Siler City News

As the North Carolina Legislature opened its budget-adjusting short session Wednesday, the Senate immediately began tackling this year's Medicaid shortfall and considering changes to annexation and gambling laws.

Bill Garrabrant, 80, invited me over to his Raleigh home last week to taste some of his strawberry ice cream.

THE REV. HARRY JOHNSON, former executive director of the Bradley/Cleveland Community Services Agency, and Dale Enos, CSA office manager, stand in front of the historic Scotton home at 222 Dooley St.

State Treasurer Janet Cowell had a roughly four-to-one advantage against Democratic rival Ron Elmer and Republican Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler held a more than two-to-one lead in a contest with Bill McManus, according to early voting results.

Here are some facts for Cary citizens to think about with regard to the recent proposed decision of the Cary members of the Cary/Chatham Joint Planning Commission to allow zoning for one house per acre instead of one house per five acres in the watershed area adjacent to Jordan Lake.