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092106woodringcrimescenetMan shoots estranged wife in REACH shelter - Authorities are searching for a man who killed his estranged wife Monday night (Sept. 18) at a local battered women’s shelter. According to Sylva Police Chief Jeff Jamison, John “Woody” Woodring, 35, forced his way into the REACH women’s shelter at gunpoint around 9:10 p.m. After a brief altercation in the shelter’s kitchen, he shot wife Bonnie Woodring, 48, at close range with a shotgun.


092106myerstRetired Joint Chiefs Chairman Myers talks terrorism at WCU - Students at Western Carolina University got a chance to speak with a former top military adviser to President George W. Bush. Gen. Richard Myers (ret.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a question-and-answer session with WCU students prior to a campus speech Monday afternoon (Sept. 18)....


092106jakeparrisbridgetCommissioners dedicate bridge to Parris - County commissioners joined a former fire chief’s family and friends Sunday (Set. 17) to honor the memory of a fallen hero. During an afternoon ceremony alongside U.S. 23-74 in Willets, a highway bridge officially became the Jake Parris Jr. Bridge. Surrounded by firefighters from....


County leaders to meet with architects for planned library - County commissioners Monday (Sept. 18) announced they would hold a meeting with McMillan Smith and Partners, architects for the new Jackson County Public Library. The meeting, set for 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, in the Commissioners’ board room at the Justice Center, will allow county officials to discuss ideas and plans they have for the new library. McMillan Smith....

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