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📅 Tuesday, September 2, 2025
🕙 Your mid-morning briefing from Dave Andrews in the WSPC newsroom
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🗑️ Holiday Schedule Changes
Labor Day Closures & Trash Pickup
- Federal, state, and local offices were closed yesterday for Labor Day.
- Albemarle officials say garbage and recycling collection will run one day behind all week:
- Monday’s route → today (Tuesday)
- Tuesday’s route → Wednesday
- Continues through Saturday
🏛️ Local Government Meetings Tonight
Stanly County Commissioners – 5:30 PM work session, 6:00 PM regular meeting at Stanly Commons
- Senior Services Director Pamela Sullivan will present on a capital grant
- Public hearing on program resolution
- Budget amendment for McCoy’s Creek water main replacement
- NC DEQ grant resolution
- Consent agenda includes Locust fireworks request and budget ammendment items
Albemarle City Council – 6:30 PM at City Hall
- Regular monthly meeting in Council Chambers, 144 North Second Street
Stanly County Board of Education – 6:15 PM at Central Elementary
- Stanly Stars recognitions and Fulbright Teacher Exchange Award
- “Go Global NC” presentation
- Closed and open sessions with public comments
- Transportation update from Mike Lambert
- Committee reports and review of Baden Boiler bid
Norwood Town Council – 7:00 PM at Norwood Town Hall
- Public hearings on residential carports and nonconforming structures
- Appointments to Parks & Rec, Tree Board, and Facade Grant Committee
- Budget amendment for police K9 program donation
- Resolution for sewer replacement loan/grant application
- AIA sewer system grant application
Stanly County Airport Authority – Meeting moved from tonight to Wednesday, Sept. 3, 5:00 PM
Stanly County Consolidated Human Services Board – Thursday, Sept. 4, 6:00 PM, Commons Auditorium
🚔 Police Update
Locust Police Department – July Report
- 316 total calls, 413 traffic stops, 3,210 neighborhood checks
- 20 arrests, 48 arrest charges, 134 citations, 327 warnings, 23 crashes
📊 Year-to-Year Trends (6 months)
- Dispatch calls: ⬆️ 15%
- Property crime & fraud: ⬇️ 34%
- Assault calls: ⬆️ 25%
- Traffic stops: ⬆️ 20%
- Citations: ⬇️ 15%
- Warnings: ⬆️ 40%
- Arrests: ⬆️ 21%
- DWI stops: ⬆️ 11.8% (17 → 19)
- Crashes: ⬆️ 26.6% (64 → 81)
- Parking lot crashes: ⬆️ 46% (37 → 54)
🏅 Officer of the Month – SRO Daniel K. Longtin
- Organized Junior Detective Summer Camp
- Represented Locust PD at the NC SRO Conference, finishing 2nd in the 5K
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