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Sawyer Chapman-Mays scores 4 touchdowns as Alexander Central dominates Wilkes Central
TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. — Alexander Central junior running back Sawyer Chapman-Mays carried his team to a convincing 54-14 win over Wilkes Central on Friday night. Chapman-Mays rushed for 69 yards and four touchdowns on 10 carries, leading the Cougars to their Week 2 win. Early in the first quarter, Chapman-Mays...
Grandfather Mountain to host Junior Naturalist Day
LINVILLE, N.C. — Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, will host its annual Junior Naturalist Day on Saturday, Sept. 7. Activities, included with admission, will be provided specifically for children ages 5-12, though all ages are welcome, to explore their environment and experience all that Grandfather has to offer. Programming takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature birding with a naturalist, nature journaling, insect investigation and more. ...
Freedom tops East Burke 12-7 in 50th edition of ‘Fat Friday’
MORGANTON, N.C. (WBTV) - “Fat Friday” is considered one of the most spirited and historic rivalries in the Football Friday Night area, and tonight it was played for the 50th time between East Burke and Freedom. The Freedom Patriots held off the East Burke Cavaliers 12-7 in a...
A.C. Reynolds scores game's final 24 points, runs away from Shelby
SHELBY, N.C. — A.C. Reynolds' two-day journey at Shelby finished the way it started –– red hot. The Rockets built up an early three-score lead on Friday night. After the Golden Lions trimmed it to six points early into Saturday's resumption, Reynolds ran away with the final 24 scored to win its first game of the season 51-21.
Fatal two-vehicle collision in Lumberton claims lives on NC 72
LUMBERTON, N.C. (WPDE) — A two-vehicle collision in Lumberton led to multiple fatalities Friday night. It happened just after 11:00 p.m. on NC 72 near SR 2207 (Popes Crossing Road). A Nissan Sentra traveling westbound crossed the centerline, became sideways in the roadway, and was struck by a Chevy...
2 injured in shooting on Pecan Avenue in Winston-Salem, police say
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — The Winston-Salem Police Department is investigating after two people were shot Saturday. According to a news release, WSPD officers responded to a shooting at the Grand at Union Cross apartment complex on Pecan Avenue in Kernersville. Two victims with non-life-threatening injuries left the scene and were first taken to an urgent […]
‘We’re never out of the game’: Terry Sanford football goes on furious rally at Scotland
After a hectic Friday night of Week 2 football due to the disturbance of NC weather, Friday Night Lights turned into Saturday kickoffs after games were postponed. Terry Sanford travelled to Scotland High School for a highly-anticipated match, and the results showed after a combined 83-point showdown by both teams with the Bulldogs' halted comeback resulting in a 42-41 loss to the Fighting Scots. ...
Longtime local store saying 'sew long'
After selling and servicing thousands of sewing machines over the years from their store in downtown Mount Airy, Sue Shrader and Timmesa Wishart this week found themselves down to just one. Effective today, the mother-daughter partners are closing Creative Sewing Machines at 247 N. Main St., a one-of-a-kind business operating locally since 1997 after originating in Tazewell, Virginia, in 1983. “My mom is 77 years old,” Wishart said of the...
Burton’s future clearing up: ‘I think I’ll be a race car driver next year’
There’s light at the end of the tunnel for impending free agent Harrison Burton, after last Saturday’s dramatic victory at Daytona International Speedway launched him into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Burton won’t return to the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford in 2025, but delivering the...
Sandwich chain closes Fayetteville store after nearly a decade in business
The Fayetteville outpost of a national sandwich chain recently closed. On Wednesday, a handwritten sign on the door of the Which Wich Superior Sandwiches in the Marketfair Mall shopping center stated that the restaurant had closed its doors for good. Located at 1916 Skibo Road since 2015, the former Fayetteville location is no...
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Debut All-Synth “Swan Song” In Asheville [Photos/Videos]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard continued their U.S. summer tour on Friday night at Asheville, NC’s ExploreAsheville.com Arena with yet another rowdy performance. Other highlights from the King Gizzard Asheville show included a thrilling, show-opening “Boogieman Sam” > “Hypertension” that hinted at the “Ice V” to come a few songs later, a seething “Gaia” featuring not one but two drum solos, and the all-hands synth section featuring the live debut of 2023’s “Swan Song” and a pulsing rendition of its fellow The Silver Cord track “Gilgamesh”.
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