The Dispatch
The Flame of Hope, which is the symbol of Special Olympics, was back in Davidson County and like almost everything affected by the pandemic, it was different this time.
After missing the annual North Carolina Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run last year, organizers in Davidson County decided to move the event into the evening and make it a glow run, with participants wearing glow stick necklaces.
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Detective Jeremy Parks with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office coordinates the local torch run each year. He suggested holding the event in the evening as a “glow run” to bring more awareness.
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Dozens charged, vehicles seized in crackdown on Charlotte street racing
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Authorities in North Carolina have charged more than 50 people and seized 60 vehicles as part of a crackdown on illegal street racing.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the charges and seizures were made Thursday in a multiagency effort that included the North Carolina Highway Patrol and municipal and county law enforcement agencies throughout the Charlotte area.
Warrants for the charge of prearranged racing were issued following a grand jury indictment naming 54 suspects.
The crackdown was launched last year after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police received several complaints in October about aggressive driving and street racing, particularly around the area of Interstate 485 and Prosperity Church Road.