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Ranking WNC kickers in 2024 North Carolina high school football season
From Tanner Jackson to Rossi Santelia, the Citizen Times and Times-News ranked the top kickers and punters for the 2024 North Carolina high school football season in WNC. It's not just players on offense and defense ready to make a splash this season. While special teams players don't get the...
Dustin’s First Alert Forecast: Overcast with daily shower and storm chances across ENC
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the following locations through Midnight Monday: Beaufort, Craven, Dare, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties. Several towns across Eastern North Carolina had a wet and loud start to the day, as showers and storms were...
NC health workers detected lead contamination in applesauce that led to a nationwide recall, several lawsuits
Quick work from a North Carolina pediatrician and Catawba County public health authorities helped detect mass lead poisoning that has affected more than 500 children in at least 44 states. Their action helped get the word out quickly to unsuspecting parents across the country about tainted applesauce. In a new...
Cloudy skies and rain cool things down this week in the Piedmont Triad
(WGHP) — While showers have been ongoing in portions of the mountains and foothills today, the majority of the Piedmont Triad has remained dry. That looks to change heading into the late evening and early overnight hours. Rain looks to move into the Triad throughout Sunday evening with higher rain chances expected by late Sunday […]
NCDHHS Celebrates Two Years of 9-8-8
The NC Department of Health and Human Services this week celebrates the second anniversary of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. In the past two years, 988 crisis counselors in North Carolina have responded to nearly 190,000 calls, texts and chats, providing critical access to mental health and substance use crisis support. In its second year of service, the number of North Carolinians contacting 988 each month has nearly doubled.
Storage unit facility fire caused by issue with HVAC unit, High Point fire crews says
HIGH POINT, N.C. — An issue with a battery bank in a portable HVAC unit caused a fire at a storage unit facility, according to crews with the Winston-Salem Fire Department. On Friday, just before 5:30 p.m., crews said they responded to the 2300 block of Hickswood Road to a reported building fire.
Wake Forest Basketball: Why Omaha Biliew is the most important team transfer for 2024-25
Compared to where this program has been in recent memory, last year was a quality season from Wake Forest. While Steve Forbes hasn’t quite led the Demon Deacons to the Big Dance since taking over four years ago, he’s got the program on the right track. Last season saw them win 21 games and finish 5th in the ACC, albeit lacking the wins and overall resume for that elusive trip to the NCAA Tournament.
American rising star Alex Michelsen returns to Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Alex Michelsen will be just days shy of his 20th birthday when he plays next month as he tries to make a run at the world’s top 50. The 19-year-old Californian was slated to play for the University of Georgia Bulldogs, beginning last fall, but he chose to become a full-time professional instead and has since enjoyed a career-high of no. 55.
Toll Brothers to Build 358 Homes on 140 acres in North Carolina
Montgomery County-based luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers has plans to build 358 homes on 140 acres in North Carolina, writes Collin Huguley for Charlotte Business Journal. Toll Brothers, based in Fort Washington, recently acquired the land in Huntersville which is just outside Charlotte. The company bought the land for just over...
Chilling testimony alleges murder suspect asked others for help disposing of High Point University student’s body
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — The trial of a man accused of killing a High Point University student in 2021 before fleeing to Tennessee has begun. Michael Cadogan is accused of killing Gianna Delgado, who was 19 and attending High Point University at the time. Cadogan was 24 at the time of the killing. Authorities […]
Rescue From Above: How Drones May Narrow Emergency Response Times
Starting in September, if someone in Clemmons, North Carolina, calls 911 to report a cardiac arrest, the first responder on the scene may be a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator, or AED. “The idea is for the drone to get there several minutes before first responders,” such as an...
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