A police dog bit a man suspected of robbing a convenience store as the man was being apprehended by Winston-Salem police Saturday night.
Nicholas Dwayne McKey, who has no permanent address, was charged with one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Police said that a man entered the Fairway One Stop on Broad Street with a gun shortly before 9. He demanded money, took several items from the store and ran away.
Police surrounded the area and conducted a search.
McKey was found in kudzu in the 500 block of Wachovia Street. He refused to comply with police commands and was bitten by a police dog, officers said.
McKey was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and treated for minor injuries.
He was still being held in the Forsyth County jail last night with bond was set at $60,000.
Elkin woman dies after dive
ELKIN -- An Elkin woman died at a Florida hospital Friday, after she had trouble while on a commercial dive, WGHP/FOX8 reported.
Johnsie Hudspeth, 59, was diving offshore from Key Largo, Fla., on a commercial dive trip when she surfaced indicating she was in distress, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said.
Hudspeth was rushed to shore, where she was conscious and breathing, but she later died at a local hospital.
An autopsy is scheduled to determine the cause of death.
Services for Hudspeth will be at Hodges Funeral Home in Elkin.
Woman gives birth in car
LINCOLNTON -- An N.C. woman gave birth in the front seat of her car on the way to the hospital.
Gricel Mateo of Lincolnton gave birth about two hours after contractions woke her early Thursday.
The mother of a 15-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter said she was in no rush to get to the hospital, until it was too late.
Mateo said that her boyfriend, Antonio Paulino, was parked at a stop sign and dialing 911 when her third child was born.
They then got a police escort to the hospital.
Jaydie Paulino was 5 pounds 12 ounces, and 201/2 inches long. The mother and daughter were doing well.
Jaydie was born four days before her expected due date.
Activists try to stop TVA discharge
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Environmental activists are trying to block the Tennessee Valley Authority from starting to dump 1 million gallons of mercury, selenium and other chemicals a day from its Kingston Plant into the same river where coal ash was spilled in December.
Representatives of Earthjustice and other groups told reporters Thursday that they are challenging a Clean Water Act permit issued by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
The groups said that technology is available to avoid the potentially toxic discharges.
The discharges stem from new smokestack scrubbers for air emissions at the plant where TVA is still engaged in a $1 billion ash spill cleanup.
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