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  • Alan Dreher

    Not quite six years ago, Alan Dreher was staying in a downtown Atlanta hotel while interviewing for the assistant police chief's job.

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    Jerry Sennett clasped his knee as a woman described being robbed at gunpoint. Behind her: more than 100 others with similar stories and frustrations about the rising crime in Charlotte.

  • Rodney Monroe

    Richmond, Va., police Chief Rodney Monroe came up through the Washington, D.C., police force in the 1980s and '90s, a time when the city struggled with record violent crime. Homicides there peaked at 472 in 1990.

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A gift with meaning? Try flowers. Really.

Flowers. That's the go-to gift for Mother's Day, the one thing that you don't have to worry about being the wrong size or violating the diet or making her glare at you across the table when you thought she needed a new skillet.


Rick Thames | Editor

Rick Thames | Editor

Rick Thames: We're under construction

You won't really see tall cranes over our building right now. But we are in the midst of a remodeling project to update the look and feel of your newspaper, as well as add some great new features.

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