➤ Brunswick County: Superintendent Dale Cole says the county’s school system will pilot the OPENGATE weapons detection system, which allows students to walk through two stand-alone pillars without taking off their backpacks. (More)
➤ Raleigh: A new pilot program is launching downtown Friday that offers free parking for up to two hours and once per weekday at five city-owned parking decks. (Find Out Where)
➤ Charlotte: Insurance magnate Greg E. Lindberg, previously of Durham, pleaded guilty Tuesday to what prosecutors call a $2 billion scheme to defraud insurance regulators and policyholders, among others. (See Details)
➤ Swannona: Buncombe County deputies are looking for a thief who stole a large food trailer owned by a business named Deli Volv. The trailer contains $100,000 worth of equipment. (See Details)
➤ Mecklenburg County: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has three all-electric school buses on the road this school year, and it plans to add 27 more in 2025-26. (More)
➤ Wilmington: The Wilmington 1898 Museum for Healing, Education, and Democracy commemorating the 1898 Wilmington insurrection will be built in the Brooklyn Arts District and is expected to open in spring 2028. (More)
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