ANDREWS - Eric Robert Rudolph, Western North Carolina's most notorious resident, lived in the region virtually unnoticed for nearly two decades.

Born in Florida, Rudolph's family moved to WNC in the early 1980s after his father died. Rudolph's mother, Patricia, chose to raise her three boys and a daughter in the remote - but postcard beautiful - Nantahala community in northwestern Macon County.

It was then that Rudolph started learning the skills that enabled him to elude capture for f... read more

NOW THAT'S SERVICE: If you've ever felt like not paying because a restaurant or bar wasn't up to your standards, you might want to rethink that plan. One woman was threatened at a bar after she said she wouldn't pay because an employee mopped around her table during her meal. She told police she believed the unspecified threat would be carried out. She paid the tab.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO STEAL: You may as well get something tasty. A grocery store manager told police that someone made off with... read more