Wilmjax News

Latino leadership summit kicks off in Greenville

Aimee — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:20:27 +0000

The Association of Mexicans in North Carolina is holding a leadership summit today and Friday, aimed at informing and strengthening the state’s Latino community.

Juvencio Rocha Peralta, president of the association, said the goals of the summit are to promote leadership, culture, education and health as well as helping the community understand more about these areas.

“We feel like it is time for Latinos to organize around the issues that affect us,” Peralta said. “It needs to be a collaboration between the community in general.”

The two-day event features guest speakers, including Angela Sanbrano, president of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities, and Juan Andrade Jr., president of the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute.

Also, the agenda for Friday’s event includes two panel discussions focused on African Americans and Latinos uniting for social justice in North Carolina and the economic benefits of building Latino leadership and partnerships.

More than 200,000 petition for building border fence

Aimee — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:06:45 +0000

Anti-gang legislation on NC Senate calendar

Aimee — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:24:54 +0000

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Senate is prepared to move forward on legislation that would toughen penalties against gang members who commit crimes.

The Senate is expected to debate two gang-related bills Wednesday. Lawmakers have talked for three years about how best to respond to expanding gang membership.

Mother and Son Arrested For Cocaine

Aimee — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:54:49 +0000

On May 14, 2008, just after 8 p.m., New Bern police were called to a home at 2011 Waters St., in reference to possible drug activity.

When officers arrived, they smelled the odor of marijuana coming from behind the residence, and saw a black male suspect who appeared to be packaging marijuana for distribution. When the officer called out to the suspect, the man ran into the home. New Bern police followed the suspect inside the residence and after a brief struggle took him into custody.

While officers were in the home, they saw additional evidence of narcotic activity. Police obtained a search warrant and recovered more than three pounds of marijuana, crack cocaine, ecstasy pills and large sums of cash.

Pat McCrory On Illegal Immigration

Aimee — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:11:57 +0000

Pat McCrory is running for governor of North Carolina. He knows the problems had with gangs and immigration, and plans to address them.

Community colleges to stop admitting illegal immigrants to degree programs

Aimee — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:08:17 +0000

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s community college system said Tuesday it will no longer admit illegal immigrants into degree programs, following the advice of the state Attorney General’s Office.

Last year, the system said it would enroll illegal immigrants who are 18 years old and high school graduates at all of its 58 campuses. While the change was supported by Gov. Mike Easley, it provoked heavy criticism - especially from the leading candidates running to replace the outgoing governor.

The system later asked North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper for guidance on whether the admissions policy was legal under federal law.

Mother Arrested In Shelby On Drug Charges While Child In The Car

Aimee — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:58:11 +0000

SHELBY, N.C. — It was supposed to be a routine checkpoint, designed to catch traffic violators on Wyke Road in Shelby, but instead police say they caught Alisha McEntyre with a marijuana cigar in the ash tray, a lot more drugs packaged to sell and her 18-month-old daughter in the back seat.

According to the police report, McEntyre was pulled over because she didn’t have her seatbelt fastened, but when the officer got there, he noticed a strong smell of marijuana.

The officer writes that when he questioned her about the smell and she told him, “I smoked a blunt earlier and that one was in the ashtray.”

Capt. Jeff Ledford said officers soon learned there was more than just a smoked cigar.

Person Of Interest Named In Deacon’s Murder

Aimee — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:50:54 +0000

DURHAM, N.C.—The Durham Sheriff’s Department has named Tory Jarel Nelson as the person believed to have killed Deacon Charles Forest Davis, 89.

Davis was found brutally murdered in his home along 2913 Nellowood Street on September 26.

According to Sheriff Hill, there have been very few leads in the case. They are hoping to find and speak with Nelson.

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Warrant details SBI search of nonprofit in Wright case

Aimee — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:47:29 +0000

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A warrant filed in Wake County shows that an investigator looking into an allegation of loan fraud against a state representative searched a Durham nonprofit’s financial records.

State Bureau of Investigation Agent Rufus Williams searched the North Carolina Minority Support Center. He searched for financial records and other documents under the control of Representative Thomas Wright and a foundation that the Democrat from New Hanover County helped create.

Holiday indicted in Kornegay slaying

Aimee — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:44:34 +0000

A Nash County grand jury on Tuesday indicted a man accused of stabbing two women inside a Rocky Mount church a month ago.

Tommy Lee Holiday, 30, a homeless man, was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder and two counts of armed robbery.

Holiday is accused of attacking Debbie Kornegay, 58, and Eve Beasley, 60, on Oct. 18 while the two were preparing food inside Lakeside Baptist Church for the Meals on Wheels program. Kornegay died from her injuries, and Beasley still is recovering at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville.

“She’s doing great,” said Billy Beasley, Eve Beasley’s son. “She had her last surgery Monday, and she’s got family with her.

“She can talk, and they get her up every day so she can sit in a chair.”