Saturday, Jul. 5, 2008
FROM THE JOURNAL GAZETTE

RALEIGH, N.C. – Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.

FROM THE NEWS-SENTINEL

A 27-year-old man whose report of an armed robbery prompted more than 20 police officers to scour a wooded area in the northern part of the county for gunmen earlier this week has made similar calls to police before – albeit getting response on a smaller scale.