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Fitch Rates Guilford County, NC's GO Bonds 'AA+'; Outlook Stable (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to the following Guilford County, North Carolina general obligation bonds:Local judge tapped for federal seat (Greensboro News & Record) GREENSBORO — Another Greensboro judge may be headed for the federal bench. President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Catherine C. Eagles, a Guilford County Superior Court judge since 1993, to fill a seat on the U.S. District Court that serves the Middle District of North Carolina. The Senate must confirm the nomination. read more
County celebrates 150th anniversary (Hendricks County Flyer) Hendricks County celebrated its 150th birthday in 1974.
School eases transition for refugee, immigrant children (News 14 Carolina) Doris Henderson Newcomers School is easing the academic transition for newly arrived immigrant and refugee children. About 260 children attend the school and will spend, at most, one year there before moving on to a regular Guilford County school.
Groups aim again to reduce spanking in N.C. schools (WRAL.com Raleigh) Children’s advocates in North Carolina are this year seeking a spanking ban on students with disabilities after losing political tussles over corporal punishment in public schools the past few years.
Mon.: Ad Wars — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC (WUNC Chapel Hill) RNC Chairman Michael Steele dropped by Greensboro today to introduce a new GOP fundraising ad campaign. Here’s the ad: Greensboro’s Mark Binker covered the event here.
Franklin County area police log (Chambersburg Public Opinion) ASSAULT: A Crystal Springs man was charged with assaulting a woman on Saturday. Edward Louis Wilson, 48, of 1446 S. Valley Road was charged with two counts of simple assault, drug possession and harassment after an incident in front of the Crystal Springs Post Office.
Happy hunters have tales to tell (The News & Observer) A miss on the final day of the 2008 hunting season was the key to David Boroughs' success a year later.
Credit-card firm offers reward points for volunteering... (Philanthropy Journal) Progress Energy Progress Energy , headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., is a Fortune 500 energy company with more than 22,000 megawatts of generation capacity and $9 billion in annual revenues.
Regional Briefs: Ex-Edwards aide barely avoids jail over video (Winston-Salem Journal) A former John Edwards aide has narrowly avoided getting sent to jail for contempt over his handling of a purported sex tape showing the former presidential candidate.