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Driver charged in fatal crash
By Corey Friedman
Times Online Editor
State troopers filed criminal
charges against a man accused of drunken driving in
a head-on crash that killed a
Wilson County woman and
her 3-year-old son.
Stacey Lee Deans, 25, of
10827 Camp
Charles Road
outside Bailey,
was charged late
Tuesday with two
counts of felony
death by vehicle
Deans
and one count
of driving while
impaired, according to 1st Sgt.
M.S. Jones of the N.C. Highold Lashunaqa Cooper and
way Patrol.
her son, 3-year-old Jiquel
Deans veered into oncomCopeland, both of 521 Bahma
ing traffic and crashed his
Circle in Elm City. Cooper
2001 GMC pickup truck into a had just finished her first day
1991 Honda sedan on Church of work at Domino’s Pizza in
Street/U.S. 301 Business south Sharpsburg and picked up
of Rocky Mount Monday
her son, and she was on her
night, state troopers said.
The impact killed 21-yearSee CHARGES, Page 2A
A Second Amendment
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Hospital, health
dept team up over
health concerns
By Olivia Neeley
Times Staff Writer
The Wilson County Health Department and Wilson Medical Center have
joined forces to tackle health concerns
and problems in the community. In the
past, the state required health departments to conduct a Community Health
Assessment every four years in the
form of a survey, which aims to provide
the foundation to improve and promote
healthy living in the communities. The
assessment is also required as part of
local health department’s accreditation
See HEALTH, Page 2A
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Gun Rights Amendment seeks to expand concealed rights, block confiscation
By Corey Friedman
Times Online Editor
It’s an amendment inspired
by the Second Amendment.
State lawmakers want to
expand concealed-carry rights
and cement their support for
lawful gun ownership in the
North Carolina Constitution.
Rep. Jeff Collins is a co-sponsor of House Bill 246, which
would place the Gun Rights
Amendment on the November
2014 general election ballot.
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“I get multiple emails every
day on Second
Amendment
rights from people
who are very
concerned that
Collins
someone in government — usually the federal government
— is trying to take those rights
away,” said Collins, a Rocky
Mount Republican. “It’s probably the most-addressed issue
that I hear from constituents.”
LOCAL ROBBERY: Wilson police seek
suspect in Burger King robbery.
The National
Rifle Association
and other influential groups have
bristled at gun
control regulations President
Speciale
Barack Obama is
pushing, including bans on assault rifles and
high-capacity ammunition
magazines and expanded federal background checks.
Some fear those regulations
are a precursor to outright
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bans on gun ownership, which
the president and gun control
proponents deny. The amendment seeks to block such a
sweeping government gun
grab.
“In accordance with the Second Amendment to the United
States Constitution and this
section, the state shall never
engage in a general confiscation of the weapons of its citizens and shall never cooperate
See AMENDMENT, Page 9A