Flags to be lowered in fallen North Carolina soldier’s honor

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s governor has ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Gov. Roy Cooper ordered United States and North Carolina flags to be lowered Tuesday in honor of 23-year-old Sgt. James Allen Slape of Morehead City. Slape died Thursday from wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.
In a statement released Monday, Slape’s family says there are no words to express how much they already miss him. Slape&