Concord Wastewater Resources Department named NC Collection System of the Year

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011, 11:50am

Concord Wastewater Resources Department named NC Collection System of the Year

CONCORD (City of Concord) - The City of Concord Wastewater Resources Department has been awarded the first ever North Carolina Collection System of the Year Award.

This award was presented by the North Carolina American Water Works Association and the North Carolina Water Environment Association (NC AWWA-WEA), an association dedicated to providing water and wastewater education, training, and service in an effort to protect public health and the environment.

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This Weekend in Stanly County

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011, 11:47am

STANLY COUNTY (Bridget Huckabee, Stanly County Convention and Visitors Bureau) - We’re counting down the days to Christmas and Stanly County is bustling with holiday activities. From winter wine festivals at the local vineyards to a tour of homes decorated for the season, and from a special Christmas play to Santa himself visiting the local newspaper, there’s every reason to enjoy this special time of the year right here in Stanly County.

On Thursday, if you haven’t already checked out the unique gifts at the Falling Rivers Gallery Saggy Frog Craft Show, now is the time.

The warm and welcoming atmosphere of the Gallery and its artistic Christmas décor will put you in the right mood to start your weekend.

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Stanly Co. school receives NFL Play 60 grant

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011, 5:34pm

Stanly Co. school receives NFL Play 60 grant

STANFIELD - Carolina Panther players Jon Beason and Thomas Davis stopped by Stanfield Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon for a high-energy Play 60 pep rally.

Play 60 encourages kids to get 60 minutes of physical activity every day.

The players presented the school with a $10,000 NFL PLAY 60 grant for health and wellness programming or equipment.

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Police say man robbed convenience store

Submitted by Nick Needham on Tuesday, December 6th, 4:04 pm

ALBEMARLE, NC (WBTV) -- Police in Albemarle are looking for a man they say robbed a local convenience store Monday evening.

Albemarle police responded to the Village Mart at 1607 Highway 52 North in reference to an armed robberym according to a news release from the Albemarle Police Department.

Police say Jeremy Treece, 35, of Salisbury, entered the store and walked behind the counter. He then advised the clerk that he had a gun and proceeded to take money out of the cash register.

Treece then left the area in a green Honda, according to the release.

Officers with the Albemarle Police Department and the Stanly County Sheriffs Department engaged in a pursuit of Treece but were unable to apprehend him at that time.

Anyone with information on Treece's whereabouts is asked to call Albemarle police at 704-984-9501.

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Man volunteers to pick up trash

Submitted by Kristen Hampton

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 11:45pm

KANNAPOLIS, NC (WBTV) - Many cars pass by Sidney Brown everyday and don't even know what he's doing. The 69 year old West C Street man doesn't mind, as long as he knows he's helping keep his neighborhood clean.

"If they throw it down I'm going to pick it up so I guess that takes care of that. Because I don't want my neighborhood to look like a junk pile," said Brown as he took a break from picking up road-side litter.

He started 9 years ago perusing the streets with an orange bag picking up refuse other people throw away. He never gets paid, and the cars that whiz by don't much stop to say thank you. But other people do. He says lots of people from his church thank him for a job well done.

Brown picks up trash along a two-mile stretch from Echo Street to Dale Earnhardt Blvd. He says it's what keeps him going and he says, as long as people still throw trash out the window, he'll keep picking it up.

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Former priest confesses to sex abuse allegations, court papers say

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 4:23pm

ALBEMARLE, NC (WBTV) - A former priest accused of touching a teenage boy over 30 years ago was scheduled to appeared in a Stanly County courtroom Monday morning.

Michael Joseph Kelleher served at several parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.

The Stanly County District Attorney filed new paperwork saying that Kelleher confessed to touching a 14-year-old boy in 1977 while at Our Lady of the Annunciation in Albemarle, according to court documents.

Kelleher was scheduled to attend the morning court session at the Stanly County Superior Court on two counts of Indecent Liberties with a Child.

According to documents, more victims have come forward, but police have not filed any charges.

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Public meeting to discuss rail line extension proposal

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 1:47pm

Public meeting to discuss rail line extension proposal

KANNAPOLIS -The North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting Monday night to discuss the proposal to extend the rail line between Salisbury and Kannapolis.

According to the City of Kannapolis, the proposal would add eleven miles of track from south of Salisbury to the northern part of Kannapolis.

A public hearing will be held at the Kannapolis Train Station from 6-8 p.m. to answer questions and hear comments from the public on the project.

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