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The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) is the highway patrol agency for North Carolina which has no per-se "state police" agency. The Patrol has jurisdiction anywhere in the state except for federal or military installations and on the Cherokee Indian Reservation or on Cherokee outlying lands in the western mountains.
A further dozen North Carolina State Highway Patrol officers under Captain Raymond Williams, some armed with submachine guns, waited about a mile down the road out of sight, ready to mobilize in case of violence. [38] Over the course of the next hour, more Klansmen drove into the field to join those already present. [35]
Col. Richard W. Holden, Sr. (died August 22, 2014) was the first African-American commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. In 1969, he became one of the first six African Americans to join the Highway Patrol. Holden took charge of the Highway Patrol in 1999, following a series of scandals.
The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to convert U.S. 70 into a four-lane divided highway around Kinston, including a 6.5-mile section of new roadway south of town.
Laurinburg–Maxton Army Air Base is an inactive United States Air Force base, approximately 6 miles east-northeast of Laurinburg, North Carolina. It was active during World War II as a I Troop Carrier Command training airfield. The Laurinburg–Maxton Airbase was the largest Waco CG-4A glider pilot training base in the world. It was closed on ...
ASHEVILLE - The North Carolina State Highway Patrol recently released reports for Ryan Ricky Houston’s two collisions during his recent run from law enforcement, leaving three dead and over ...
Eure campaigned to become North Carolina Secretary of State in 1936. Backed by the Shelby Dynasty, he won. [4] Eure was the last living member of the North Carolina legislature to have voted to approve the establishment of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol in 1929. During his tenure as Secretary of State, Eure was asked by Highway Patrol ...
Two sunken vessels from WWII were recently found off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered the Nazi U-boat 576 and the ...