Holiday Traffic On I-77 Turns Deadly

GALAX, Va. Nearly 100 vehicles crashed Sunday along a mountainous, foggy stretch of interstate near the Virginia-North Carolina border, killing three people and injuring 25 others.Police said traffic along Interstate 77 in southwest Virginia backed up for about 8 miles in the southbound lanes after the accidents. Authorities closed the northbound lanes so that fire trucks, ambulances and police could get to the series of chain-reaction wrecks.(Courtesy...

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Homeowners Association Dispute Turns Deadly

From Charlotte's WBTV NewsInvestigators in Cabarrus County say a 50-year-old man is accused of shooting and killing two of his neighbors after getting into a dispute with the men.Neighbors say Hardy was angry about trees that were cut down behind his house and that the victims were on the homeowners’ association board that approved the removal of the trees.Deputies were called to a home off Coachman Court, in Harrisburg, on Friday afternoon to the...

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Once Again It Is Easter

Cedar Posts is in Charleston working the real job so instead of the usual Friday Wrap Up you get a strong dose of Southern Style Religion. Originally posted back in 2007.... Once Again It Is Easter.... Please be seated.Years back, when Charlotte was a lot smaller and the pace of life a lot slower, an Easter Sunrise Service was held at Providence High School.As the headlights of two hundred or so cars streamed into the parking lot, the crimson and...

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What Not To Wear To An American Cancer Society Charity Event

Seriously what was she thinking?...

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Wednesday Change Up - Cedar Posts Takes On Donald Trump

Cedar Posts has never been one to avoid taking on big names, but frankly I never thought I'd try to go head to head against "The Donald" but America's number one celebrity CEO has been shooting off about how bad our country is long enough. Trump is worried that the United States is quickly losing its economic power to China, while the country faces debt levels that “no one ever dreamt possible.”More than once during the 2012 Presidential Campaign...

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Car Hits Tree But Not Just Any Car - Cobra Totaled

WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte,...

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3 Months After CMPD Takeover Questions Remain at CDIA

Months ago Cedar Posts first reported that Jerry Orr was doing an end run on Charlotte and the City Council in order to pry control away of Charlotte's airport from the City. We also introduced you to Herbert Judon the CDIA no. 2 who lead the push at the city's expense to fact find the idea of creating an airport authority. It was during this time that we also learned that CMPD Command Staff were in a "tit for tat" ongoing battle with...

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Monday Odds and Ends

Michael Jordan Makes a Donation - Charlotte local media swarmed over the Bobcats owner's gift to CMS students who participate in the YMCA's Y Achievers program last week. From the Charlotte Observer: "Jordan led by example Thursday by making appearances at three high schools in three hours, announcing a series of surprises for participants in the YMCA’s Y Achievers mentoring program.""The big news: a $200,000 gift to the program from the team and...

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In Case You Missed It - Kevin Siers on Anthony Foxx

More from Kevin Siers he...

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Friday Wrap Up - Deer Abby Edition

CMPD announced the promotion and suspension of Captain Allan Rutledge in the same week. Rutledge as Cedar Posts noted two weeks ago was noticeably absent from the promotion ceremony that was to see him promoted to Major. His promotion had been circulated to the press, and via email from both CMPD's Public Information Officer and Deputy Chief Katrina Graue.CMPD Captain Allan RutledgeDetails about what lead to the suspension were scant...

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Wednesday Change Up - North Carolina Deputy Has A Nutty Video By Chad Walton

Cedar's Take: The Deupty is wrong, however. When Jackass meets Jackass the trouble is we eventually have an accident and the rest of us just trying to go about our drive home, end up sitting in the resultant traffic backup for hours.Cedar Update: Charleston's Post and Courier delivers the details:A Summerville man said he wanted whomever was driving a North Carolina sheriff's cruiser on Interstate 526 on Monday to be held accountable for erratic...

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The Yorkie Rides The Bedford Falls Fire Dept. Engine 343

Funny someone posted this clip of  Mrs. Cedar's "The Yorkie" riding in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Too bad the audio cuts out, so here is the transcript of the full announcement:This is the Bedford Falls Fire Department a 1956 International Fire Truck. The Bedford Falls Fire Department promotes the history of fire fighting in America, while building respect for the men and women who have made it their choice to help others and to save lives and property.Bedford Falls Engine wears the number 343 honoring the 343 brave men and...

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Hanna Elizabeth Rigley, 18, and Arielle McKenzie Troutman, 16

This story from the Charlotte Observer comfirms much of what Cedar Posts reported on Monday:Two days before Arielle Troutman was found dead alongside her best friend on train tracks in south Charlotte, a breakup with her girlfriend put the 16-year-old in “a dark place,” her father told the Observer on Tuesday. Arielle and 18-year-old Hannah Elizabeth Rigley were found dead early Sunday near where the tracks meet Monroe Road and the McAlpine...

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Hawker Beechcraft Model 390 Premier I - 3 Fatal Crashes In a Month

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A private jet apparently experiencing mechanical trouble crashed Sunday March 17, 2013 in a northern Indiana neighborhood, hitting three homes and killing two people aboard the plane.Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier 1 Crash Scene In South Bend, INThe Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier I twin-jet had left Tulsa, Okla.'s Riverside Airport and crashed late Sunday afternoon near South Bend Regional Airport.Two of four people aboard the plane...

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Tragic End Two Young Lives Lost But For CSX Employees The Horror Lingers

The deaths of Hanna Elizabeth Rigley, 18, and Arielle McKenzie Troutman, 16 on the CSX railroad tracks that parallel Charlotte's Monroe Road are likely to fade from the newspapers and nightly news inside of 24 hours. CMPD sources tell Cedar Posts that they have not uncovered any signs of foul play. Based on the CSX engineer's comments and other evidence it seems that only one conclusion can be made, suicide.Mainstream media doesn't report on suicides,...

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