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A juvenile is shot three times on Brandemere Lane in Winston-Salem

A juvenile was shot three times Thursday while he was a passenger in a car, authorities said.

The juvenile was taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, Winston-Salem police said.

Officers were dispatched shortly after 2 p.m. to the 7000 block of Brandemere Lane on a report of gunfire in the city's northwestern section, police said.

Investigators determined that the juvenile was shot by unknown suspects, police said.

The Winston-Salem Police Department's violent firearms investigations team also responded to the shooting, police said.

Anyone with information about this shooting can call Winston-Salem police at 336-773-7700, Crime Stoppers at 336-727-2800 or its Spanish line at 336-728-3904. Crime Stoppers of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County is on Facebook.

The Text-A-Tip program at 336-276-1717 allows people to text tips, photos and videos to the police.

John Hinton

Insurer Centene changes course on East Coast HQ in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE - Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. said Thursday it no longer plans to create an East Coast campus in Charlotte, a project first announced in 2020 and already under construction.

The St. Louis-based managed care company said it was pulling back because of the number of its employees who now prefer working from home or in a hybrid situation, a company spokesperson told The Charlotte Observer.

The project had initially been expected to create more than 3,200 jobs by 2032. When announced, Gov. Roy Cooper had described the planned expansion as the state's largest single jobs announcement by number in nearly two decades.

The city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County no longer plan to follow through on incentives that had been promised in conjunction with the project, spokespeople told the newspaper.

The news of Centene's plans was first reported by the Charlotte Business Journal.

The Associated Press