Tragic news. A North Carolina family of four tragically died after desperately attempting to escape Hurricane Helena. Hurricane Helena first hit the southeastern US on 24 September and caused widespread destruction over several days, particularly in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas. Tragedy struck in North Carolina last week when a young family lost their […]

1 year ago

The Fury is described as the ‘tallest, fasted and longest giga coster in North America’ A huge crack in the side of an amusement park ride was spotted by a visitor, leading to the ride being shut down. Jeremy Wagner was visiting Carowinds in North Carolina when he noticed that the Fury 325 giga roller […]

2 years ago

‘Beyond our comprehension that someone would do this for a couple of power washers’ An 83-year-old Home Depot employee has died after being shoved over by a shoplifter in an incident that is now being treated as a homicide. On 18 October, Gary Rasor was working at the North Carolina branch of Home Depot when […]

3 years ago

His body was recovered in a tree A 23-year-old fell almost 3,500 feet to his death just moments after his co-pilot called air traffic control to say they would be making an emergency landing. Aspirational professional pilot Charles Crooks was in the small 10-person plane with his co-pilot when the aircraft took off on Friday […]

3 years ago

The animal shelter has seen an onslaught of adoption applications A dog in North Carolina was abandoned and sent to an animal shelter because its owner thought their puppy was gay, and yes, you read that right. Fezco, a pooch from North Carolina whose breed is unknown, was abandoned in Stanly County after his owners […]

4 years ago

This is at least the second such case in the past week A man awaiting a life-saving organ transplant has said he would rather “die free” than get the covid-19 vaccine that is required for the operation to go ahead. Chad Carswell of Burke County, North Carolina is in desperate need of a kidney transplant […]

4 years ago