The search for an escaped inmate continues, in Burke County. It’s been one week since the suspect fled from the Burke County Jail. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has the latest. UPDATE: Jerry Lee Jones has been captured in North Carolina.

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office needs assistance from the public in locating a inmate, which was a trustee, that walked away from a work detail Tuesday morning. The inmate, 44-year-old Jerry Lee Jones, who is 5’9” tall, weighing 135 lbs., was last wearing a white shirt and pants with the Burke County Sheriff’s Office on the back of the shirt.

Former James Brown estate trustee David Cannon is now in jail. Cannon was supposed to pay back about $400,000 to the James Brown estate.

A new trustee has been appointed in the fight over James Brown’s estate, and a judge handling the case says the trustee’s first task is to look at a proposed settlement.

Richmond County School Board Trustee Jack Padgett says “Rightsizing” could include closing some schools.  With more budget cuts coming down the way it’s more and more critical.  The basis of rightsizing according to this outside audit is academic performance and that partly means changing class structure, some magnet programs and that would lead to administrative cuts, too.