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Greensboro Police Sgt. Philip Dale Nix was killed while he was off-duty Dec. 20, 2023. He served with the department for 23 years. ... This is the first Blue Alert issued in North Carolina ...
This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...
Monday, Dec. 30, is the first anniversary of the shooting death of Sergeant Philip “Dale” Nix, who was killed after confronting suspected thieves at the Sheetz on Sandy Ridge Road in 2023 ...
Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, male African-American student from North Carolina A&T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern US [83] Beth Mitchell, competitive shag dancer
Jerry Bledsoe (born 1941) is an American author and journalist known for several true crime titles based on murders in his native state of North Carolina.. His journalism career, which spanned over 20 years, included newspaper work in the North Carolina cities of Kannapolis, Charlotte, and Greensboro and work at Esquire magazine.
Political consultant and founder of the North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership: James Dodson: 2012 Sports writer: Phil Donahue: 1982 Talk show host and writer [7] Philip L. Dubois: 2020 President of the University of Wyoming and chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Dale Earnhardt: 1994
Greensboro Fairgrounds (Greensboro, North Carolina) Feature race Modified Division Hank Stanley (USA) [38] [note 9] March 5, 1950 100-lap race Charlotte Speedway: Race Modified Division Walt Sprague (USA) [40] August 24, 1951 Monroe County Fairgrounds: Semifinal heat race Sportsman Division Rex Stansell (USA) [41] [note 10] July 4, 1952 200 ...
George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), billionaire who created the Biltmore Estate in the North Carolina mountains; it is the largest privately owned mansion in the Western Hemisphere and North Carolina's top tourist attraction (Asheville) Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), president of Georgia Tech, inventor and civil rights advocate ...