Andy Griffith; Leland police car crash; sex offender arrested on new charges
It’s sad day today across the Tar Heel state. Andy Griffith died this morning at 86 years old. Tonight, we’ll have more from locals who worked with the TV star.
A Leland police car was involved in an accident today. According to Brunswick County Dispatch, the police car was heading northbound on Highway 17 around 7:00 a.m.
If you’re a big Robert Downey, Jr. fan, keep your eyes peeled: filming for Iron Man 3 in Wilmington continues at several area locations soon.
A registered sex offender in Brunswick County has been arrested on new sex charges involving a child.
Make sure to tune in tonight starting at 5:00! We’ll have the latest on what happened in court today for a 15-year-old suspect accused of killing a local delivery driver; what surprising information you might want to know if you’re a woman who owns a cat; what you should keep in mind if you’re heading out to the water this 4th of July and much more.
Television in the 1960s was filled with a lot of high concepts, but nothing was quite like The Andy Griffith Show. During this time, there was the wacky adventures of seven stranded castaways (Gilligan’s Island), an alien among us (My Favorite Martian), monsters living down the block (The Munsters, The Addams Family), witches in suburbia (Bewitched) and magical genies in Florida (I Dream of Jeannie). Yet standing out above them all — and decidedly low concept — was an homage to the good old days, and the innocence of small-town life. And that came in the form of The Andy Griffith Show.
Running for eight years from 1960-68 (and then pretty much continuing for another three with a different lead character in the spin-off Mayberry, RFD), the show introduced us to the world of Sheriff, and widower, Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith). ); his son Opie (Ron Howard), their caretaker Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife (Don Knotts), and a wide variety of townspeople who became fully formed characters of their own, including Jim Nabors’ Gomer Pyle (eventually spun off into his own successful series).
