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An 18-year-old Tallahassee resident charged with murder elicited gasps from a courtroom Friday during his bond hearing. Khalil Pugh, who was charged with felony murder, malice murder and vehicular homicide, flipped his middle fingers at the judge, according to WCTV, when his bond was revoked. Pugh allegedly crashed a silver sedan into a Thomasville, Georgia Walmart last Wednesday. According to a Thomasville Police Department report, the crash injured pedestrians at the retail store and killed Kenneth Kennedy, 66, of Monticello, Florida.

North Carolina Democrat Cal Cunningham's family business repeatedly ranked among the state's top polluters. The candidate now presents himself as an environmental champion in his bid to unseat Republican senator Thom Tillis (N.C.). Cunningham was a shareholder in the now-defunct Cunningham Brick Company as recently as 2015, court documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. According to emissions reports filed with the North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, the company released at least 1,700 tons of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, and other harmful substances between 1993 and 2011, making it a major polluter in the...

THOMASVILLE, Ga. -- The Thomasville narcotics division director found himself on the other side of the law following a DUI arrest Sunday night. Commander Kevin Lee is a 20 year law enforcement veteran. He was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and failure to maintain lanes. The Thomas County Sheriffs Office says Lee has been placed on suspension without pay while they determine what action will be taken.

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Furniture Brands International Inc. is giving further details of its planned closing of its Thomasville Furniture Industries' plants in Davidson County and sister plants in western North Carolina, resulting in the elimination of more than 1,200 jobs in the state this year. The Thomasville Furniture layoffs will now exceed 600 workers, the company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday. As part of those layoffs, the company is shutting down its 373,000-square-foot Plant A in downtown Thomasville. The company will also close its wood preparation...

Security guards protecting union opponent By J.D. Walker -- Staff Writer, The Courier-Tribune Posted: 03/15/05 - 10:20:19 pm CST HIGH POINT - A Thomasville man is under 24-hour security detail after allegedly being threatening because of his opposition to union activity at his workplace. Jeff Ward filed a complaint against the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at Thomas Built Buses after a card-check petition verified in March 2004 established the union as the sole representative for employees there. The Thomas Built plant is located half in Guilford and half in Randolph counties. Ward filed his complaint with the help of...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. THOMASVILLE, N.C. -- Thomasville Furniture Industries will cut 200 jobs in the next two to three months as it continues to suffer under competition from imports, the company says. The layoffs announced Monday will affect four of the company's wood-furniture plants and nine plants that support the wood manufacturing operations, said Rick Millen, director of human resources. One of the main wood plants is in Caldwell County; the rest are in the Thomasville area. "We are not closing a plant," Millen said. "And we have no plans to close another plant....