News Staff Waynesville, N.C. – Waynesville Police have now identified the man found deceased inside a vehicle late last week parked on Hazelwood Avenue next to a train track. The WPD says, the body of Scott Caldwell’s, 61, of Waynesville was found July 13 during a welfare check. Preliminary reports thus far show no evidence of foul … Read more
An armed robbery in Canton in broad daylight of Charlotte-based cash transit van is being investigated. The suspects approached the driver just after 3 p.m. Thursday outside an Exxon gas station in Canton, and stole about $30,000, according to the Police Chief. The gunmen also took the driver’s weapon and keys, stranding him there for … Read more
MACON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Charges have been upgraded in the case of a Macon County woman accused of killing her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. A grand jury has increased the charges against Divinity Guest to first-degree murder in the double homicide. Investigators said Guest shot and killed Levia Guest and Brandon Ownby at … Read more
Climate change is driving rising temperatures and more record heat is making for the hottest months in Jackson County, NC., in the last 125 years. Last year [2022], the continental United States experienced its third hottest July since 1895, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while 20 states saw one of … Read more
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville firefighters are lending a helping hand way on the other side of the country experiencing biblical proportin flooding. Crews are still on the ground in Vermont where the Asheville Fire Department tweeted a photo of firefighters making their way through floodwaters and serving as a swift water rescue team. Water … Read more
Jackson County’s unemployment rate decreased in April. Jackson County’s rate stood at 3.5 percent , down .4 percent from 3.9 in March. The May not seasonally adjusted statewide rate was 3.4 percent. The next unemployment update is scheduled for July 21. -0-
SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – Human remains found near Bryson City last weekend have been identified as that of a Florida man who owns property in the area. In an update Tuesday [July 11] from the Swain County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said the body of Frank Purcell was located near Morrow Cemetery Road on Saturday, … Read more
An Alamance County man is facing fraud charges in Jackson County after in connection to bilking a woman out of thousands of dollars in an identiy theft scheme. Aaron Dale Hicks, 43, was arrested on July 6 on multiple felonies, after he allegedly conspired with two others to gain access to the victim’s checking account, … Read more
Drug activity at separte Sylva residences resulted in two arrests. Sylva Police and Jackson County Sheriffs Office deputies say a warrant for, Brent Brooks, of Sylva was issued on June 30 stemming from an incident earlier this year [Jan. 23], and the 34 year old was taken into custody on multiple drug charges, including trafficking … Read more
GATLINBURG, Tenn.- A road rehabilitation project is aimed at improving access to popular park destinations in North Carolina. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is using nearly $19 million in federal funding from the Great American Outdoors Act to reconstruct Lakeview Drive and make critical repairs to Heintooga Ridge Road this summer. To prepare for work … Read more