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BGEA says Billy Graham charities target of IRS FBI agents are digging into allegations Wednesday morning of the IRS targeting conservative groups.

But Senate Republicans took a step Tuesday toward striking down local rules governing where smokers like Proulx can light up.

Dianna-Lee Plover believes in the power of volunteerism. She also has faith that God will provide.

Harvey and Larmaretta Stinson of Newton announce the engagement of their daughter, Sylvia Annette Stinson of Newton to Kevin Bernard Nixon of Newton, formerly of Lincoln County.

Father Timothy McRee , Rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 99 Academy St., in Canton, has celebrated 20 years as an ordained priest; 17 of those years have been served in Canton.

A Newton City Councilor said the decision making on the building of a new fire department headquarters needed more transparency.

North Carolina is among 19 states that allow people convicted of felonies to have their voting and other citizenship rights restored upon completing their prison sentences, probation or parole and paying any fines, according to ProCon.org, a nonprofit website that researches controversial issues and presents them in a nonpartisan format.

Butterflies face more bumpy, turbulent skies than previously thought. Insights into their flight could help make micro-aerial vehicles more maneuverable Yokoyama and his colleagues created numerical simulations of a butterfly's forward flight.

David Lee Chambers, 22, of 6730 Jake Seagle Rd. in Vale was charged April 15 with one count of failure to appear.

A 14-year-old was beaten, burned with cigarettes and dropped off along the side of the road after a drug deal went bad, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.The incident happened Thursday night in northern Lincoln County.