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7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (213+ words) Equipment delays mean the playground at one of Salem's parks will not reopen until early October. The Riverfront Park playground closed for construction in April — 28 years after it was first constructed. The reopening was initially set for summer, then switched…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1416+ words) Listen to this story (20 minutes) The US Supreme Court has voted, 8-1, to issue a stay blocking a lower court ruling that favored North Carolina’s Roy Cooper and three other Democratic congressional candidates in this year’s elections. The ruling focused on…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago   (354+ words) On Friday at 2:54 p.m. a severe thunderstorm watch was issued by the NWS Blacksburg VA in effect until 10 p.m. The watch is for Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. The creation of this content included the use…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (89+ words) By Margaret Seiler September 4, 2026 Image: Courtesy Margaret Seiler Image: Courtesy Oregon State Fair Between the two arts-and-crafts halls is smaller building packed with scarecrows (including one dressed to look like Weird Al Yankovic, who plays in the amphitheater on Labor…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1321+ words) FAYETTEVILLE -- Fayetteville Public Schools is one of only two districts nationwide facing a U.S. Department of Education investigation into whether race is used as a factor in determining how students are disciplined. The School District received an email at 7:55 a.m. Aug. 18 notifying…...

26+ min ago   (359+ words) Alicia Keys' Tony- and Grammy-winning musical Hell's Kitchen runs Sept. 8-13 at Charlotte's Belk Theater, with tickets starting at $47.02. A single mother raising a daughter alone in a cramped one-bedroom apartment in 1990s New York City A neighborhood full of artists who…...

41+ min ago   (145+ words) A school bus driver received a citation after crashing into J&S New York Pizza at Varina Station on Wednesday morning. The town said three people suffered minor injuries. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. when the bus hit a box truck…...

44+ min ago   (161+ words) An aggravated assault investigation has prompted road closures in Greensboro, according to the police department. Officers are responding to the 1100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The road is closed in both directions between Randolph Avenue and East Whittington…...

1+ hour ago   (136+ words) A woman died following an incident inside a Golden Corral in North Carolina. The Fayetteville Police Department said on Thursday they received a report of a possible shooting inside the Golden Corral located on Skibo Road. Officers responded to the…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (292+ words) A Cheraw police cruiser was struck by gunfire while officers responded to an unrelated call at the Graystone Apartments on Agerton Street, and two suspects are now in custody as investigators search for others who may have been involved. No…...