Responders Chris Strader and Garret McFalls were dispatched to the scene, where they quickly assessed the danger and took swift action to turn drivers around, sending them safely back toward Tennessee on the westbound lanes.
Republican North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin is turning to North Carolina’s second-highest court for an order that would force state election officials to make a final decision about Griffin’s election protests Tuesday. The State Board of Elections had planned to hear oral arguments about the protests the following day, according to a document Griffin filed Friday with the state Court of Appeals.
Those looking for the hometown holiday experience should visit Marion, NC in the coming weeks.
An 11-state police officers association is supporting a former North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper’s case at the state’s highest court. The trooper is battling a state commission that challenges his “good moral character.”