Today's News

GREENSBORO—North Brunswick High School senior Jamelle Batts finished second in the long jump at the NCHSAA Class 2A state track and field meet Saturday at North Carolina A&T State University.

Batts jumped 44 feet, 9 inches. The winning mark at 45-10.

“I was winning the whole time,” Batts said, “and the guy who got first place had never jumped 44 feet in his life—and he popped a 45-10.”

District Attorney Jon David is re-examining evidence and information surrounding the October 1999 death of Bald Head Island police officer Davina Jones.

Jones died October 22, 1999, from a single gunshot to the back of her head while on duty.

Former District Attorney Rex Gore, in conjunction with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation, determined Jones died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Gore subsequently ruled Jones’ death a suicide.

RALEIGH—District Attorney Jon David has fired back.

Thursday morning in Raleigh, David filed a petition in the North Carolina Court of Appeals appealing an April 15 administrative order issued by Chief District Judge Jerry Jolly.

Dick Ellis, spokesperson for the N.C. Court of Appeals, said the petition appealed Jolly’s administrative order, which, among other things, ordered a stay on a fledging traffic court program started by David.