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- Bernard Madoff's sons say: we're victims too
Andrew and Mark Madoff seek to have lawsuit against them thrown out, claiming they lost a legitimate business due to their father's fraud The two sons of fraudster Bernard Madoff have urged a judge to throw out millions of dollars in financial claims against them on the grounds that they are victims of their father's crimes, just like all his ...
- Judge orders man forcibly medicated
A judge has ordered the involuntary medication of a Jay man indicted on a federal charge of possessing firearms after having been committed to a mental institution.
- 300 Jobs Gone
Dix CEO Dr. James Osberg says he hopes to find jobs for workers who will be laid off.
- Creedmoor Apartment Fire Damages 8 Units
A fire at Granville Oaks Apartments has damaged at least eight units, an apartment complex leasing agent said Thursday.
- Wife questions why corrections officer not charged in husband's death
The wife of a man fatally shot by a federal corrections officer outside a Butner restaurant in December expressed bitterness Thursday over the fact that authorities don't plan to charge his killer.
- Asheville City Council: Same-sex RX
By this time next year, the city of Asheville may provide health-insurance benefits for the same-sex partners of city employees, a step many champion as a move toward greater equality for the city's gay and lesbian workers.
- Ethanol firm officials sentenced on bribery charges
Two owners of an ethanol production company, including a former mayor of Wake Forest, were sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in federal prison for bribery.
- Legal Briefs - Former cop sentenced in child porn case
The 45-year-old owner of a private police force who used to be a New York city cop was sentenced today to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to producing child pornography - basically a sex tape with his 17-year-old girlfriend.
- Keller makes great music while supporting community
Oklahoma native Marc Keller may not have been born in Asheville, but within the local music scene he's as much a fixture as one could hope to find.
- Prosecutors ask to close case on museum shooter
Prosecutors have asked a court to officially close the case of a man accused of fatally shooting a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
- Joshua's 8-day plight: Readers weigh in
I read with both interest and sadness the article on the lack of available care for Joshua Stewart .
- Mom camps out to get spot in mental ward for son
Salima Mabry watched over her son Tuesday as he slept awkwardly in the chair where he had spent eight days waiting for a bed in a state mental hospital.
- Stay Online Buys Warehouse in Butner
Stay Online, a data and power product manufacturer, purchased 4004 Estate Drive in Butner, NC, from Industrial Packing Group for $1.25 million, or approximately $25 per square foot.
- Oxford Police Department Log
Arrests a Ashley Boyd, 21, of 6547 U.S. 15 N., was booked Jan. 8. Misdemeanor larceny/shoplifting. No bond was set.
- Cities' water link could tax transfer limit
Christy Lipscomb, plant manager for the Kerr Lake Regional Water System, said consulting firm CH2M Hill wants to know the status of Oxford possibly selling water to the southern Granville city of Creedmoor.
- 01/11/10 - NAI Carolantic Closes Major Deal
NAI Carolantic Realty, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the Triangle, announced that JIP, LLC purchased a 50,000 square foot building located at 4004 Estates Drive in Butner, NC.
- Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region
Submitted by WWAY on 12 January 2010 - 6:18pm. Former sheriff a free man again Former Brunswick County Sheriff Ron Hewett is once again a free man.
- JobsNOW training begins at VGCC
With an infusion of federal funds, a state job training program is underway at Vance-Granville Community College.
- ALERT: Holocaust Museum Shooter Dies
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City DescriptionButner is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,792 at the 2000 census. Butner was managed by the state of North Carolina from 1947 through 2007. A bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly incorporating the town was signed by Gov. Mike Easley on July 27, 2007.
It is the former site of the U.S. Army's Camp Butner, which was named for Major General Henry W. Butner (1875–1937), a North Carolina native. Butner is the home of the Butner Federal Correctional Institution (3 units and a Hospital): Umstead Correctional Center, Murdock Mental Retardation Center, John Umstead Hospital, and C.A. Dillon School, Polk Correctional Institute and Central Regional Hospital.
Butner is located at 36°8′18″N 78°45′32″W / 36.13833°N 78.75889°W / 36.13833; -78.75889 (36.138298, -78.758828).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,792 people, 1,438 households, and 1,009 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 873.4 people per square mile (337.3/km²). There were 1,489 housing units at an average density of 224.5/sq mi ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Granville County
- North Carolina
- United States of America
City Contains:- Butner Federal Correctional Institution
- Butner
Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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