More than two weeks after the first day of the fall semester, members of the CVCC bass fishing team learned that team no longer exists.
- NANCY MCLAUGHLIN Staff Reporter
"I admit there were nights when I cried on site," David Griffin said.
- SHARON MCBRAYER The News Herald
Drexel native Navy Lt. Cmdr. Eric Allen Cranford was working in the Pentagon as a knowledge analyst. He had just finished a three-year tour in the Persian Gulf.
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"As someone who had to play as one girl on all boys teams, I was so excited to hear it was going to be just girls," said St. Stephens quarterback Briley Travis.
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A photograph in the Long View Fire Department shows Rescue 1 surrounded by dust and smoke responding to the twin towers after the attack.
- Mark Parker Hickory Daily Record Sports Correspondent
This year's Hickory team was the most successful regular-season team in franchise history, setting a club record for best winning percentage at 82-47.
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Long View Fire Chief James Brinkley says a rescue truck used during 9/11 reminds him of the daily sacrifices made by firefighters.
Two homeowners have reported finding the bear in their house, two others say it tried to get through their door, and a fifth incident is suspected, state officials say.
A public hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20 in the meeting room at the Iredell County Public Library, Statesville Main Branch, 201 N. Tradd St., Statesville.
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North Carolina is making $20 million available to expand childcare on community college and university campuses in counties affected by Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby.
“A person may be guilty of a crime, although he or she personally does not do any of the acts necessary to constitute the crime.”
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As of Friday, Baxter has not received any reports of adverse events associated with the recalled product.
PHILADELPHIA — Tom Schafer was a hulking man when he played one preseason game with the Eagles in the summer of 1984. The undrafted free-agent center stood at 6-foot-2 and 270 pounds, with a booming voice and an unabashed confidence to match. By the fall of 2009, his broad frame had hollowed out. His voice had been reduced to a rasp. Schafer could walk, but only gingerly, and for short ...
Michigan Wolverine hockey players were subjected to ritualized and sexualized abuse as part of the program's "standard hazing traditions," a lawsuit filed by 16 former players alleges. The 74-page complaint filed Wednesday in Detroit's federal court alleges that from 1984 through 2001, players suffered "torture" such as having their genitals tied to hockey helmets weighted with hockey pucks, ...
SEATTLE — The familiar chants of SEA … HAWKS!!! could first be heard in the third inning and randomly appeared over the course of Wednesday afternoon’s Mariners game at T-Mobile Park. It wasn’t surprising considering the crowd of 21,565 featured as many Seahawks jerseys as Mariners jerseys, if not more. Despite everything working against them, including their own seasonlong inconsistency, the ...
LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 as Saudi PIF funding nears its end and the league seeks new investment.
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City of Hickory youth basketball and indoor soccer registration is open for ages 5-15, with free entry for residents and online sign-up at hickory.recdesk.com.
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Statesville city offices will close for Labor Day, sanitation routes shift, City Council meets Sept. 14, and police host a community fun day Sept. 12.
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Catawba men’s soccer dominated Newberry 5-0 in SAC play, with Juan Camilo scoring twice and the Indians outshooting the Wolves 17-2 on the road.
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Statesville announces Labor Day facility closures, adjusted sanitation pickups, a Sept. 14 City Council meeting with public comment, and a Sept. 12 police community event.
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🎧 The hosts debate whether AI-powered license plate readers provide meaningful public protection or create unacceptable risks involving privacy, misuse and concentrated power.
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Even if you aren’t heading back to school this September, you might be in need of a reading list. And boy, do we have one this month: an enormous, mammoth, colossal list of books (and no, not a single thesaurus among them, believe it or not). Even more than August’s picks, September’s book offerings include award-winning authors and award-nominated titles; fiction, nonfiction and curious ...
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 5, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Knave and the Moon" by Rachel Gillig (Orbit) Last week: — 2. ...
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