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Brind’Amour, Canes get started Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour discusses a 4-1 win at Tampa Bay in the team’s first preseason game, the home game Sept. 19, 2018 against the Lightning and the play of rookie Andrei Svechnikov after practice at PNC Arena.

Terrence Carraway, the officer killed Wednesday by a shooter in Florence, SC, was being remembered Thursday as a tireless detective who had just celebrated 30 years in law enforcement. Seven South Carolina law enforcement officers were shot during a call Wednesday afternoon, including two police officers and two sheriff’s deputies with serious injuries, reported The State. Carraway was an officer with the Florence Police Department. “I want you to pray for the family who lost…

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Nearly 20 Durham police officers returned after spending a week in Wilmington helping those affected by Hurricane Florence. “We were all over Wilmington,” said Capt. Mariane Bond, who’s been with the Durham Police Department for 19 years. “Our main focus was on security and traffic.” A call was put out for volunteers to go and nearly 60 people responded. Eventually, 18 made their way down to work with the Wilmington Police…

Following Wednesday’s shooting in Florence, where seven law enforcement officers were hit by gunfire — one fatally — President Donald Trump was among those to weigh in on the deadly incident. “My thoughts and prayers are with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office and the Florence Police Department tonight, in South Carolina,” Trump tweeted. The shooting began when sheriff’s deputies were attempting to serve a search warrant, and the suspect opened fire, Maj. Michael Nunn said…

Did Gov. McMaster overreact to Hurricane Florence? Here is what he says After Hurricane Florence made landfall on the North Carolina and South Carolina coast, some people questioned if Gov. Henry McMaster overreacted by evacuating several SC counties. Here is how he responded in a press conference September 15, 2018.

Here’s the scene in Florence where several law enforcement officers were shot Oct 03, 2018 Several law enforcement officers in Florence, South Carolina, were shot Wednesday. As of that night, one officer was dead. By

LUMBERTON, N.C. (WTVD) — First daughter Ivanka Trump spent the day in North Carolina meeting with victims of Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, thanking first responders in Mooresville and visiting the NASCAR Technical Institute to push her father’s workforce initiative. During a late afternoon visit to Lumberton, the President’s Adviser visited a relief site and helped hand out supplies to residents displaced by Hurricane Florence. Trump spoke with volunteers, posed for photos and handed out meals…

FLORENCE, S.C. — One law enforcement officer is dead and several others are injured after an active shooting incident in Florence, South Carolina, according to the county coroner. The Florence Police Chief said in a press conference Wednesday night that seven total law enforcement officers were wounded and one died. Florence County Emergency Management says a suspect is in custody. ****Major Update****The active shooting situation is over and the suspect is in custody. We are…

FLORENCE, S.C. — One law enforcement officer is dead and several others are injured after an active shooting incident in Florence, South Carolina, according to the county coroner. News outlets report sheriff’s Deputy Chief Glenn Kirby said three Florence County sheriff’s deputies and two city officers were shot. Information on their conditions was not immediately available but a city spokesperson said some injuries were serious. Florence County Emergency Management says a suspect is in custody….

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Police say a Brunswick County man displaced from his home by Hurricane Florence is accused of raping a Moore County woman who let him stay in her home. Freeman Scott Ireland, 37, a convicted murderer, is now charged with second-degree forcible rape. Investigators say the Southern Pines woman, who is deaf, was assaulted as she slept Monday, and Ireland was still inside the home at the Creston Commons Apartment Complex when…

LUMBERTON, N.C. (WTVD) — ABC 11 together is highlighting a major good deed in the community for people struggling to recover from Hurricane Florence. Food Lion presented the Second Harvest Food Bank in Fayetteville with a $25,000 check to help with relief efforts. MORE: Full coverage of Hurricane Florence “We believe no one should have to choose between dinner and rent,” said Food Lion President Meg Ham. “This is us showing that from a financial…

Emergency Management Executive Director Mike Sprayberry told ABC11 the state’s top priority continues to be finding housing for those affected by Hurricane Florence. Sprayberry said between 700-800 people across the state are still living in shelters and FEMA has inspected 70,000 homes with more to go. A couple of programs that aid in getting disaster survivors placed in more transitional living quarters have been made available. “Travel trailers were not on the table for temporary…

Hurricane Florence could help explain why hunters bagged only one gator during North Carolina’s first alligator hunting season in 45 years, a spokesperson for the state told The Charlotte Observer. A hunter “harvested” a gator on Sunday in Swan Quarter, Fairley Mahlum, spokesperson for the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, told the Observer in an email. Hunters were allowed to hunt gators from Sept. 1 until Monday in Swan Quarter, Fairfield and Engelhard, towns in Hyde…

LUMBERTON, N.C. — They know what it’s like to suffer from a devastating hurricane, so chefs and volunteers from Puerto Rico are helping out in a North Carolina city damaged by Hurricane Florence. Chef Lionel Rodriguez and others with a group called Operation Pay It Forward are preparing meals at the East Lumberton Baptist Church. Spokesman Jesus Flores said Wednesday the group arrived Monday and will serve lunch and dinner through Oct. 13. San Juan…