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Nashville Artists ‘Second Chance Ministries’ Performing at White Lake on July 27
July 27th is going to be one amazing night with Nashville based recording artists Second Chance Ministries at White Lake’s Camp Clearwater. This special event is being presented by The Clearwater Chapel and Camp Clearwater. Clearwater Chapel Pastor Lynn Epps said, “we are so excited to bring Second Chance...
2-time State Champion coach Shane Slate announces retirement
Shane Slate recently announced the end of his legendary career after nearly three decades at North Surry High School. “Fifty-eight seasons, including 47 as a varsity coach, seems like a long time, but it flew by and I would do it all again,” Slate said. “The positive experiences far outweighed all the negatives associated with coaching, and I will miss the time I spent in the gym with our teams more than I can express.” ...
Laurel Hill’s Rodriguez-Gonzalez awarded $5K Perdue Scholarship
LAUREL HILL — Adrieliz Marie Rodriguez-Gonzalez, daughter of Eric Rodriguez-Hernandez and Eva M. Gonzalez-Vega of Laurel Hill, was awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving partner of Perdue Farms. Rodriguez-Gonzalez received one of 15 scholarships given this year to children...
Fayetteville sues Stadium View Apartments, parking garage developers
The city of Fayetteville is suing the developer of a downtown project for allegedly breaching contract to build a mixed-use hotel, office and apartment building and completing a parking garage, according to a lawsuit filed last week. The July 12 lawsuit filed by the city in Cumberland County Superior Court against Hay Street Development Pad LLC and PCH Development Co. LLC and its registered agent Roderick Anthony Dowling Jr., states the developers were supposed to have the...
Three shot during party in Danville
DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - Three people were injured in a drive-by shooting during a private party in Danville. The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. Friday in the 1500 block of Halifax Rd. A 40-year-old security guard was shot in the leg, and a 19-year-old man and 20-year-old woman also...
Isabella Strahan Announces She Is Cancer-Free!
Isabella Strahan shared a special YouTube vlog this week, revealing she is cancer-free!. Strahan, the daughter of Michael Strahan and his ex, Jean Muggli, had a malignant brain tumor removed in October, and has since undergone radiation, chemotherapy, and multiple brain surgeries. The 19-year-old posted two new videos this week....
'Deserted streets, angry locals and lies - inside the real RNC Donald Trump didn't want you to see'
At the RNC, delegates, politicians, guests, and speakers gathered to hand Donald Trump and his new cohort JD Vance, their party's nomination in a grand celebration with custom outfits and lots of bedazzled hats - with the conservative group behind project 2025 setting the Republican agenda in the background
Employees at Upscale Durham Restaurant Quit En Masse After the Owner Used a Racial Slur
Plum Southern Kitchen & Bar has been closed since the beginning of July. A social media post attributes the closure to a standard summer break. But former employees of the upscale Durham restaurant tell a different story. According to eight former Plum employees, all of whom worked there until a...
Pelosi delivers speech to NC Democrats with notable absence — Biden’s future as nominee
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a state expected to help decide the presidency, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi did little to quell speculation on President Joe Biden’s path forward as the Democratic nominee to a room full of North Carolina Democrats on Saturday. Pelosi addressed more than 900...
Unemployment claims in North Carolina increased last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in North Carolina rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 3,497 in the week ending July 13, up from 2,974 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S....
Alcohol-monitoring for some N.C. parents could save lives. Uncertainty about the law presents a roadblock.
For months now, Michael Dean Smith said, he has feared his infant daughter will be hurt or killed in a drunk-driving related accident with the mother of his child behind the wheel. Smith, 34, of Waynesville, shares joint custody of his now 15-month-old daughter with Valery Francis, who has primary...
Global IT outage has widespread impacts on city and state agencies in the Triangle
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — City and state agencies are working to get up and running after experiencing a range of interruptions with their services due to the global IT outage. The NCDMV said all of its driver licenses offices are back open after being impacted by the outage. Most plate agencies, which are privately run and managed by the DMV will remain closed until Monday. A spokesperson said the DMV will try to contact people who had appointments this morning to reschedule.
North Carolina is quickly losing local elections directors
With Election Day approaching, North Carolina has a problem. The state is rapidly losing county elections directors. In the past five years, the state says North Carolina’s 100 counties have seen 61 election director changes. That turnover could have an impact on voters when they go to cast their ballots.
3 arrested in murder of missing person out of Scotland Co.
SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WPDE) — A joint investigation involving the Scotland County Sheriff's Office and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI) has led to the arrests of three people from Scotland County for the 2021 murder of Brandon Carl Wayne McDonald, according to Captain Randy Dover with the Scotland County Sheriff's Office.
Fayetteville restaurant owner says mall booted her from food court spot to make way for chain
Cross Creek Mall welcomed two Fayetteville-owned restaurants to the food court late last year, but the two eateries disappeared nearly as quickly as they arrived. SimLo’s Jerk Hut, a sister restaurant to SimLo’s Island Cafe on Boone Trail Extension, and Manhattan Deli, a longtime Fayetteville staple with three area locations, opened mall stands in December.
‘Oh my goodness, now what?’: Travelers share tech outage impact on flights and beyond
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Travelers catching flights at Piedmont Triad International Airport say flight delays are not the only way aglobal IT outage has impacted their lives. A faulty software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike impacted computers using Microsoft Windows on Friday. Air travel is one of the many...
Afghan refugees in Greensboro find their footing and look at other refugee groups for help organizing
Featured photo: Mir Habibullah Akhagar with Dr. Raleigh Bailey, emeritus director, Center for New North Carolinians. (photo by Andrew J. Young) Life was already chaotic when Mir Habibullah Akhagar and his family arrived in Washington, DC. They were one of hundreds of thousands of Afghan people fleeing the Taliban regime, which took over Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, in Aug. 2021. His family’s evacuation to the US took weeks to coordinate: weeks living in cramped hotel rooms, dodging heavy surveillance and catching long flights to make it to America. Now, they were refugees.
More rounds of rain and storms for Sunday
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A stalled front will serve as a trigger for numerous showers and thunderstorms to end out the weekend and start next week!. • Rain Trend: Daily downpours likely into next week. • Humidity: Stays tropical, will fuel shower & storms. High temperatures will be holding in...
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