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Regional Briefs: Work on I-40 in Davie may disrupt some traffic
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Published: August 4, 2008
Construction on two stretches of Interstate 40 in Davie County could affect traffic this week, officials with the N.C. Department of Transportation said.
The right lane will be closed on a five-mile section of eastbound I-40 near Mocksville so that contractors can install rumble strips on the outside shoulder.
One lane of westbound traffic will be closed along a five-mile stretch of I-40 near Bermuda Run so that contractors can pave both travel lanes and shoulders. Motorists should stay alert for trucks pulling in and out of traffic, DOT officials said.
Closures are expected to stay in place until noon Friday
2 Gaston County teens held in death of off-duty deputy
GASTONIA -- Two Gaston County teenagers have been arrested and charged with killing an off-duty sheriff's deputy from Mississippi in what police said appears to be an attempted robbery.
Investigators say that 49-year-old Frederick Gaston III of Pascagoula, Miss., was shot in the chest outside a motel. He was pronounced dead at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Gastonia Police said that Gaston was on his way to Virginia for two weeks of Air Force Reserve duty.
Gaston was a deputy for the Jackson County Sheriff's Office in Mississippi.
Charged with first-degree murder are 16-year-old Rakcam Jamall Fleming of Gastonia and 17-year-old Tommy Dean Barnette of Bessemer City. Barnette is also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
SBI investigates shooting of man wanted in crimes
ROUGEMONT -- State authorities are handling the investigation of the shooting death of a man suspected in a series of home break-ins.
The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting Saturday afternoon of Christopher Dean Trivet, 32, of Roxboro. Orange Sheriff's Lt. Maria McPherson said that Saturday's shooting involved an officer.
Person County authorities said that Trivett was the subject of a manhunt after home break-ins, two attempted sexual assaults and two attempted slayings that occurred Thursday night and Friday in that county.
Chimney Rock Park fire 95% checked, official says
ASHEVILLE -- Authorities said yesterday that a wildfire that burned about 250 acres of private and state parkland in Chimney Rock Park is 95 percent contained.
Gorges State Park superintendent Steve Pagano says crews continue mop-up work and back-burning. Lightning started the fire Tuesday.
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