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The Department of Defense has identified two Fort Bragg soldiers and an Air Force airman who were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
They are Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, of Lexington, Virginia; Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39, of Brush Prairie, Washington; and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, 25, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania.
Ross and Emond were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg. Elchin was assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX 46 WJZY) - After telling his story to FOX 46, Sfc. Richard Stayskal is now telling it directly to members of Congress.
"My government is basically, to me, in my opinion, telling me, 'You're less than everybody else,'" Stayskal told Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA).
The Green Beret from North Carolina, who was awarded a Purple Heart after being shot in the lung in Iraq, is now putting up one last fight.
FRIEND OF FARM BUREAU - U.S. Representative Richard Hudson, right, stands with Montgomery County Farm Bureau president, Todd King.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term exposure to a chemical compound currently used for making nonstick coatings appears to be dangerous, even in minute amounts, according to draft findings released Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
It was the first time EPA weighed in on newer, supposedly safer versions of an increasingly scrutinized family of stick- and stain-resistant compounds. Older versions of the compound are turning up in dangerous levels in drinking water supplies around the country.
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal was deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, in 2004 when he was shot by a sniper. The round, which he kept as a souvenir, pierced his left lung and nearly killed him.
The round is "a reminder of how fragile life is,” he told Charlotte’s Fox 46. “Something could change everything in an instant.”
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (NC-08) announced this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Rural Development mission area, has awarded Stanly County Schools a distance learning grant of $447,280.
“Regardless of where you live, all Americans deserve access to 21st Century opportunities and technology,” said Hudson. “This grant will help bridge the gap between students in Stanly County and critical STEM education and job-training programs.”