Whisnant Awarded WPCC Alumnus of the Year
A Morganton Public Safety
Captain has been named the Western Piedmont
Community College Alumnus
of the Year. Jason Whisnant was given the
2020 award that provides
recognition for exceptional achievement by former
students of WPCC.
Whisnant received an Associate of Applied Science in
Criminal Justice from the
college while working full-time. He
completed a B.S.in
Human Services from
Gardner-Webb and an M.S. in Mental Health Counseling
and Ed.S from G-W.
Whisnant also serves on the Burke Substance Abuse
Network committee and
Morganton Human Relations Commission along with
other volunteer work.
Booze It & Lose It
Campaign
You are reminded to never
drive if impaired. That is the message of the
Governor’s Highway Safety
Program’s 4th of July Boose It & Lose it campaign,
dubbed ‘Operation
Firecracker’. The campaign, which runs through July 4th,
aims to prevent
alcohol-related crashes by targeting impaired drivers. Law
enforcement agencies in
all 100 counties will conduct sobriety checkpoints.
Drug and Firearm
Charges
A Hickory man faces drug
and firearm charges. Search warrants were
executed Saturday at
residential properties on 28th Street NE in Hickory,
where investigators
seized 241 grams of meth and 5 firearms. 40-year-old
Bobby Postel Bumgarner
was arrested and received a secured bond of
$170,000. The Catawba
County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the case
by the Catawba Special
Tactics and Response Team, along with the Hickory
and Long View Police
Departments.
Convicted Felon Faces Gun
Charge
A convicted felon in
McDowell County is found to be in possession of
a stolen gun. A Morgan
Road resident reported to the Sheriff’s Office on
February 23rd that
someone broke into his home and stole property,
including a German
revolver. An investigation led to 57-year-old William
Ray Riddle of California
Avenue, Marion, who was reportedly in possession
of the firearm and had
sold it.
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