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Ranking WNC WRs in 2024 NC high school football season
From Sawyer Belue to Hayezon Tobe, the Citizen Times and Times ranked the top wide receivers for the 2024 NC high school football season in WNC. The start of football practices in North Carolina is a month away. Western North Carolina teams are hard at work in summer workouts and 7-on-7s to prepare for the upcoming NCHSAA and NCISAA seasons.
NCCU student crowned Miss North Carolina
North Carolina Central University sophomore Carrie Everett was crowned the 2024 Miss North Carolina on Saturday night at High Point Theatre. Everett, who is also Miss Johnston County, will represent the state at the upcoming Miss America pageant. During the competition on Saturday, Everett promoted her community service initiative, “We Need Equity to Build Communities” and performed “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going" from the musical “Dreamgirls.”
North Carolina man wins $1 million lottery prize with $10 scratch-off
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — Irineo Cruz-Sanchez of Hurdle Mills tried his luck on a $10 scratch-off and won a $1 million prize. He bought his lucky Multiplier Mania ticket from the Efland Supermarket on U.S. 70 West in Efland. When Cruz-Sanchez arrived at lottery headquarters on June 21, he had a decision to make. He […]
Brunswick 13-16 Stars Win First Two Games
The Brunswick All-Stars won their first two games in the Babe Ruth 13-16 year-old District 2 tournament and were scheduled to play the winner of the Mecklenburg/Nottoway contest in the championship game. Nottoway led Mecklenburg 3-2 in the fourth inning on Sunday night when storms rolled through the area postponing...
State’s top court orders new reviews of two high-profile media access disputes
A state Supreme Court decision in May dealing with media access to law enforcement recordings could have an impact on two other high-profile cases. Court orders Friday called for new reviews of both cases. A 5-2 court majority ruled on May 23 that media outlets did not need to file...
Clarksville Tops Brunswick for O-Zone District 2 Title
The host Brunswick All-Stars gave Clarksville all it wanted for three innings last Monday night before the visitors broke through for seven runs in the fourth on their way to a 10-6 victory in the Dixie Youth District 2, Division 2 tournament in Lawrenceville. The win earned Clarksville a bid...
Hertford County Board of Education appoints new leadership
Interim Chief Finance Officer and new Principal of Hertford County Early College High School are hired The post Hertford County Board of Education appoints new leadership appeared first on The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald.
Fayetteville police to conduct a DWI checkpoint this week
A checkpoint to search for impaired drivers will be set up Wednesday night into Thursday morning on Hope Mills Road. The Fayetteville Police Department said the checkpoint will be in the 2400 block of Hope Mills Road from 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday to 3 a.m. Thursday. The release said the...
FSU business hub, launched in 2022, helps fuel growth for local businesses
Fayetteville State University's Fayetteville-Cumberland Regional Entrepreneur and Business Hub has helped to launch numerous businesses, generating jobs and opportunities for people in Fayetteville and surrounding areas since its inception in September 2022. Tamara Colvin, executive director of the business hub at Bronco Square, across Murchison Road from Fayetteville State University’s...
Murder suspect dies Tuesday following shootout with Fayetteville police, chief says
A man wanted in a Fayetteville homicide was pronounced dead following a shootout with police Tuesday, Chief Kemberle Braden said. The man, whose name was not released, was wanted on charges of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and felony conspiracy. When officers went to the Kings Cross Apartment on...
Rain falls too late for some crops
The rain that fell across Johnston County earlier this week came too late to save some crops. Brandon Batten grows 300 acres of soybeans, 200 acres of corn and 150 acres of tobacco around Stricklands Crossroads south of Four Oaks. “The corn is essentially toast,” he said in an interview last week. The pollination window for corn is brief, and […] The post Rain falls too late for some crops first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Record-setting Beryl strengthens to earliest Cat. 5 hurricane ever
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Arrest made in Edgecombe County party shooting that killed two
EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - An arrest has been made in a shooting that killed two men and wounded a third person over the weekend. Arrington Everette, of Princeville, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The shooting happened shortly after 3:00 a.m. Sunday on Branchwood Lane outside...
Suspect accused of killing homeless man in Fayetteville expected in court
A suspect accused of killing a Fayetteville man, who was homeless is expected back in court.Police say Markeith Rushing can be seen on home surveillance footage shooting and killing Willie Russell back on Mother's Day on Seneca Drive.Russell's brother believes he was walking down Seneca Drive to shower at a friend's house and worries his brother was killed over money.Rushing was denied bond during his first court appearance last month.
This land will be a farm forever
WILLOW SPRING — The Triangle Land Conservancy has partnered with a Johnston County family to conserve 50 acres of farmland, forest and wetlands. Other partners in the effort were Johnston County and the state’s Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund. “The Stephenson Farm has been in my family for over 100 years,” said landowner Lola Delbridge. “I was born […] The post This land will be a farm forever first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
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