Randolph County woman charged with animal cruelty

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013, 12:32pm

LIBERTY, N.C. — A Randolph County woman has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities said five adult horses and two ponies were seized from her property.

Donna Burkhart was charged after Animal Control Director Leigh Casaus said officers found the animals without food or water.

Authorities were given permission from a judge to take the animals from the suspect’s property in Liberty.

Burkhart was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty. The charge comes after FOX8 investigated neighbors’ concerns about the horses last week.

The suspect is already in the middle of court proceedings for felony animal cruelty charges after animal control seized two miniature donkeys from her property earlier this spring.

Casaus said the horses and ponies are very skittish and weak, but she believes they’ll survive.

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Lexington man, woman accused in church break-in

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Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 11:32am

ASHEBORO, N.C. — A man and woman from Lexington have been arrested in connection with a break-in at an Asheboro church.

According to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to a report of an outbuilding break-in at the Amity Hills Baptist Church on U.S. Highway 64 West on Tuesday morning.

The deputy got a description of the suspects and their vehicle. Shortly afterward, the deputy spotted the vehicle on U.S. 64.

Deputies say he stopped the vehicle and found stolen property and burglary tools inside. The suspects, who were identified as 31-year-old Dan Edward Ray Tucker and 54-year-old Deloris Jane Alvarez, were arrested.

The suspects are charged with breaking and entering, felony larceny, possession of stolen goods, possession of burglary tools and resist, obstruct and delaying an officer.

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Deputies: Man, woman stole batteries from Eastern Randolph school buses

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Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 10:18am

ASHEBORO, N.C. — Deputies say a man and woman were arrested Sunday after they were caught stealing batteries from school buses at Eastern Randolph High School.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were on routine patrol when they learned several buses at the school, located at 390 Eastern Randolph Road in Ramseur, had been vandalized.

Deputies say they were looking into the vandalism when they noticed a woman hiding under one of the buses along with a backpack containing tools that were used to cut wires and remove batteries from the buses.

The woman, who was identified as 27-year-old Brandee Lorien Strider of Asheboro, was taken into custody.

Investigators then learned a second suspect, 33-year-old Jody Ryan Cox of Asheboro, had fled the scene. Deputies said Cox was later arrested, but they did not say where or when.

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NC Zoo to host bear event on Saturday

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Tuesday, June 11th, 2013, 12:23pm

“Black bears will be one of three bear species featured at the North Carolina Zoo Saturday as part of the park’s ‘Bear Necessities’ celebration.” (NC Zoo photo by Tom Gillespie)

ASHEBORO, N.C. — The N.C. Zoo plans to host “Bear Necessities” on Saturday, an event featuring grizzly, polar and black bears.

Zoo officials said the event will explore the lives of bears and will be highlighted with keeper talks, information stations and educational displays.

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NC Zoo to host bear event on Saturday

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Tuesday, June 11th, 2013, 12:20pm

“Black bears will be one of three bear species featured at the North Carolina Zoo Saturday as part of the park’s ‘Bear Necessities’ celebration.” (NC Zoo photo by Tom Gillespie)

ASHEBORO, N.C. — The N.C. Zoo plans to host “Bear Necessities” on Saturday, an event featuring grizzly, polar and black bears.

Zoo officials said the event will explore the lives of bears and will be highlighted with keeper talks, information stations and educational displays.

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Dollar General relocating, expanding in Seagrove

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Thursday, June 6th, 2013, 8:08am

SEAGROVE, N.C. — The Dollar General store on North Broad Street in Seagrove will move to a new location to make room for an expansion.

The Asheboro Courier-Tribune reports Rich Smith, development manager for the PAR5 Development company, announced the plans for the new store on Tuesday.

It will be located at the corner of Broad Street and West King Avenue.

Smith says construction for the new store is expected to start in September and should be complete in January 2014. The store would open for business within “a month or so afterward,” he told the paper.

Read more: Courier-Tribune.com

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Randleman third graders create their own ‘Duck Dynasty’

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Monday, June 3rd, 2013, 7:29pm

RANDLEMAN, N.C .– They are famous for their trademark long beards, camouflage clothing and the ability to turn a simple duck call into what is known as the “Duck Dynasty.”

While you many not think of the hit TV show as educational, third graders at Level Cross Elementary School were inspired to create a “Duck Dynasty” of their own.

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