After nearly two decades in prison, Rae Carruth is about to be a free man.
As for his immediate future, he's planning to get into a car and leave North Carolina. Carruth's lead defense attorney, David Rudolf, spoke to WCNC by phone just a few weeks after he last spoke with Carruth.
"I can't get into exactly where he's going to be – won't be a halfway house," Rudolf said. "He wants to start over someplace other than [North Carolina]."
Up in the mountains, officials canceled the Woolly Worm Festival Sunday after strong winds blew through last night.
The cold and windy temperatures moving in caught several vendors at the Woolly Worm Festival in Banner Elk off guard.
The high winds blew over several tents and damaged vendor items. A festival volunteer said this is the first time in 41 years the festival has shut down for a day, even through snow and rain.
Lottery fever is burning through the USA as people scramble to buy tickets for the big bucks of a lifetime – a record-breaking $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
Scores of potential one-percenters have been lining up at mini-marts and convenience stores in the past week to test their luck at guessing the winning six-number combination for the prize that seems to balloon after every "no winner" announcement.
4. President Trump coming to Charlotte Friday
President Trump will be in Charlotte for a campaign rally on Friday, October 26.
The rally at Bojangles Coliseum on East Independence Boulevard will be free. Individuals can register up to two tickets per mobile number in advance while tickets remain.
Doors to the event open at 4 p.m.
Mr. Trump has not announced specific details about the rally.
Ships that washed ashore on Dog Island during the 1899 Carrabelle Hurricane were unearthed completely by Hurricane Michael's vicious storm surge last week.
It’s unclear which of the 15 ships, or how many, that grounded on the Franklin County barrier island during the storm 119 years ago were unearthed.
