15+ hour, 39+ min ago   (318+ words) UNC Charlotte emergency management officials are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery that unfolded near campus Saturday afternoon, with the suspect last seen fleeing in a blue Kia Optima. The university sent out an alert shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday,…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (118+ words) David Harris, 56, was found dead Friday after his truck hit a tree. He was reported missing one week earlier. A Wilkes County man reported missing last week has been found dead after a crash, according to the North Carolina State…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (953+ words) When Riley Newman and Julia Ramsey joined the Winchester girls’ cross-country team as freshmen in 2023, competing among the state’s best teams seemed far-fetched. At that point, the Red & Black had not qualified for the All-State meet in 17 years. The 2023 team…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1631+ words) Forget bringing out-of-town guests to the “nice” place. Take them somewhere with a buffet. Not because you’ve given up on impressing them. Quite the opposite. This is the kind of Southern spread that can turn a perfectly polite dinner into…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (444+ words) Once, the talk around here when it came to major roads was Interstate 295, the Fayetteville Outer Loop, which opened to much fanfare last November after more than a quarter-century of planning and construction. A lot of the talk these days…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (743+ words) These newly discovered bugs are officially in their Swiftie 'era' A Grammy winner, a billionaire, and an international superstar, Taylor Swift has already dominated the entertainment world. Now, she's officially in her insect "era." That's because a University of California,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1211+ words) A new study found that some girls born to mothers who took acetaminophen during pregnancy developed reproductive organ changes that could affect fertility later in life. It’s a finding the study authors say should drive future research but shouldn’t yet…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1747+ words) How serious can people possibly be about pimento cheese? Apparently, serious enough to drive across state lines for it. For generations, one North Carolina market has been making its famous spread from a family recipe that dates back to the…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (222+ words) The Conservancy is a coalition of three regional nonprofits — Conserving Carolina, PAL, and Upstate Forever. Federal support followed in July 2024, when the Appalachian Regional Commission awarded the project a $450,000 ARISE grant to support economic development planning, one of just four…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (120+ words) Taylor Swift's most recent country hit has made it to No. 1. The song "I Knew It, I Knew You" surged on country radio Saturday during a major promotional push for the newest "Toy Story" movie, for which Swift wrote the…...