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One person has died in a crash near Harrisonville, MO, Thursday evening. The crash happened on Missouri Highway 7 and Walker Road. It involved a car and a tractor-trailer. Harrisonville is in Cass County.More >>
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.More >>
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31 people are in trouble with the law after a three day prostitution sting in Richmond. Police told NBC12 they targeted specific areas where residents and business owners complained about the illegal activity.More >>
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A massive tornado touched down to the southwest of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon. Starting out as a classic funnel it quickly became a giant half-mile wide wedge tornado as it proceeded east north eastMore >>
A massive tornado touched down to the southwest of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon.More >>
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NASCAR mogul Bruton Smith says there is a strong possibility that he will move the Bank of America 500 out of Charlotte, but a source told WBTV the move is "a done deal."More >>
NASCAR mogul Bruton Smith says there is a strong possibility that he will move the Bank of America 500 out of Charlotte, but a source told WBTV the move is "a done deal."More >>
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.More >>
MIDLAND, NC (WBTV) -When J.B. Roberts was just 21, he was a gunner onboard the USS Yorktown in the middle of the Pacific. While the first week of June 1942 was 70 years ago, it seems just like yesterday.
"They just kept coming there were so many of them," said Roberts, now 92 years old.
Roberts recounted his involvement in the Battle of Midway. He remembers seeing and hearing the hundreds of Japanese bombers firing towards their ship. He remembers shooting several of them down, but not enough to keep them from eventually sinking the ship he was on.
Roberts was Honorably Discharged in 1948 from the U.S. Navy. He went on to have 6 sons and a daughter. 5 of his 6 sons went on to long careers in the Navy. As his kids also followed in his footsteps, Roberts was also Sheriff of Cabarrus County for 30 years. 4 of his 6 sons were and are today, in law enforcement.
