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The man accused of killing North Carolina State Trooper David Shawn Blanton, Jr. in June of 2008 has
asked the judge for new attorneys. A pre-trial hearing was held in Newton Monday for Edwardo Wong,
the forty year old Florida man charged with shooting Blanton during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near
Canton. He told the judge he disagreed with the way his attorneys Randal Seago and Mark Melrose
handled pre-trial hearings last month and wanted new attorneys. Potential jurors have been called into the
courthouse for the trial which is scheduled to start with jury selection after all the pre-trial motions have
been dispensed. Wong could face the death penalty if he is convicted. The trial was moved to Catawba
County because of pre-trial publicity.
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A Connelly Springs man has been arrested and charged, and warrants have been issued against another
Burke County man after two breakins at an Eastern Burke County building. 39 year old Kenner Monroe
Lackey of Hildebran Mt. Avenue has been charged with one count each of felony breaking and entering,
felony larceny and felony possession of stolen goods in connection with the August 8th and 9th breakins at
Morganton Pressure Vessel, located off Cavalier Way in Icard. Warrants have been issued for Harry
McCall in connection with the same incidents. Over ten thousand dollars in electrical wiring contaning
copper was taken. Burke Sheriff Detectives were able to locate the receipts from a metal recycling business
in Hildebran that contained the names of the two suspects who had sold the copper on August 9th and 11t.
Additional charges are pending against both. Lackey's bond was set at fifteen thousand dollars secured.
Anyone with any information as to the where abouts of McCall is asked to contact the Burke County
Sheriff's Office. A Crimestopper reward is availble for information leading to his arrest.
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North Carolina is on pace for record home foreclosures in 2010. By the end of July, the state had received
more than forty thousand filings, enough, if the trend continues,to eclipse last year's record number of 63
,289. Mecklenburg is leading the state with 6,726 so far this year,. Wake, Guilford, Franklin, Union, New
Hanover, Durham, Buncombe, Gaston and Cumberland counties round out the top ten. Economic analysts
say that foreclosures may not peak until next year.
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Tonight is the opening night of the Drexel Community Fair at the Drexel Fairgrounds. Gates open at 6 p.m.
and Inner Shows is on the midway. Bobby Denton and the Laurel Creek Band will provide free
entertainment. There is no gate admission at the Drexel Community Fair. Ride bracelets are sixteen dollars
each and every night is a ride bracelet night.
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The Freedom High School yearbook staff wants to remind all seniors who did not have their yearbook
photos made this past May or June that today and tomorrow are makeup days. John Payne Photography at
200 N. Sterling Street in Morganton will be open today from one until three p.m. for makeup photos. They
will also be open tomorrow from one until three p.m. Contact John Payne at 433-6040 for more
information.
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