4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (89+ words) Rene Kelley has retired as Durham police chief after a law enforcement career spanning more than 40 years. Kelley's interest in law enforcement began at age 10 when he was chosen to be a school... Why retired Police Chief Rene Kelley chose…...

5+ hour, 53+ min ago   (222+ words) Anxious patients at a Colorado dental office no longer have to grip the chair's arm so tightly thanks to an unlikely dentist's assistant. Meet Annie, a therapy dog who helps ease anxiety for dental patients at the Highlands Ranch, Colorado,…...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago   (498+ words) Out of their darkest moment, a Greek couple managed to make a new start with a baby born this week. Doing so meant using one of Cristina Rapti‑Tzelepi's decades-old embryos and racing to beat a government deadline. Related video…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (171+ words) The Fayetteville Observer's news staff won eight awards in the 2026 annual North Carolina Press Association awards, including two first-place wins. Beth Hutson: Religion & Faith Reporting for A pastor ordained here 35 years ago is making history with her return to a…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (299+ words) Old Havana Cafe and House of Hope ran the event Martin County, Florida, now claims to have built the world's longest Cuban sandwich. Community members produced a 400-foot-long sandwich at Lance Cpl. Justin Wilson Memorial Park on Sandpiper Way in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (242+ words) Pop singer and world-renowned entertainer Lady Gaga is now a mother, according to multiple reports. Page Six, an entity of the New York Post, spotted the 40-year-old carrying a newborn baby in Northern California. Video above: Lady Gaga sings the…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (147+ words) (12) updates to this series since Updated 4 hrs ago Bryant Kersey was born on November 9, 1960, in Greensboro, North Carolina, to his loving parents, James and Priscilla Kersey. On that day, the… Catherine Ann Westerdahl Freeman, of Colfax, North Carolina, passed away…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (137+ words) A Forsyth County mom said she is using her lottery earnings to help pay for her kids’ college after winning $150,000 in the Powerball. According to North Carolina Education Lottery officials, Denal Gellie of Lewisville won off of a $3 Power Play…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (829+ words) Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Lynn Boris, a former preschool teacher in Lower Manhattan, is being recognized for her heroic actions that day with a memorial cobblestone at the 9/11 Memorial, dedicated by the family of the child she carried…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (543+ words) "I thought the world was ending that day." Surry County native Jeremiah McMillian, a military police commissioned officer and captain in the United States Army, is this year's Salute to Heroes award winner in the active military personnel category for…...