
by WSIC News | Dec 22, 2022 | WSIC State News
Charlotte Stories is reporting that Roy Cooper has declared a State of Emergency in preparation of the incoming winter storm. The declaration will officially activate the state’s emergency operations plan, waive transportation regulations to help the transport of...
by WSIC News | Dec 22, 2022 | WSIC State News
WBTW is reporting that a father originally charged with felony child abuse is now facing a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his son. The boy was transported to Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson after being shot around 4:30 p.m. on December 3rd....
by WSIC News | Dec 21, 2022 | WSIC State News
The Goldsboro Police Department has identified the attorney killed Monday afternoon in a murder-suicide at Riddle & Brantley law firm. According to the incident report, attorney Patrick White, 42, of Raleigh, was killed after an argument at the law firm on Spence...