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Clemency ends three jail terms 37 years early
(The Center Square) – Three men, each with 37 more years left in jail as punishment for robbery at a church, have been given clemency by North Carolina’s governor. Another convicted robber, age 45 and confined for nearly 30 years, had a sentence running to 2030 commuted. The decisions made by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper come with less than six months to go in his second term. Cooper established the...
UNCP alumni Newsome, Lewis come full circle as student affairs professionals
UNC Pembroke’s Shelby Newsome ‘13, ’22 and Kamren Lewis ‘22 recently returned from the New Professionals Institute’s (NPI) development training conference for new student affairs professionals with a renewed sense of purpose. Newsome, assistant director for Community Engagement, and Lewis, CARE Resource Center coordinator, attended...
N.C. Dixie Boys State Tournament: Bladen County 20, Lumberton 1
WINNABOW – Cole Brisson and Ryne Priest combined on a no-hitter and Bladen County exploded for 14 runs in the 5th inning to close out a 20-1 victory over Lumberton Monday in the 2024 North Carolina Dixie Boys State Tournament at Town Creek Park. Bladen County will play the...
CONFERENCE CHAMPS: Walk-off cements Hamlet’s Area 2 title ahead of states
HAMLET — “Give them a show.” That was the message from Hamlet’s coaching staff as it made note of the hundreds of fans packed inside Memorial Park during Monday’s Area 2 Conference championship game. Heading to the bottom of the eighth inning with the game...
Family Care Center Of Taylorsville Announces Marshall As New FNP
Iredell Health System, in partnership with the Iredell Physician Network, is pleased to welcome Landon Marshall, FNP-C, to Family Care Center of Taylorsville. Marshall is a certified family nurse practitioner. He brings 12 years of experience as a registered nurse, primarily in intensive care units and emergency departments. He also has 2.5 years of experience as a nurse practitioner.
‘We need your support’: NC team seeking travel funds for World Series
LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A youth baseball team is asking for the public’s help to get them to Louisiana for the Dixie World Series. The West Lincoln Optimist Club 12U team will be representing North Carolina in the series and is raising money to cover travel and lodging expenses.
Member of NC House Democratic leadership resigning for UNC System job
Rep. Ashton Wheeler Clemmons, a Democrat from Guilford County, resigned Tuesday from her seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives. She was the No. 2 Democrat in the House. Clemmons' resignation comes one day after Republican Rep. Jason Saine announced his resignation, effective Aug. 12. Clemmons is the third...
Misuse of toy 'Orbeez guns' subject of warning by North Carolina police
DURHAM, N.C. — Eastern North Carolina police are warning residents about the potential dangers of "Orbeez guns" or "gel blasters." The toys fire water-absorbing beads, which can cause serious injury or property damage when frozen. A surveillance video from a Roanoke Rapids neighborhood shows a group of teenagers driving...
Severe drought covers a quarter of NC counties amid record-breaking heat
June marks the 13th consecutive month of global record-breaking high temperatures. North Carolina has not been spared from the heat. “We are trending toward one of our warmest years on record in North Carolina,” said Kathie Dello, N.C.'s state climatologist. “While we haven’t had 13 months of consistent records in North Carolina, we are feeling the heat — both in the daytime and the nighttime temperatures.”
Cash 5 ticket sold in Granville County wins $50,000 in Sunday drawing
CREEDMOOR, N.C. (WNCN) — A ticket purchased in Granville County won a big prize in Sunday night’s Carolina Cash 5 drawing. According to the North Carolina Education Lottery, a Cash 5 ticket sold at the Family Fare located at 101 N. Main St. in Creedmoor won $50,000 Sunday. It matched all five numbers in the Double Play drawing, the lottery said.
Lt. Gov. Robinson’s chief of staff invokes ‘some folks need killing’ comment after a body is carried away from Trump assassination attempt
Brian LiVecchi, the chief of staff and general counsel for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, invoked a controversial comment from his boss following the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.
Blog: Heat alerts continue. Changes arrive soon.
Yesterday was hot. Surprise…surprise. High temps made it into the mid-upper 90s, but some locations were more in the low-mid 90s. The heat index was over 105 in many places. We had a lot of sunshine through the day with only some isolated thunderstorms over North Carolina. Today we’ll...
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