Hello! Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up in the Mid-Atlantic, covering North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to 919-510-8937, 202-641-9660, 410-837-8315, 804-643-6646 or metro@ap.org. AP-Mid-Atlantic News Editor Steve McMillan can be reached at 804-643-6646 or smcmillan@ap.org.
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TODAY’S TOP STORIES
NORTH CAROLINA
IN BRIEF:
- SECURITY GUARD SHOT- Police in North Carolina say a security guard was shot and seriously injured during an armed robbery.
- EMBEZZLEMENT-CHURCH SOLD- Authorities in North Carolina say a man embezzled more than $100,00 from a church and then sold it even though he didn’t have the legal rights to do so.
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VIRGINIA
IN BRIEF:
- FATALLY BEATEN CHILD- U.S. marshals have arrested a Virginia man charged with felony homicide in the death of his 4-year-old son. News outlets report Hank L. Smith Jr. was caught Friday in Harrisonburg.
- NEW PARKS DIRECTOR- Virginia is set to get its first ever female director of its state parks service.
- STATE FAIR SCHOLARSHIPS- Children who exhibited livestock in the 2019 State Fair of Virginia 4-H and FFA youth livestock program are eligible to apply for 12 scholarships offered by the State Fair.
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MARYLAND/DELAWARE
CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTERS
Struggling watermen in Maryland say oyster sanctuaries haven’t worked and a new law that permanently protects five oyster sanctuaries around the Chesapeake Bay will hit them hard economically. They want Maryland to let them harvest oysters on a rotational basis every few years, a method now permitted in neighboring Virginia. By Brian Witte.
IN BRIEF:
- CARJACKING SUSPECT SHOT- Protesters rallied outside the Delaware attorney general’s offices to demand an investigation into the February shooting and wounding of an unarmed teen carjacking suspect.
- STORAGE FACILITY BURGLARIES- Authorities in Maryland are searching for a man they say robbed 47 storage units in about an hour.
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