RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators are poised this week to approve criminal justice measures designed to toughen bail rules, restrict magistrates’ powers and evaluate offenders’ mental health after the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train. The bill also could help get the death penalty carried out again in the ninthlargest U.S. state.

In 1789, Congress passed the Judiciary Act, which provided for the Supreme Court and the office of attorney general.

Jeremy Whiteshirt, 27, of Clinton, was arrested after an alleged argument escalated to an assault at the Relax Inn.

Smoother surface

Tyler White adjusts one of the hoses used to pave fresh asphalt onto U.S. Highway 183 Monday afternoon, just south of town. 

An Elk City man lost his life Monday afternoon as the result of a single-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 40 at the 48 mile marker in Washita County.

Clinton High School Key Club President Idalia Pelayo shows off several of the Custer County Conflict Food Drive collection buckets CDN | Micah Ashcraft

With Clinton High School and Weatherford High School set to battle on the football field this Friday evening, both schools have brought back the Custer County Conflict Food Drive.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest railroad union joined the list of companies endorsing Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern Monday after securing promises to protect jobs, but other unions and chemical makers that rely on the railroads are still expressing concerns about the deal.

Fair winners

Dustin Moore, left, and Tinley Moore after winning grand champion market lamb and grand champion ewe, respectively, at the Custer County Free Fair. 

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