What’s been in the news of late?

From the WLOSer news we’ve managed to catch over the past couple of days:

Asheville police shot and killed a dog after an animal control officer, there to catch the reportedly aggressive beast, got tangled in the dog’s chain and the dog went after her.

An Asheville man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after he tried to set a woman’s house on fire.

A former DMV office employee in Marion has been charged with embezzling more than $100,000. The office was closed last year, but charges have just now been filed.

An Asheville man was killed on Tunnel Road Sunday night about 11 p.m. after the bike he was riding was hit by an SUV.

Macon County’s new $4 million library, which has a giant fireplace and offers wireless internet, has a leaky roof and floods when it rains a lot. They’re fixing the problems.

Mike Cuevas is back weather-guessing after a two-week vacation.

Who will replace Bob Caldwell when he retires this month? Guess WLOSers are still looking for a new weather soothsayer.

Cherub Charu said a pastor at Anchor Baptist Church in Transylvania County was arrested by Greenville, S.C., police and charged with sexually abusing under-age girls at something called the Tabernacle Children’s Home back in the late ’70s or early ’80s.

One soldier from Candler serving in Iraq, Michael Hensley, has been charged with homicide while another soldier arrested awhile back in McDowell County, Stephen Green, will face the death penalty on charges that he killed an Iraqi family and raped a 14-year-old girl.

Apple growers like Heath Shuler.

Jackson County might get a new library.

The old Dayco plant is still being demolished to make way for a Wal-Mart.

Finally,
Have you ever noticed the WLOSers’ so-called “Urban News” section? It’s right here.

It’s all black athletes, actors and rappers. So why use the code word “urban” when they just mean “black”? The stuff should be sports or entertainment, NOT URBAN. Sheesh.