Update: Cedar Ridge High Principal, SRO Knew About Shooting Threat, Failed to Report It
“This failure on our part is unconscionable,” says Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood.
For Orange County Sheriff, the INDY Endorses Charles Blackwood
Charles Blackwood began his career with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in 1980 and has led the agency since 2014. He’s also a member of the 15B Judicial District’s Racial Justice Task Force and a recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Like other law enforcement leaders in the Triangle since the 2016…
Tony White—Orange County Sheriff
Name as it appears on the ballot: Tony White Campaign website: www.tonywhiteforsheriff.com Phone number: 919-880-8680 Email: [email protected] Years lived in Orange County: 46 1. In your view, what are the three most pressing issues facing the Orange County Sheriff’s Office? If elected, what will you do to address these issues? Issue one: The turnover rate…
Early voting for second primary starts July 3
Just 64 votes separated Charles Blackwood and David Caldwell Jr., the top two finishers in the Democratic primary for Orange County Sheriff. There were six candidates, and since neither Blackwell nor Caldwell received 40 percent of the vote (Blackwood got 30.37 percent to Caldwell’s 29.96 percent), they will, figuratively speaking, duel it out in a…
Jacobs savors his victory in Orange as McKee, Pendergrass, Piscitelli, Medenblik, Stephens and Coffey also win races
HILLSBOROUGH — “You killed him, it’s an official landslide,” Barry Jacobs supporter Paul Falduto related, peering over a laptop and a burrito to announce that the incumbent had fended off challenger Joe Phelps for the Orange County Commissioners at-large seat. Jacobs, who earned 53 percent compared to Phelps’s 32 percent, was stationed at Pacific Rim…
Hillsborough taps Trimmer to lead police, for now
Hillsborough Police Lt. Davis Trimmer will serve as interim chief of the department beginning April 2, replacing current top cop Clarence Birkhead who is stepping down to amp up his run for county sheriff. Trimmer, a commander of the Criminal Investigations Unit, joined the department four years ago after 13 years as an officer at…