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RM's Battle to lead East in 2025 East-West All-Star Football Game
Rocky Mount’s Jason Battle will lead the East football team in the 2025 North Carolina Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game. Battle, the head coach for the Gryphons, will be assisted by Will Bland (J.H. Rose), Ernest King Jr. (Westover), Scott Loosemore (Scotland), Ben Penny (Triton) and Johnathan Sherman (Gray’s Creek). “It’s a tremendous honor,” Battle said. “I am humbled by it as well as I am really appreciative that somebody...
Reigning PDRA Elite Top Dragster World Champion Steve Furr Reflects on Hot to Start 2024
Few drivers have been as dominant in the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series’ sportsman classes as Steve Furr. The Harrisburg, North Carolina-based driver won the first three races of the six-race 2020 season to secure his first PDRA world championship in Laris Motorsports Insurance Top Dragster presented by Greenbrier Excavating & Paving.
Johnston Man Receives Sentence For Planning To Attack Energy Grid
Federal prison sentences have been handed out to three individuals who conspired to attack the United States’ energy grid. Among them is a 25-year-old man from Johnston. Liam Collins received a ten-year sentence for the weapons charges associated with the scheme. Paul James Kryscuk of Idaho and Justin Wade...
ACC Continues to Grow Financially, Further Growth Expected
The ACC isn’t the financial powerhouse that the SEC or Big Ten can claim to be, but the conference continues to trend upward. According to the latest 990 forms, which ACC commissioner Jim Phillips touted earlier this week, the ACC surpassed $700 million in total revenue in the 2022/23 fiscal year — with a 14% increase in distributable revenue from the prior year.
More reel time for Independent Picture House
Charlotte’s hub for indie films expands with a new, larger theater and more space for community gatherings. Earlier this year, Independent Picture House executive director Brad Ritter was just beginning to plan a two-year anniversary celebration of Charlotte’s only independent theater dedicated to art-house films. Instead, he found...
New York Old School Bagel & Deli is on a roll
New York Old School Bagel & Deli serves up a taste of Gotham in south Charlotte. Mark Stordeur’s journey to overnight success as a bagel baker was years — and miles — in the making. Not long after Stordeur, 60, opened New York Old School Bagel &...
Coast to Coast: Carolina Basketball's Top 100 Players
Because of its long history of success, trying to put North Carolina Basketball into any confines can be a tough task. Inside Carolina analytics expert Adrian Atkinson takes the spotlight on this special episode of the Coast to Coast show, as Sherrell McMillan and Joey Powell discuss Atkinson's recently released, updated comprehensive ranking of UNC's Top 100 Basketball players.
Mooresville Downtown Commission shares proceeds from two events with local nonprofits
The Mooresville Downtown Commission (MDC) recently made charitable contributions to The Christian Mission and Mooresville Arts. Proceeds from The Shamrocks & Shenanigans and Uncorked & Artsy were donated to the local nonprofit organizations. The Shamrocks & Shenanigans event raised $2,000 to benefit The Christian Mission’s Substance Use Support Program. This...
Three Eagles Named Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars
Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop men's golfers Ian Faulconer , Nick Mayfield and Ian Tucker received national recognition as each were named 2023-24 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars. Faulconer was named for the second straight year as he was also named to the Big South Conference All-Academic Team. This is the first time receiving the honor for Mayfield and Tucker. On the season Faulconer played in nine events including the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional as he finished with a collegiate-best scoring average of 74.87. He also posted his collegiate-low round of 68 on day one of the...
Paris Olympics | Here's how Erika Connolly, U.S. women did during 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay heat and final
PARIS, France — The 2024 Olympic Games have begun! The Opening Ceremony in Paris officially started the games on Friday, and WCNC Charlotte is tracking several competitors with Carolina connections. One such athlete is Erika Connolly, née Brown. Originally from California, this swimmer went to Hough High School in...
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