Local search for North Carolina

1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (228+ words) This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Ivette Mercado. Mercado is a full time administrator at Glenwood Elementary School and for the last 23 years she has run the after school program at Dobbins Hill Community Center, helping hundreds…...

59+ min ago  (287+ words) Posted by David Glenn | Mar 23, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook Written by DAVID GLENN Since leading North Carolina on a shocking run to the 2022 national championship game, in his first year as a head coach, Hubert Davis has failed to meet the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (214+ words) GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. " Guilford and Rockingham County Board of Elections will begin a sample hand-to-eye recount of the North Carolina Senate District 26 Republican primary contest Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., as required by state law." The recount will take place in Room LG12 on the…...

50+ min ago  (375+ words) WASHINGTON " Air traffic control urged a rescue vehicle to stop about a dozen times in the moments before a deadly collision with a plane landing late Sunday night at New York's LaGuardia Airport." Both the pilot and copilot of Air…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (739+ words) WASHINGTON " The Senate is on track to confirm Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary, President Donald Trump's nominee to take over the embattled department after firing Kristi Noem amid a public backlash over the administration's immigration enforcement and mass deportation…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (226+ words) In addition to the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge and commemoration of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse that occurred in the last few weeks was the 245th anniversary of Pyle's Defeat " a battle that occurred…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (404+ words) The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday in a case from Mississippi over whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump. The outcome of the case could affect voters in 14 states and the District of…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago  (94+ words) The university's new strategic plan focuses on four key pillars Leaders at Winston-Salem State University are rolling out a new strategic plan.On Friday, leaders announced the "We are Rising" campaign, which will be rolled out over the next four…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago  (268+ words) CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. " A former football coach at a Huntersville Catholic school is facing child sex charges in connection with two alleged incidents with students at the school." Johnathan Jaheim Henderson was arrested on March 20 by Kannapolis Police and charged with…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (902+ words) WASHINGTON " The first four days of the NCAA tournament are behind us. Now we know who punched their tickets to the Sweet 16. There is a mix of top seeds with a few teams at lower seeds. The two teams with…...