Bostic, North Carolina

• Scholarship honors WLOS photojournalist
  

  John Billingsley's work in photojournalism was far from finished. His friends, family and coworkers hope a new scholarship will help many others continue his work.

• College kudos
  

  The following students from Western North Carolina are among those who named to dean's lists and other academic honors at schools, colleges and universities outside of WNC: Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C.: Kathleen Ann Ball and Robert Ashley Stubbs, of Asheville.

• Sheriff's office wraps up designer drug investigation
  

  A Bostic man was arrested as a result of an investigation into a designer drug operation, Iredell County Sheriff Phil Redmond said Friday.

• Universities defending public education
  

  Students can sign a petition SGA is passing aroung to help fight the tuition increase.

• In historic first, Sarkozy visits Haiti
  

  A A Feb. 17: French president Nicolas Sarkozy tours earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince with Haitian President Rene Preval.

• Some believe Carolina site Lincolna s birthplace
  

  GETTING THERE: Bostic Lincoln Center, 112 Depot St., Bostic. From Charlotte, take Interstate 85 South to U.S. 74 ; take U.S. 74 Bypass West.

• Retired owner fights to save jobs
  

  INDIAN TRAIL A retiree wants to save local jobs, even if it means going back to work.

• 1927 Ford Model T Coupe - Flat-T
  

  What's important in this photograph is the tire relationship to the body. If you're building a channeled fenderless car, the height of the rear tire in relation to the body is critical.

• The real Lincoln birthplace?
  

  Note to aspiring saints and office-holders: You'll know you've achieved "legendary" status when whispered tales are attached to your life story with question marks.

• Volunteers heading to help Haiti orphanage
  

  Volunteers will soon be on the way to the 126 Haitian children living in an orphanage in Jeremie.

• Robbery doesn't make much cents
  

  This story is too, too, too much. Authorities say two suspects face two felony charges each after robbing an elderly man of $2 in change.

• Word from Haiti: Orphanage supported by area churches in need of funds
  

  Food and fuel supplies continue to be scarce at the orphanage in Jeremie, Haiti, but the Haitian woman taking care of the children will not turn anyone away.

• Morris says he's indigent; accused of killing wife, man declares he can't afford an attorney
  

  OXFORD a ' Scott Morris on Wednesday declared himself indigent in Granville County Superior Court, meaning he is claiming he is financially unable to pay an attorney to defend him in the case of the alleged slaying of his wife, Kelly Currin Morris.

• Inkers bring the art
  

  Scott Russell shades flowers on the back of a customer at Double Deuce Tattoo and Gallery, which opened two months ago on North Harrison Avenue in Cary.

• Two reported dead in Rutherford house fire
  

  Two people died overnight in a house fire near Ellenboro, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department reported.

• The Second Hudson Miracle
  

  On top of an FDNY rescue boat, Ben Bostic and Laura Zych revisit the fateful occasion that brought them together.

• Authorities say suspect's name turns up on pawn tickets
  

  Investigators say it wasn't difficult to pin a residential break-in on a trio after finding one of their names on pawn tickets.

• The story behind Asheville's 'Energy Loop' sculpture
  

  You've probably seen the large undulating steel sculpture which appeared this summer on South College Street across from the Buncombe Count Courthouse, and you may know it's called "Energy Loop." You may even remember there was some controversy a few years ago when the Pack Square Conservancy decided it didn't belong in the new Pack Square Park.

• The Carolinas | Woman, 32, dies after shooting
  

  Fort Bragg is sending four civilian fire fighters to Puerto Rico to help fight an explosion at a petroleum plant near an Army installation there.

City Description

Bostic is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 328 at the 2000 census. Bostic is located at 35°21′44″N 81°50′4″W / 35.36222°N 81.83444°W / 35.36222; -81.83444 (35.362345, -81.834370). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 328 people, 136 households, and 93 families residing in the town. The population density was 377.6 people per square mile (145.6/km²). There were 153 housing units at an average density of 176.2/sq mi (67.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 92.99% White, 4.27% African American, 1.22% Asian, 0.30% from other races, and 1.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.30% of the population. There were 136 households out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Rutherford County
• North Carolina

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 2.3309892993 km squared

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