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  • Interstate 85 lanes northeast of Charlotte to close for repairs, NCDOT says

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    Multiple Interstate 85 northbound lane closures are scheduled to begin this weekend northeast of Charlotte to repair concrete, state highway officials said.

    Multiple Interstate 85 northbound lane closures are scheduled to begin this weekend northeast of Charlotte to repair concrete, state highway officials said.


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    Multiple Interstate 85 northbound lane closures are scheduled to begin this weekend northeast of Charlotte to repair concrete, state highway officials said.

    The left two lanes near Lane Street north of Kannapolis will close from 9:30 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation.

    From 9:30 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday, the right two lanes will be closed to complete the repairs, officials said.

    The closure area at mile marker 63 in Rowan County is about 26 miles from Charlotte.

    Drivers should expect delays, officials said.

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  • Prisoner serving life for murder who escaped in North Carolina has been caught, authorities say

    Prisoner serving life for murder who escaped in North Carolina has been caught, authorities say

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    KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — A prisoner serving a life sentence for murder was captured at a North Carolina hotel early Friday, three days after his escape on the way to a medical appointment, and authorities say he had help from at least one person.

    Ramone Alston, 30, escaped from a van Tuesday as it arrived at the UNC Gastroenterology hospital in Hillsborough, where he was being taken for a medical appointment. He freed himself from his leg restraints and fled into the woods with handcuffs on, according to the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction.

    Alston was taken into custody at about 2 a.m. at a hotel in Kannapolis, near Charlotte, about 110 miles (177 kilometers) southwest of Hillsborough, the department said in a news release, and no one was injured during the arrest. Alston will be charged with felony escape from prison, according to the release.

    Alston was taken to the Granville Correctional Institution’s high-security maximum control unit, the state prison system’s most secure, to resume serving his life sentence, Department Secretary Todd Ishee said at a news conference Friday afternoon. Alston could face additional charges related to his escape.

    Online court records did not immediately list the case or an attorney who could speak on Alston’s behalf.

    “While we can’t provide specifics about how Alston was located, I can assure you it was the result of exceptional investigative work and dedication from the team that was assembled to work this escape,” Ishee said. “I’m grateful for the people standing here with me today and the hundreds of officers, deputies, agents and investigators who they represent that all worked so hard this week with great collaboration to bring Alston back into custody.”

    Officials will evaluate whether anyone is eligible for the reward offered for information leading to Alston’s capture, Ishee said, adding that the department is conducting an internal investigation and review to identify areas for improvement. The officers who were transporting Alston have not been placed on leave but were reassigned to non-transportation duties.

    Alston has been serving a life sentence at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor since his conviction in the killing of 1-year-old Maleah Williams, who was shot on Christmas Day in 2015 from a passing car while she was playing outside her family’s apartment in Chapel Hill. She died three days later.

    A woman described as an acquaintance of Alston’s was arrested shortly afterward in Alamance County and charged with felony aiding and abetting a fugitive, the department said. Investigators believe she drove Alston around, but it wasn’t clear when or where, or whether she was the only person doing so, department spokesman Keith Acree said by phone.

    Alston’s relationship with her began several months ago and was conducted mostly by phone, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said at the news conference. Officials are investigating whether anyone else was involved.

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  • Single-A Carolina League Glance

    Single-A Carolina League Glance

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    All Times EDT
    North Division
    W L Pct. GB
    Fredericksburg (Washington) 24 14 .632 —
    Salem (Boston) 22 16 .579 2
    Down East (Texas) 20 15 .571 2½
    x-Carolina (Milwaukee) 21 16 .568 2½
    Lynchburg (Cleveland) 16 20 .444 7
    Delmarva (Baltimore) 15 23 .395 9

    South Division
    W L Pct. GB
    Charleston (Tampa Bay) 20 14 .588 —
    Columbia (Kansas City) 19 16 .543 1½
    Myrtle Beach (Chicago Cubs) 18 17 .514 2½
    Fayetteville (Houston) 17 19 .472 4
    x-Kannapolis (Chicago White Sox) 15 21 .417 6
    Augusta (Atlanta) 9 25 .265 11

    x – First Half winner

    ___

    Myrtle Beach at Down East, ppd.

    Lynchburg at Fayetteville, ppd.

    Fredericksburg 13, Carolina 9

    Augusta at Charleston, ppd.

    Salem 5, Delmarva 3

    Columbia 6, Kannapolis 3

    Myrtle Beach at Down East, ppd.

    Lynchburg at Fayetteville, canc.

    Carolina at Fredericksburg, ppd.

    Augusta at Charleston, canc.

    Delmarva at Salem, ppd.

    Columbia 5, Kannapolis 2, susp. bottom of 3

    Columbia 5, Kannapolis 2, bottom of 3, 1st game, 5 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Down East, 5 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Fayetteville, 2, 5:05 p.m.

    Augusta at Charleston, 2, 5:30 p.m.

    Carolina at Fredericksburg, 7:05 p.m.

    Delmarva at Salem, 7:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Columbia, 2nd game, 7:05 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Down East, 5 p.m.

    Augusta at Charleston, 6:05 p.m.

    Delmarva at Salem, 6:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Columbia, 6:05 p.m.

    Carolina at Fredericksburg, 7:05 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Fayetteville, 7:05 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Down East, 2, 1 p.m.

    Carolina at Fredericksburg, 1:35 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Fayetteville, 2, 2:05 p.m.

    Augusta at Charleston, 2, 2:30 p.m.

    Delmarva at Salem, 3:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Columbia, 5:05 p.m.

    No games scheduled

    Down East at Lynchburg, 6:30 p.m.

    Charleston at Kannapolis, 6:30 p.m.

    Salem at Fredericksburg, 7:05 p.m.

    Carolina at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.

    Columbia at Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

    Charleston at Kannapolis, 2, 5:30 p.m.

    Down East at Lynchburg, 6:30 p.m.

    Salem at Fredericksburg, 7:05 p.m.

    Carolina at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.

    Columbia at Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

    Down East at Lynchburg, 6:30 p.m.

    Charleston at Kannapolis, 6:30 p.m.

    Salem at Fredericksburg, 7:05 p.m.

    Carolina at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.

    Columbia at Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

    Down East at Lynchburg, 6:30 p.m.

    Charleston at Kannapolis, 7 p.m.

    Salem at Fredericksburg, 7:05 p.m.

    Carolina at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.

    Columbia at Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

    Down East at Lynchburg, 6:30 p.m.

    Columbia at Myrtle Beach, 6:35 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 6:35 p.m.

    Charleston at Kannapolis, 7 p.m.

    Salem at Fredericksburg, 7:05 p.m.

    Carolina at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.

    Charleston at Kannapolis, 1:30 p.m.

    Salem at Fredericksburg, 1:35 p.m.

    Down East at Lynchburg, 2 p.m.

    Carolina at Delmarva, 5:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 5:05 p.m.

    Columbia at Myrtle Beach, 6:35 p.m.

    No games scheduled

    Augusta at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

    Delmarva at Down East, 6:30 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 6:35 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Salem, 7:05 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 7:05 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 7:05 p.m.

    Augusta at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

    Delmarva at Down East, 6:30 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 6:35 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Salem, 7:05 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 7:05 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 7:05 p.m.

    Augusta at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

    Delmarva at Down East, 6:30 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 6:35 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Salem, 7:05 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 7:05 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 7:05 p.m.

    Augusta at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

    Delmarva at Down East, 6:30 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Salem, 7:05 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 7:05 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 7:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 7:05 p.m.

    Augusta at Carolina, 5 p.m.

    Delmarva at Down East, 5 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Salem, 6:05 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 6:05 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 6:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 7:05 p.m.

    Augusta at Carolina, 1 p.m.

    Delmarva at Down East, 1 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Salem, 3:05 p.m.

    Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 5:05 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 5:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 5:05 p.m.

    No games scheduled

    Columbia at Augusta, 2, 5:05 p.m.

    Carolina at Lynchburg, 6:30 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Kannapolis, 6:30 p.m.

    Down East at Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m.

    Salem at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Charleston, 7:05 p.m.

    All Times EDT
    North Division
    W L Pct. GB
    Fredericksburg (Washington) 24 14 .632 —
    Salem (Boston) 22 16 .579 2
    Down East (Texas) 20 15 .571 2½
    x-Carolina (Milwaukee) 21 16 .568 2½
    Lynchburg (Cleveland) 16 20 .444 7
    Delmarva (Baltimore) 15 23 .395 9
    South Division
    W L Pct. GB
    Charleston (Tampa Bay) 20 14 .588 —
    Columbia (Kansas City) 19 16 .543 1½
    Myrtle Beach (Chicago Cubs) 18 17 .514 2½
    Fayetteville (Houston) 17 19 .472 4
    x-Kannapolis (Chicago White Sox) 15 21 .417 6
    Augusta (Atlanta) 9 25 .265 11

    ___

    Columbia 6, Kannapolis 3

    Columbia 5, Kannapolis 2, susp. bottom of 3

    Kannapolis at Columbia, 2nd game, 7:05 p.m.

    Lynchburg at Fayetteville, 7:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Columbia, 5:05 p.m.

    No games scheduled

    Carolina at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

    Fayetteville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

    Columbia at Myrtle Beach, 6:35 p.m.

    No games scheduled

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 7:05 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 7:05 p.m.

    Fredericksburg at Columbia, 7:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 7:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 7:05 p.m.

    Kannapolis at Fayetteville, 5:05 p.m.

    No games scheduled

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  • Former theater teacher in Kannapolis is facing allegations of sex crimes involving student

    Former theater teacher in Kannapolis is facing allegations of sex crimes involving student

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    A former theater teacher at a Kannapolis high school is facing multiple charges for alleged sexual miscoduct with a student.

    A former theater teacher at a Kannapolis high school is facing multiple charges for alleged sexual miscoduct with a student.

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    A former theater teacher at A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis was arrested March 19 on felony charges alleging he had inappropriate communication with a 15-year-old student, a press release said.

    The Kannapolis Police Department investigated after receiving information about Jordan Correll’s alleged misconduct the day before his arrest, police said.

    The investigation led police to allege inappropriate communication and sexual acts by Correll toward the student.

    Ashley Forrest, a spokesperson for the school district, confirmed Correll, 29, was employed as a theater teacher from August 2020 until March 19. She said he was no longer employed by the school district when the arrest was made.

    “Kannapolis City Schools continues to work closely with the Kannapolis Police Department and we are unable to comment further as they conduct their investigation,” Forrest said in a statement. “The district wants to reassure our community that we remain dedicated to maintaining a safe and respectful environment for all.”

    Correll was charged with indecent liberties with a student, four counts of indecent liberties with a child, and two counts of statutory sex offense with a child less than or equal to 15 years of age.

    He was being held in the Cabarrus County Jail with bond set at $1 million.

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  • NC’s Cannon textile family, Atrium Health feud over who gets millions in inheritance

    NC’s Cannon textile family, Atrium Health feud over who gets millions in inheritance

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    One of North Carolina’s prominent families has filed a lawsuit against Charlotte’s largest hospital over millions of dollars in inheritance.

    Cannon textile mill descendants want to stop Atrium Health from receiving distributions from the family trust, according to a petition filed in N.C. business court. The trust was created in 1965 by Ruth Coltrane Cannon, wife of longtime Cannon Mills president Charles Albert Cannon, for her grandson Charles Albert Cannon III, who died Oct. 28.

    Textile magnate Charles Cannon founded Cannon Mills in Kannapolis. It was the world’s largest producer of towels and sheets for decades. The mill, bought by Pillowtex 1982, closed abruptly closed in 2003 wiping out 7,650 jobs. It was the largest one-day job loss in the history of North Carolina and the textile industry at that time. The mill was demolished in 2005 and is now the site of the 350-acre North Carolina Research Campus.

    Following Charles Cannon III’s death, Ruth Cannon said in her will that she wanted the trust to go to Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, according to the Feb. 7 petition. If the trust could not be paid “expressly” to the Cabarrus County-owned hospital, it would be distributed to “religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes,” the petition states.

    The filing does not specify the trust’s value.

    Cabarrus Memorial has not existed since the 1980s and became part of Atrium through a series of mergers in the 2000s, according to the petition. Atrium is now part of Advocate Health with revenue of more than $27 billion.

    Since Cabarrus Memorial does not exist, “the trustees have preliminary concluded that Atrium Health is not the proper remainder income beneficiary,” and trustees should proceed with alternative income distribution, according to the petition.

    “Atrium Health does not meet the trust’s express condition that remainder income be paid out for ‘charitable purposes,’” the petition states.

    On Jan. 24, Atrium objected to the trust’s interpretation of the will and laid claim to it, threatening legal action if income distributions did not begin on Feb. 15.

    The trust is represented by Kearns Davis, James C. Adams II and Agustin M. Martinez of Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP.

    The petition requests a jury trial.

    Atrium Health officials and attorneys representing the trust did not respond by Friday afternoon for requests for comment.

    Law360 trade publication first reported the case.

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