âI shot him twice.â 911 calls reveal frantic moments after man allegedly pushes his way inside off-duty deputyâs home
Suspect has long criminal history including charges for assault, drugs, and resisting an officer
âI shot him twice.â 911 calls reveal frantic moments after man allegedly pushes his way inside off-duty deputyâs home By Ann McAdams | February 25, 2021 at 1:15 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 6:10 PM
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - One day after a shooting at the home of a New Hanover County sheriffâs deputy, WECT is learning new details about what led to the incident. Neighbors say the deputy who fired the weapon is a mother of three, who was off-duty at home with her kids when a neighbor ran to her for help.
Covid-19 numbers continue to track a downward trend on infections as vaccinations rise. (Port City Daily/File)
SOUTHEASTERN NC As vaccinations continue to rise, N.C. continues its downward streak of new cases weekly, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Though Saturday, Feb. 20, had more than 3,400 cases in one day 685 were accounted for from numbers at the end of December today the dashboard is reporting 2,500 cases. It’s a vast decline from Feb. 3’s last major spike of more than 12,000 new cases in one day.
Positive tests rose a little this week to 7.1%. positivity test rate, with 840,096 people in the state reported as contracting Covid-19 since March 2020 up by 21,372 since last week.
This year, dozens of mothers who wouldn’t otherwise have had access to a doula will receive personalized, hands-on help from doulas and other community health workers before, during, and after their babies are born.
That’s thanks to NHRMC’s Community Health Worker-Doula Program, which officially began in January. The program, funded by a two-year grant, connects pregnant mothers to a community health worker and doulas who will help educate and serve as a support system for the moms during their pregnancies and for up to a year after they give birth.
The program will primarily serve Black mothers in New Hanover, Pender, and Columbus counties, whose babies die more often than do babies born to white or Hispanic mothers. If a Black baby is born underweight which is more likely to happen to Black infants than it is to white infants that baby is almost four times more likely to die.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — After receiving only 300 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine designated for first shots this week, New Hanover County will receive a boost from…