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Union crime trends impossible to track

Sheriff blames flawed computer system for confusion in 2002-'06, says 2007 stats are OK.

Whether crime is up or down in most of Union County is impossible to know because of a flawed computer program that tallied crime between 2002 and 2006, Sheriff Eddie Cathey says.

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  • Swim league is fine sport

    Kids enjoy recreational league for summer fun or to prepare for more serious competition.

    Ashley Baum plans to start swimming competitively this fall with the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club in south Charlotte. To prepare, the Marvin-area 9-year-old is on another swim team this summer – the Hunter Oaks Water Jets.

  • Builder enlists water experts

    Developer of The Woods is running tests to try to prove that proposed private treatment plant will be just as safe as other area sources.

    Developers, seeking to prove water from a plant they propose to build in The Woods development would be safe, are comparing water from a similar plant to water from local sources.

  • Union crime trends impossible to track

    Sheriff blames flawed computer system for confusion in 2002-'06, says 2007 stats are OK.

    Whether crime is up or down in most of Union County is impossible to know because of a flawed computer program that tallied crime between 2002 and 2006, Sheriff Eddie Cathey says.

  • Book tells of WWII POW camp in Union

    Hundreds of captured Germans lived at Camp Sutton in Monroe.

    Middle-aged strangers sometimes stopped Robert Billinger at odd times and places in 1969 and 1970, when he was a Fulbright Scholar in Austria.

  • Union News

    A bill that could jeopardize Marvin's annexation effort passed the N.C. House Wednesday night. House Bill 2367 would install a moratorium on involuntary annexations effective between July 31 and April 30, 2009.

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Cliff Harrington

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Drivers, we can improve traffic on our own

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