Candler News

An impromptu memorial grew Saturday as community members placed remembrances on the roadside spot where eight-year-old Eryka Phillips was killed Thursday.

Press release from APD On Thursday, 05-24-12, at approx. 2:43 pm; Officers with the Asheville Police Department responded to a vehicle collision in the 500 block of Smokey Park Hwy.

A Buncombe County woman says someone impersonating a police officer tried to pull her over as she was driving to work.

A high speed chase ended when a man who stole a truck shot and killed himself near the Haywood County/Buncombe County line Tuesday around 11 a.m. Authorities say deputies from the Haywood County Sheriff's Office attempted to pull over the suspect, whose name has not yet been released, on I-40 in Canton.

Health officials say the number of people sickened by salmonella from a soy product often used as a meat substitute has topped 80.

When my wife and I settled here in 1983, we could turn on the tap and get good quality water.

A driver who was thrown from her SUV after it flipped, died after being trapped beneath it.

Carrie Tanielle O'Connor, 28, of Harbinger Way, left the scene of an accident which resulted in personal injury to a Candler woman on Thursday, according to an arrest warrant.

To listen to information, call the Buncombe County Health Department hotline 250-5300 . To report symptoms of salmonella paratyphi B, call communicable disease nurses: 250-5109. ASHEVILLE - Tests concluded that a food ingredient distributed by a Maryland company is the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 58 Buncombe County ... (more)

Full announcement from the Asheville Police Department: ASHEVILLE - After an extensive investigation by Asheville Police Detectives; Officers have arrested Tasha Leigh Ashe, of Big Cove Rd.

Just a few more days remain in the Beer City USA online poll, and Asheville has a tough fighter to... ASHEVILLE - An Asheville man was charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child and two counts of first-degree sex offense with a child.

Staff Sgt. Brandon Forrest Eggleston, 29, of Candler, N.C. died when his mobility platform struck an improvised explosive device during a patrol April 26, 2012 in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany A memorial service for Army Sgt. Dick A. Lee Jr. is planned for 10 a.m. on Friday at the Mark Twain Village Chapel in Heidelberg, according to a news release from the 18th Military Police Brigade.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. A man allegedly responsible for five robberies across North Carolina this year is considered armed and dangerous and may be in the Charlotte area.

A Candler teen was charged with two counts of breaking or entering and two counts of larceny after breaking or entering.

'To all whom this may concern, There has been a recent salmonella outbreak in Asheville and although there are no strong conclusions yet, our product is suspect of being contaminated.