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Overnight storm may have contributed to man’s death
John Eldridge was named by the Guilford County Board of Education as the district’s new regional superintendent for the enrichment region. Eldridge most recently served as the Enrichment Region’s executive director.
BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
TRIAD – An overnight set of storms that produced thousands of lightning strikes and downpours of rain also contributed to a traffic fatality in southern Davidson County. A motorist from Florida died in a one-car accident along Interstate 85 near Lexington early Thursday morning. The rainy conditions contributed to the accident, reports the Lexington office of the N.C. State Highway Patrol. Michael Katsulis, 49, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., wasn’t wearing a seat belt when his vehicle went off the interstate and down an embankment, WXII 12 News reports. The fatality was the most serious outcome of a ferocious series of thunderstorms that sliced through the Piedmont late Wednesday and early Thursday. Summer thunderstorms typically strike in the late afternoon or early evening, though storms timed as the one Wednesday night and Thursday morning do
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This home on Windstream Court sustained fire damage to a roof during Wednesday night’s storm. occur periodically, said Brandon Vincent, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Raleigh. “Especially when it’s very hot and humid, as it has been,” he said. The storms produced as much as 3 to 4 inches of rainfall in parts of the Piedmont. The Greensboro-High Point area recorded 2
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The typical seasonal weather pattern that’s been in place for most of this summer should continue in the High Point area into early next week, though high temperatures shouldn’t be as extreme. Highs should range from around 90 to the mid-80s through the first part of next week, with overnight lows in the low to mid-70s. So far this year the Triad has recorded 48 days with a high temperature at or above 90 degrees. The normal total for a year is 29. SOURCE: WXII 12 NEWS, MSN.COM WEATHER
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Shooting suspects face additional charges BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT – Authorities have brought additional charges against two men already in jail in connection with a double shooting inside a south High Point store in May. Jerome Alphonso Gholson and Dominique Alexander Williams appeared in Guilford County District Court Thursday after they were charged earlier this week with two counts each of conspiracy to commit attempted first-
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degree murder. Both men appeared via video from the Guilford County Jail in High Point, where they have been since the days following the May 7 shooting at Family Dollar on S. Main Street. A man in line at the
front of the store was shot in the left elbow and left side of his body after a confrontation with one of the suspects, who allegedly took out a handgun and opened fire following an argument. A bystander who was shopping at the store was struck in the knee by one of the shots. Both victims have since recovered. Prosecutors have said the shooting may have stemmed from a dispute Gholson had with one of the victims. Gholson, 21, of Friddle
Drive, and Williams, 24, of Scientific Street, were apprehended a week after the shooting and charged with two counts of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Court officials said the conspiracy charges against Gholson came after an indictment handed up by the Guilford County Grand Jury. The charges brought his total bond to $510,000. Williams also was charged with possession
of a firearm by a felon in June. His bond now stands at $520,000. After explaining the suspects’ new charges to them, a judge at Thursday’s proceeding agreed to provide them with courtappointed attorneys. A third person also faces attempted murder and aggravated assault charges in the case. April Yvette Patterson, 32, is free on bond, and records show she has a court date next week.
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Trinity rejects sign proposal BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
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Sign greets motorists entering Trinity on N.C. 62 going south toward Thomasville.
TRINITY – A proposal to replace the signs recognizing the Trinity High School 2004 state championship basketball team with anti-litter signs has been shot down by the Trinity City Council. City staff this week presented members with two options for the signs welcoming motorists to Trinity. The first option was to add a phrase, such as “keep Trinity clean,” on the top sign. The second option, which was criticized by most of the City Council members, was to replace the second sign that recognizes the basketball team and present it to the school or coach. “Have you lost your mind?” Councilman
Kelly Grooms said after hearing the proposal. “Come on now ... You try to keep your people here and your young folks. They ride by there and see that 2004. That may be the only thing that keeps them around.” “Why don’t we replace the top one and add the ‘do not litter?’ ” Councilman Robbie Sikes said. Councilman Barry Lambeth agreed with Grooms on the sign recognizing the basketball team. He suggested if the council replaced the top sign, it should put it out for bid. “Somebody will come through and say, ‘Hey, my grandson was on that team,’ ” Lambeth said. “I think we should leave it up until we win the next one.” Not all council members
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were against replacing the basketball sign. “I thought that was a good idea,” Councilwoman Karen Bridges said. Bridges said it has been several years since the team won the championship, and it would be a “pretty good idea” to present the sign to the school. Mayor Carlton Boyles said Thursday the proposal to replace both signs is “dead.” He said staff is going to contact the N.C. Department of Transportation to see if the city can place no litter signs on direction signs or speed limit signs in the city. “I don’t think council is very appreciative of taking down the entrance sign and putting up a no litter sign,” Boyles said. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657
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