north carolina

Sheriff: Resource officer on leave after slamming student

Law enforcement authorities in North Carolina say a school resource officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after school surveillance video showed him violently slamming a middle school student to the ground twice before dragging him off camera.

Mississippi Power Sends Help to North Carolina

Mississippi Power is sending crews today to North Carolina to assist Duke Energy with outages from the icy winter storm. A crew of 90 linemen and support personnel left early this morning from staging areas across the company’s service territory.