| Durham Man Charged in Avalon Nightclub Slaying
A Durham man faces a murder charge in a shooting outside a Chapel Hill nightclub last year, though authorities believe someone else pulled the trigger, police said Thursday. Chapel Hill police said they had picked up Willie James Mayo, Jr., 28, of 910 Cartman St. in Durham, with help from the Durham County Sheriff's Office. They charged Mayo with first-degree murder and accessory after the fact in the shooting of Kedrain Monta Swann of Chapel Hill. Mayo was being held without bail in the Orange County Jail. Swann was shot 12 times with a high-powered rifle outside Club Avalon on July 29, 2006, after an altercation inside the club, police said. He died at a local hospital. Town officials later forced the nightclub to close, citing a "grave safety risk" to nearby residents.
3rd man charged in nightclub death
CHAPEL HILL -- Police have arrested a third and final suspect in the slaying of a man outside of a nightclub last year.
Montaray Self, 21, was charged Tuesday with being an accessory.
Chapel Hill police have already charged Christopher Shipley with first-degree murder. He is accused of gunning down Kedrain Swann on July 29, 2006 outside the Avalon nightclub.
Last week, police charged Willie Mayo Jr. with first-degree murder. They say he drove the car while Shipley shot the victim. .
2 indicted in fatal shooting
Two men accused in a fatal shooting on I-220 in Ridgeland earlier this year have been indicted by a Madison County grand jury. Charges were reduced for one of the men - from murder to accessory after the fact - because evidence suggested he was not the shooter. Anthony Brunson, 27, and Jeremiah Payton, 24, are being held without bond at the Madison County Detention Center. The two Jackson men have been held at the jail since their arrests shortly after the death of 22-year-old Angela Harden, who was fatally shot while driving home from a Jackson nightclub in March. Both were previously held on $1.75 million bonds on suspicion of murder until a grand jury could review the case. The grand jury indicted Brunson on one count of accessory after the fact, while Payton faces one count of murder and three counts of aggravated assault.
Kerry Trueman: I'm Not A Plastic Bag -- But I'm Wrapped In One
Eco-entrepreneurs would have us believe we can buy our way out of this crisis we've caused with our excess consumption. My friend Tom calls it the "My third car is a Prius" phenomenon. Manufacturers of every conceivable consumer good have given their products a green patina to appeal to that affluent sub-species known by the advertising acronym LOHAS, as in Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. Your typical LOHAS is well-educated and well-heeled, and would be manna to Madison Avenue, if only the LOHAS mantra weren't "reduce, reuse, and recycle." But these devotees of doing with less are more likely to be disciples of the Church of Stop Shopping than Am-Ex-carrying members of the Put It On My Card club. We've got Reverend Billy's sermon to "step away from the merchandise" ringing in our ears; we can't hear the siren song of buy, buy, buy.
Fishing | Ocean salmon still the hot item
Salmon fishing off the coast remains the top choice, and the pinks have finally arrived in Puget Sound, although not in huge numbers yet. "We had weather issues that slowed down fishing coast-wide this past week, but it picked up again this week," said Wendy Beeghly, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist. "Ilwaco saw a 1.5-fish-per-person average this past week, and [Monday] we saw some charter boats back with limits fairly quick. They are mostly coho averaging 7 to 8 pounds." Salmon fishing has been so good at Ilwaco that state Fish and Wildlife has decided to close the ocean fishery at Ilwaco after Saturday. Fishing in the ocean could re-open around Labor Day. At Westport, anglers averaged 1.2 fish per rod, but catches have been up and down. It is mostly a coho show with just a few chinook appearing.
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