The chemistry between a quarterback and his receivers is the amongst the most important dynamics for teams in the modern NFL.
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The x-factor for the Carolina Panthers in 2026 may be a guy who hasn't played a down since 2024.
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The McDowell County Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to call for a referendum to raise the sales tax to 7%.
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"It means everything to her family just to hear her name and see her name on the shirts," said Dee Dee Dawkins' cousin, Stephanie Young.
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Piedmont Natural Gas said Monday residential customers in North Carolina will benefit from a rate reduction that's projected to lower the average residential customer bill by 4.35%, or about $54 annually.
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“Chosen from more than 1,400 applicants, these students represent the future of rural North Carolina."
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“Investing in our EMS workforce and expanding behavioral health services in the rural parts of the state will help North Carolinians get the care they need closer to home.”
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In one text message, the complaint alleges, Causey said: "I might jump your bones. Watch out!"; "What's between us stays between us;" "Just don't let me catch you in the room alone."
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An Asheville man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years of supervised release for shooting a 19-year-old man on the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2024.
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McDowell High School in McDowell County held its 2026 graduation ceremony on Friday, June 5.
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Despite some delays, two new restaurants for Marion – The Madness and The Copper Penny Grill – are still in the works to open soon.
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DALLAS — Brendan Sorsby is going to be allowed to play quarterback for Texas Tech this fall (at least as of Monday’s court ruling, which will inevitably lead to another court ruling), and many of my colleagues and about half the sports world believe this to be the death of college football. Sorsby is a player who is reported to have placed thousands of bets during his time at Indiana and ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dusty Baker is retired, ostensibly, but there’s always something he’s doing. And on a hot day last week, what he was doing was picking plums. A Del Campo High School graduate, Baker moved to Sacramento as a teenager and now lives on roughly four acres in Granite Bay. He has the eighth-most wins of any manager in Major League Baseball history, is a likely Hall of Fame ...
SEATTLE — We’ll get to Brendan Sorsby in a second. But on June 12, 2003, the University of Washington fired football coach Rick Neuheisel for twice participating in a neighborhood March Madness bracket pool, then lying about his involvement to NCAA investigators. It didn’t matter that Neuheisel didn’t coach the sport he bet on, or that the Huskies didn’t qualify for either tournament. Rules ...
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Ron Capps, Bristol Dragway’s winningest Funny Car driver, will be inducted as the 2026 Legend of Thunder Valley during the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
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Destiny “DJ” Newberry joins BVPS as head girls basketball coach and speech language pathologist assistant after assistant roles at Lebanon and SWVCC.
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What a difference 50 years makes. The country that commemorates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July will be a radically different place than the country that celebrated a ubiquitous bicentennial in 1976. Of course it will. But one part of that commemoration will not change: The yearning of everyday Americans to understand their nation’s stories. ...
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